Saturday 4 January 2014
Friday 3 January 2014
Hello Everyone,
Welcome to the Rough Diamond page, dedicated to the story of Sharon Mathews. A rough diamond is a story about how good can come out of a tragic event, how beauty can come out of ashes, and how a life can be miraculously transformed in spite of a supposed tragedy. Even though Sharon died, the victory was in the fact that she lived her life to the full; she fulfilled the very purpose for which she was born and left footprints in the sounds of life. It is a story that will captivate and touch the soul of every living being with a heart. The misfortune that befell Sharon could happen to anybody, as a promising beautiful life could suddenly change overnight. When life crisis happens, what do we do? who do we blame? Is it God ? Our Parents? Ourselves?
Every one living on the surface of the earth will sooner or later go through a challenge, a crisis ( that is if you are not going through one already) at one time or another. When it happens, what do you do? Do you curse God like someone was advised to do? Do you give up on life or live on in bitterness? Do you sing such popular songs such as why me? Where are you Lord? I don't deserve this. Or, do you become stronger through the lessons that only pain can teach?
At the instant of pain, it may seem impossible to imagine that good can come. It must have seemed so to Christ at Gethsemane. It is never clear to us how suffering or evil can be transformed into a cause for celebration. But that is what we are asked to believe. The mystery of suffering is a Christian paradox. Pain jostles with triumph and rubs elbows with despair. And yet in this story, people like Sharon and Tony show us that Christians in the worst prison of suffering can still hear and believe Christ's words. " I have overcome the world".
Find out about what happens when we die. Do we go into oblivion, are we regenerated or exist no more forever?
We welcome your comments. The first chapter is available to be read free online. And if you want to buy the book, navigate to the shopping cart page and follow the instructions for download.
A Rough Diamond is also available on amazon.com at the following link: www.amazon.com/dp/B00GM7UKBE
Yours,
Elizabeth Adeniyi
Welcome to the Rough Diamond page, dedicated to the story of Sharon Mathews. A rough diamond is a story about how good can come out of a tragic event, how beauty can come out of ashes, and how a life can be miraculously transformed in spite of a supposed tragedy. Even though Sharon died, the victory was in the fact that she lived her life to the full; she fulfilled the very purpose for which she was born and left footprints in the sounds of life. It is a story that will captivate and touch the soul of every living being with a heart. The misfortune that befell Sharon could happen to anybody, as a promising beautiful life could suddenly change overnight. When life crisis happens, what do we do? who do we blame? Is it God ? Our Parents? Ourselves?
Every one living on the surface of the earth will sooner or later go through a challenge, a crisis ( that is if you are not going through one already) at one time or another. When it happens, what do you do? Do you curse God like someone was advised to do? Do you give up on life or live on in bitterness? Do you sing such popular songs such as why me? Where are you Lord? I don't deserve this. Or, do you become stronger through the lessons that only pain can teach?
After Sharon’s passing, it was
strongly impressed in my heart to write her story. I wanted the world to read about her. Perhaps, some will be lifted out of depression and come to find joy
in life again; have courage to start afresh and do more in spite of what life
has thrown at them. Some of us may never discover the precious diamond within
us until we face a big mountain, a challenge, a tragedy that appears larger
than life itself.
God has a purpose in every
problem. He uses problems to draw us closer to him. Your most profound intimate
experience of worship with God will likely be during the darkest period of your
life; when the pain is most, when you run out of options, when there is no
other alternative. That is when we pray our most authentic and heartfelt prayer
of dedication. At the instant of pain, it may seem impossible to imagine that good can come. It must have seemed so to Christ at Gethsemane. It is never clear to us how suffering or evil can be transformed into a cause for celebration. But that is what we are asked to believe. The mystery of suffering is a Christian paradox. Pain jostles with triumph and rubs elbows with despair. And yet in this story, people like Sharon and Tony show us that Christians in the worst prison of suffering can still hear and believe Christ's words. " I have overcome the world".
Find out about what happens when we die. Do we go into oblivion, are we regenerated or exist no more forever?
We welcome your comments. The first chapter is available to be read free online. And if you want to buy the book, navigate to the shopping cart page and follow the instructions for download.
A Rough Diamond is also available on amazon.com at the following link: www.amazon.com/dp/B00GM7UKBE
Yours,
Elizabeth Adeniyi
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