An Amish Journey To Forgiveness (By: Benjamin Girod)
An Amish Journey to Forgiveness
By: Benjamin Girod
When Ben and Barbara Girod married in 1973, they had no idea their new life together would be one of shared burdens and blessings, lovely dreams and bitter disappointments. Both products of a strict and conservative Amish upbringing, they sought to know Jesus, and they wanted more than the form and tradition of their Amish upbringing.
In An Amish Journey to Forgiveness, author Ben Girod tells his remarkable and unusual story of Amish life, reflecting his painstaking social and spiritual journey over many decades. His responsibilities as a bishop and church leader were manifold as he dealt with the predominant and inherent traditions of the Old Order Amish church. A divine encounter with God brought peace and joy to their lives, but this was soon followed by misunderstanding and rejection by family, church members, and leaders, ultimately ending in excommunication from their respective district.
Devastated, confused, and unable to understand why this was happening, they turned to the Lord in search of meaning and purpose. An Amish Journey to Forgiveness shares their story as they began to understand that God was allowing such persecution and suffering to draw them closer to Him. It shows how God used Girod to bring about an awareness of the need for healing and reconciliation throughout the body.
About the Author:
Benjamin Girod was an Amish bishop. He and his wife, Barbara, have nine children and live in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. For the past eight years, he has led Anabaptist Connections on a mission of reconciliation in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. In his free time, he has written the book, An Amish Journey to Forgiveness: Discovering my Anabaptist Roots and Destiny, telling the story of his life and sharing how God led he and his wife to the truth about Salvation.
