The Resting Place has evolved out of the story of Ronda's life. Sometimes she's whistled a lilting tune while journeying beneath sunny skies and gentle breezes. Most often though, she's lowered the anchor, battened the hatch and weathered the storm. She'll be the first to admit that she's not always done it well. At times she lost her song. Often she despaired.
From out of the storms, she has come to know whose she is, who she is, where she's been and what she now believes. The master craftsman has taken the testing of her life and from it brought compassion and added wisdom. Regardless of the difficulty, she is convinced that she is loved by God and that He is utterly trustworthy.
You'd like her if you met her, and chances are she would like you, too! Ronda Knuth (ka-nooth) is a fifty-something-year-old, Grammy, surrendered to Jesus Christ, deeply in love with her husband, Rob; crazy about her four kids, Paul, Diana, Andy and Ben; nuts about her son-in-love, Kevin; and bubbling over, button-busting proud of her two grandchildren, Hunter and Rachel.
Learning to like herself did not come easily for Ronda. Her first marriage ended when her husband of seven years was arrested for the kidnap and rape of a teenage girl in the south Texas town where they were living. She was to later learn that he was deeply involved in drugs, alcohol, burglary and was in fact a serial rapist.
Ronda returned to her hometown of Denver, Colorado with her two young children to begin putting their lives together. In time she met and married Rob Knuth, an honest-to-goodness car salesman with integrity. She wanted to believe that the worst was behind her but, in fact, several years of severe testing followed including the loss of two babies. Out of that loss Ronda founded "The Billy Project" in memory of her two babies and named after her stillborn son whom she would have called Billy. In April of 2007, Ronda took a sabbatical from "The Billy Project" but encourages others to model their caring after the concepts provided in this website.
Ronda has spoken at numerous women's retreats, luncheons, etc. and is a frequent speaker for MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) groups in the Rocky Mountain region. Ronda has appeared on numerous radio and television program including "The 700 Club," "Sally Jesse Raphael," "Phil Donahue" and "Inside Edition."
God has been faithful, and out of the testing of her life has come a love for Him, and an intense desire to come alongside others who are sorrowing. She says, "My heart's desire is to pour into others what God has poured into me. What an honor that He has called me His own."
