Jim Rouches struggled for almost 30 years with a serious drug addiction, rage, darkness, emptiness, and loneliness.   At the end of this struggle, Jim found himself on the floor of a jail cell in solitary confinement completely broken and suicidal.  What happened next is truly incredible and miraculous.  Jim’s freedom from the bondage to drugs, and the new life that he was given is a story that anyone struggling with addiction, no matter how bad or how long, should listen to.   And now today, the impact that Jim is having, through his Faith, on thousands of addicts is inspiring. 

I feel that it’s appropriate to share some of the lyrics to a song called Made for More (live featuring Jenn Johnson), by Josh Baldwin.   I encourage you to listen to the song in it’s entirety.

 Here are some of the lyrics:

• I know who I am, cause I know who You are.   The cross of salvation was only the start.  Now I am chosen, free and forgiven.  I have a future, and it’s worth the living. 


• Cause I wasn’t made to be tending a grave, I was called by name.  Born and raised back to life again, I was made for more.


• So why would I make a bed in my shame when a fountain of Grace is running my way?   I know I am yours and I was made for more. 

Thank you,

Chad