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Looking Out the Window: Christine Lindsay Talks about Her New Book, Veiled at Midnight, Gives Away an E-book and Shares a Wonderful Devotional

A Warm Welcome to Christine Lindsay!   To enter to win an e-book of Veiled at Midnight leave a comment and e-mail address below. I BELIEVE IN PERFECT FAMILIES—by Christine Lindsay   I used to envy people who grew up in perfect homes. Then I discovered that, sadly, perfect families are an extremely small percentage. All people live with some level of dysfunction. In my family it was not only my father, but also my brother and sister who suffered from alcoholism. That certainly marred my hope for a perfect family. I never struggled with alcohol, but I did wrestle with other sins that seemed to be handed down generation to generation. According to Romans 8 there is no longer condemnation for those who follow Christ. I have seen how the Lord Jesus steps in and heals a person, entire families from past imperfections. But these ugly human traits from the past still creep out of our families and spring up in our own hearts at unexpected times. How long must we wrestle with