Freeman: Through the Water

By Brooke Neal Freeman

Brooke Neal Freeman grew up exploring the woods and creeks around her house with her sister and the kids from next door. A basket of rubber "creeking boots" in the Neal garage found daily use with all the kids. At Topsail Island, Brooke explored the beaches of Surf City, North Carolina. She loved fishing with her granny and papa and finding sea life along the banks of Topsail Sound with her sister. Brooke was driving a boat and Jet Ski as soon as she was old enough to take the boater safety course at age twelve.

Her family, as well as the youth fellowship at Rosewood First Baptist Church, fed her love for the Lord. Summer youth group mission trips and weeks at Camp Caswell, on Oak Island, were important parts of her growing up.

When the man God sent to her loved to fish too, fishing off the coast of Topsail Island naturally followed. Brooke and Kenneth were engaged at the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. On beach weekends, they enjoy church services at Emma Anderson Chapel at Topsail Beach. Brooke tells everyone that God is still in the miracle business!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: May 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098062422

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Speaking Out Your Faith

The father of one of my best friends was recently diagnosed with cancer. A later stage of cancer. He underwent chemo, radiation, and surgery. He battled daily with the help of God’s strength. I say God’s strength because he kept getting stronger as his treatment continued; as he faced more chemo. He gained weight; he even changed the way he dressed. There was a noticeable difference. My best friend did not accept the defeating news from all his doctors. She simply drew closer to God. She kept telling people in the community how God was going to heal her father. She couldn’t keep quiet about what she knew God was doing! She continually spoke her miracle into existence, in Jesus’s name. My father and my Linda went and prayed with him regularly. My friend’s father leaned in to God, giving him a new joy and a purpose of witness.

I believe prayer changes things. In my lifetime, I have seen my parents stand on prayer when their lives were like a hurricane, unable to catch anything, but they stood on His Word. I can hear my mother saying, I have to trust God. I believe we need to ask God for more miracles! What can God not do?

Recently, many in my hometown, people I did not expect to hear God speak through, have pointed out to me, You need to write a book, This story needs to be made into a movie, Nicholas Sparks would love to have a story like yours. Wow. God wants to use little ole me to further His kingdom with the miracle He gave me and my friends! God pulled me and my friends out of the middle of the ocean! If He can do this for me, He can do anything for you. I am sure there are many who did not think I would be writing a book! A book to glorify God. But