Jacque Butler, wife of Federal Judge Randy Butler, in Mobile, Alabama, was given the answer to that question piece by piece. God set her out on an unexpected path of adventure, and as she walked down it, she has seen miracle after miracle of provision take place for people who desperately needed one. She began to write down the stories of restoring houses and lives in her new book entitled, Extreme Makeovers of the ‘Hood. She believes that as she and her workers do that, God restores not only the lives of the recipients but also those of the workers, including her own. Jacque’s marriage was transformed and now she and her husband sometimes stop together and pick up needed items along the street for the houses being worked on.
She first set out to decorate dilapidated houses, but then one day heard God say, “I am not sending you to decorate; I am sending you to rebuild lives. I am sending you to build up My Kingdom and My people from the ground up, inside and out.” Overwhelmed at first with this daunting task, Jacque soon joined with Pastor Ruby of Pure Word Church, and they saw house after house being transformed with help from the neighborhood, while person after person’s life was changed. She believes the house restorations were merely the scaffolding for what God was really after. They truly believe that the creative power of God is for today. And today is when Extreme Makeovers of the ‘Hood–any ‘hood–can begin.
(Source: Christian Newswire)