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    A Look Behind the Walls
    A Look Behind the Walls
    A Look Behind the Walls
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    A Look Behind the Walls

    By Connie Alexander

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    The father is incarcerated; the mother of his children is working two jobs to provide shelter, food, and clothing to the children. Partly as a result of his incarceration, she has grown as a person, due to the obstacles and choices she has had to make, while he has become less confident because of the lack of decisions he is allowed to make. Add to that situation children who have grown up without a father role model in their lives, who are angry and embarrassed over the situations they have been placed in. Throw in the standard judgment of free world people. He is there for a reason.

    Do we even realize that the whole family is doing time together? The only catch is, the kids and wife are doing time for crimes they did not commit. Where is the hope in such situations?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInspiring Voices
    Release dateSep 24, 2012
    ISBN9781462403189
    A Look Behind the Walls
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    Connie Alexander

    Connie Alexander has been active in prison ministry for over fifteen years. She is married to Clayton Alexander, founder and executive director of Stepping Stone Ministry, a private Christian halfway house that helps ex-off enders start their re-entry back into society. Connie served as project manager for People of Principle, taking healthy marriage seminars into sixteen prisons in West Texas. Her education consists of a bachelor’s degree from Hardin-Simmons University and a master’s degree at Eastern New Mexico University. Connie is a retired teacher/coach with thirty-five years’ experience.

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      A Look Behind the Walls - Connie Alexander

      Copyright © 2012 Connie Alexander

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      ISBN: 978-1-4624-0319-6 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4624-0318-9 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012916508

      Inspiring Voices rev. date: 09/20/2012

      Contents

      Special Thanks

      I. A Look Back

      II. Kairos Ministry

      III An Impression

      IV. Stepping Stone

      V. People of Principle (Pop)

      VI. Silent Cries

      VII. Institutionalized Mind

      VIII. Texas Arms of Love

      IX. Couples We Have Met

      X A Season of Change

      Special Thanks

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      I would like to express my appreciation to the Lord for gifting me with Christian parents who raised me in a home full of His Love. My Mom and Dad introduced me to the importance of a relationship with Jesus by the way they lived and walked out their daily lives and still do. I Love You, Mom & Dad!

      I would also like to Thank God for the blessing of my wonderful husband, Clayton. Clayton has shown me what it means to love with the unconditional love of Christ and has been a living example of how to step out in faith and follow Christ obediently. I Love You and Thank God for You My Sweetie Boy!

      I.

      A Look Back

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      As I look back I have to admit that I never thought one spiritual weekend would have had such an impact on my life. Twenty years ago I attended a Walk to Emmaus (spiritual weekend). It was a wonderful experience of God’s Love being showered on you all through the weekend. Probably the way we Christians are supposed to actually act everyday, but most of the time we don’t. The funny thing was that I did not really desire to attend it. I was just going to check out what it was that caused such a change in my husband, Clayton. He had started going to men’s morning Bible studies and some kind of a monthly fellowship meeting. It was not a bad change but there was definitely something different about him. I was almost convinced that he was in a cult and I needed to go investigate. I really had never thought of myself as having a control issue; however, I did insist on driving myself to the location for the weekend. About 3 hours away from our hometown on the way there I almost convinced myself that I had been to enough of these weekends that I could probably fake it. I considered checking into a motel and spending the weekend shopping. All I can tell you is that I am glad I did not follow through on that idea for a multitude of reasons. One of which was that I would have missed a beautiful blessing that has guided my adventures in life.

      One of the personal decisions I made at that retreat was to rededicate my life to Christ. As a Baptist I had long ago quit walking the isle to rededicate my life because I had found that I would only fail, disappoint God again. I could never measure up to His standards; however, that weekend it was like God agreed with me. I would fail, but if I would let Him use me He had the power to succeed. Not me. Him. As for my part, I told Him that I was willing to be used by Him. At that point, I had no idea about the journey He was about to take me on.

      My husband, Clayton, had been going out to the local prison and preaching for

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