The Dark Side of a Blessing

About this book

What happens when the blessing is good... but the timing isn't?Eudora Carter has spent most of her life believing that love means giving whatever she has to the people who need it most.Especially her younger brother, Micah.So when Micah finally begins rebuilding his life after years of addiction-and Eudora unexpectedly inherits enough money to help launch his dream landscaping business-the answer seems obvious.Give.But beneath her excitement is one quiet hesitation: Wait.Eudora ignores it.What follows forces brother and sister into a devastating journey through addiction, ambition, grief, accountability, forgiveness, and the painful limits of love.Because sometimes the problem isn't the blessing.Sometimes the blessing is good.The opportunity is good.The generosity is good.But the hands receiving it are still learning how to carry it.As Micah confronts consequences he cannot undo and Eudora learns the difference between helping and rescuing, both discover a deeper truth about stewardship: Bread and seed are both provision.Both are necessary.Both are good.You just have to know which is which.The Dark Side of a Blessing is a deeply emotional Christian novella about recovery, family, responsibility, boundaries, grace, and learning that loving someone does not make you sovereign over their choices.A story about what happens when good gifts meet unfinished people-and the God who remains present in what is left.Book One of the Stories from the Margins series.