Small-Town Billionaire. Renee Andrews

hard time, like if kids are being mean to us, or things like that, right?”

      “Exactly,” Maribeth answered, enjoying this precious group of children. They’d been so involved in the trail rides and adventure hikes, but they were equally involved with the Bible lesson that accompanied each day. “Jesus is letting us know that everyone will have storms in their life, or hard times, but if we have our faith in Him, then we can make it through the storms, like the man who built his house on the rock.” She glanced around at the kids and was thrilled to see they were all still listening, which was good; their parents weren’t due to pick them up for another ten minutes, and she wasn’t sure how long their attention spans would hold out. So she decided to ask another question to spark interaction. “I know I’ve had storms in life—” she thought of one in particular “—that Jesus helped me get through. Can any of y’all think of storms that you have had in your life?”