Uncommon Relations - Couverture souple

Reed, J Allen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1461091020 ISBN 13 : 9781461091028

Editeur : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

Sue was sure the preacher could see the tears as they started to roll down over her cheeks. When she was a child, Sue was taught not to cry, but tonight she found she could not help herself. She had been thinking all week about Christopher's murder and what was going to happen to her, and which direction her life would be going. Sue looked at the preacher for a short moment, and then said, "I may just be that person you have been expecting." Every one was looking at her now in complete silence. The Lord had let this man, the preacher, look into the depths of Sue's heart, and know how troubled she had been over the things that had happened in her life. Could she have truly been the person the Lord spoke to him about? A moving, suspenseful story about redemption, forgiveness, and the promises of God.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

J. Allen Reed was born in Texas and raised on the streets of the Fifth Ward in Houston. He is of Italian descent, whose maternal grandfather and grandmother were from Sicily, Italy. He quit school in the ninth grade and quickly went to work at a feed store on East Houston Road. He quit his job there and enlisted in the Army, with the consent of his parents. He had his nineteenth birthday in Korea as a combat medic with King Company, 35th Regimen, and 35th Division. He returned home at the age of 20 and married his childhood sweetheart. He then took her to Temple, Texas, where he enrolled her in Temple High School, here she finished school while he finished his enlistment at Fort Hood, Texas. Mr. Reed then got a barber license and a beauty license. Shortly after getting out of barber college, he opened a barber shop on the north side of Houston, on Laura Koppe Road, which was noted for its "gangs." He ran a poker game for five years in a back room, located in the rear of the barber shop. Later, he owned and gambled on race horses. He was also a well-known hairstylist among high-class call girls who worked the Shamrock and Rice hotels in Houston, often working all night getting them ready to meet their next client. His client base also included office girls, housewives, lawyers, policemen, judges and movie stars. After his wife threatened to leave him, he fought and overcame an addiction to prescription drugs. It was Tim Lee who said the magic words that Mr. Reed needed to hear. Evangelist Tim Lee was a marine who had lost both legs in Vietnam. Mr. Reed told his wife later that it was like Tim was looking right at him when he said "he had ran from God 'til God took his legs.'" That's what Mr. Reed told his wife he had been doing ever since he left Korea. He asked his wife, Sue, if she would walk with him and she gladly took his hand. He walked up and accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Anyone who knew Mr. Reed before he was saved will tell you the man has completely changed. He is a member in good standing at church and attends a men's Bible class. He often travels in and out of state with Evangelist Harold Clayton, who has contributed much to his walk with Christ. Mr. Reed is the father of three grown children, has seven grandchildren, and, as of September 2011, has been married for 59 years to his childhood sweetheart, Sue. This book in many ways reflects his life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1461091020
• ISBN 13: 9781461091028
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible