God's Boot Camp - Softcover

Araceli Almond; Greenbrier Almond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870128809 ISBN 13: 9780870128806

Publisher: McClain Printing Company, 2017

Synopsis

Memoir writing never has been high on my to do list. I feel so inadequate as an author and am embarrassed to expose my life to the world. However, I have had important people in my life urge me to write my story. My dear husband Greenbrier has encouraged it from the day he was inspired to write following our daughter Maria's announcement of her pregnancy. We want our grandchildren to know our lives and our lessons learned. My first directive came from my pediatric training director, Herbert Pomerance, MD. His wife became my cheerleader with good telephone support for my impending thyroid surgery in February 1975. A month later, after I recovered from my surgery and was back to pediatric residency training, Dr. Pomerance came to my table while I was eating lunch alone in our cafeteria. He stood by my table, looked around, looked at me and said, It is amazing! Write everything down! and took off. I was puzzled and pondered a lot about it for awhile, but life went on. I will not tell my life story in a book unless God will tell me to, I exclaimed to Greenbrier in March 2015 after we returned from our trip to the Holy Land. I just blurted that out to stop him from asking me to do it! Well, three days later God finally got my attention. I came to our breakfast table after Greenbrier had finished eating food while feasting on God s Word during his Bible study. As I prepared to break my overnight fast, my eyes fell on the Bible opened to Isaiah 30. Wow! There as a directive from God I read: So, go now and write all this down. Put it in a book So that the record will be there to instruct the coming generations, Because this is a rebel generation, a people who lie, A people unwilling to listen to anything God tells them. They tell their spiritual leaders, Don t bother us with irrelevancies. They tell their preachers, Don t waste our time on impracticalities. Tell us what makes us feel better. Don t bore us with obsolete religion. That stuff means nothing to us. Quit hounding us with The Holy of Israel. 8213;Isaiah 30: 8-11 (The Message) Write all this down. Put it in a book ! My eyes got big. The verses spoke to my heart and soul. The reason I had to do this book about my life was obedience. I felt God was telling me what He wanted me to do, so I had to obey. I only wanted to write the real happenings, no sugar-coating, no exaggerations. I set out to tell my story the way it happened as I remember it. It seems that my life is not real, but it is! And God has been with me all along. Initially I thought my book would be called The Golden Cage, but the title God s Boot Camp came shortly after through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Correctly discerning my path, Greenbrier called his lifelong friend, who has military service as well as a doctorate in theology, to assist. The Reverend Dr. Gary L. Mallonee listened to my story in its entirety. With his life experience and education as well as love of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, he has helped me tell an amazing true story of coming to America, seeking a deeper walk with Jesus, both losing and gaining freedom in the living of my days. Now, may you the reader gain from my telling you my story. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32 KJV)

About this edition

• Publisher: McClain Printing Company
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0870128809
• ISBN 13: 9780870128806
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268
• Editor: Greenbrier Almond
• Illustrator: Tyler McMahon