Despite growing up in a Christian household, Darrin Ray believed that he was unloved by God because of all of the hardships he had to endure.
In an interview with The Christian Post, Ray recalled how God would providentially work through it all in a powerful testimony of forgiveness. Ray’s story was also featured on I Am Second, a non-profit organization that features the stories of Christians with life-changing testimonies.
Ray was born with a bilateral cleft palate which meant he had no roof to his mouth or upper lip. On top of having to undergo several surgeries because of his bilateral cleft palate, Ray also often became the target of bullying and mockery from his peers.
Later in life, however, Ray seemed to have caught a break. He was married, had started a family, and was earning a stable income. Simultaneously, Ray was studying Christian counseling in seminary as he believed God was calling him into the ministry.
Then on August 20, 2006, Ray’s life was changed forever.
Ray was in the car with his daughter on their way to church when they were struck by a drunk driver.
“I had gotten up that morning to go to church,” Ray recalled. “My daughter was in the backseat, and I got about a mile from my home in a 20-mile-an-hour school zone when a man who was intoxicated and high on prescription pills came the other way going 60 miles an…
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