our purpose. After all, Jesus emphasized and commanded his disciples to "love one another."
The connectivity in knowing Jesus, bonded his followers to each other, just as I think there is a great deal of proof of our own connectivity with all humanity. The strange things that happen to many of us are part of that proof, and why my book, If It Hadn't Happened to Me, was written. (It should be published in September).
In my last blog, I promised a glimpse of the contents in my future articles. Following is from the Author's Note section:
When I decided to write this
book, I requested stories only from trusted individuals whom I knew, or from
others who were trusted by those individuals. Some of the stories are from
fellow authors who have previously written about their experiences, and some
are from the most unlikely sources − people I never really expected to respond.
What I also discovered in requesting stories is, even many of those who had not
had experiences to relate, often knew stories about other people who had. And there
were some who never encountered or knew of anyone who had experienced such
events, yet were still open to and believed such things happen.
It was also interesting that
some people had only one story to tell and others had many. Strangely, one of
those individuals said she had once read these types of “unbelievable”
experiences run in families. With a few submissions in this book, that seems to
be correct, but due to respect for anonymity, I can’t disclose which writers
are related.
As a final note, I
appreciate the willingness of all who shared their stories with me for this
book. There are accounts where the reader may still question the validity of
what someone wrote, but that is the point of the book. Those who shared their
experiences, too, would not have believed what happened if it hadn’t happened
to them.
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