Love

O how my heart desires your love,
Your radiant demeanor is that from above.
Our love has been enduringly tested, painfully tried and victoriously proved, And like a tree planted by water, my love for you shall not be moved. Of all other options, you chose me as your wife. I am bound to you with love, for the rest of my life.
With each passing day my love for you grows deeper
Always know you have my heart and that you are its keeper.
O how I do admire you for you’re my spiritual inspiration.
An upright man who does indeed walk worthy of his vocation.
The depth of our love goes beyond realms that were never anticipated. You’ve made many sacrifices for me and it is immensely appreciated. Many times our love enmity has tried to plunder, But what God hath joined together let no man put asunder. Know that with all that we’ve been through
I’d do it over again to share love with you. Copyright 2007

Joy

Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.
-Psalm 30:5
Holy Bible

Sometimes midnight seems to engulf me within its darkness. Preventing me from depending on my senses to guide me. I am rendered helpless, restricted by my own physical limitations. Aah, but my souls reminds me that there is One whose strength is perfected in my weakness. My mortal being draws on that of a higher power. I feel Him restoring me and as the morning dawns so does my joy.

Try Dying by James Scott Bell

Try Dying is a crime fiction laced with cynical characters and bleak settings. From the first page author, James Scott Bell, pounces the reader with a vortex of violence, like predator to its unsuspecting prey. Helpless to Bell’s power over the pen, I devoured this book in less than 24 hours. Bell is a master of suspense, indeed.

A character by the name of Rudy Barocas made a remark, “What the mind of a man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man can achieve.”

That statement holds much wisdom. If one can merely think something, good or bad, and then believe it, it has the ability to exist outside of the mind and be successfully carried out. This truth is resounding, and can also be threatening, an interesting theory.

In a particular passage, which had me gripping my blanket, the author reveals the meaning of the title “Try Dying.”
Ty Buchanan, the heroine of the story is in a situation where his outcome is dim. He begins to give up-
“I would soon be dead.
My mind told my body not to stress about that. Just give up, it’s time, what are you doing hanging around here? You can’t win against people like this. There’s too many of them, and they’re too powerful. Living here isn’t what you thought it’d be. Try dying. Maybe you’ll find that white light.”

At this point in the story the reader has developed a relationship with Ty and is cheering for him. The readers’ heart will cry out, “He can’t die now, he has come too close to finding out the truth.”

This is not your classical who-dun-it mystery. This novel displays the remnants of a well seasoned craft, which is not ordinarily seen amongst inspirational writers. James Scott Bell has been added to my list of favorite authors. He has proven himself a worthy component of the general and inspirational market.

Reviewed by: Takiela Bynum

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