Welcome to the Rough Diamond blog, 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 maynever 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?
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A Rough Diamond is a christian fiction true life story about a beautiful young lady named Sharon Mathews. Sharon’s life was at its fullest or so it seemed. She had one of the best paying jobs, a high flyer; climbing the career ladder at a pace most people could only imagine. Blessed with toys typical of the fast-paced life, state of the art automobiles, jetting from one city to another on vacation, and courted by the most eligible bachelor at work. What more can a girl possibly ask for?
This was Sharon’s
life until a sleeping beast from the past rose and dealt her an eternal wound.
She lost all that was dear to her and sank in to the lowest ebb of anger and
depression. Left alone by family and friends, she turned to the one who has the
answers to the questions of life
A Rough Diamond
brought out the frailty of human affections in the face of adversity, Sharon’s
emotional battles with God who she held responsible for her woes and her
emotional journey from sorrow to immeasurable joy and freedom. It answers
certain life questions we asked when faced with a tragedy. Questions such as:
Why me? Where were you Lord when it
hurts the most? Why do bad things happen to good people?
In this story, we will get to see that death
is not the end of human existence, but only a door to eternity.
Also, we will understand how a life can be beautifully
remolded and transformed by tragedy; how good can spin out of a tragic event
and how the human spirit through faith in God can rise above every conceivable
challenge of life.
Emotional, gripping and deeply moving, this is a book that
will obsess, possess and remain with you forever.
Follow me in this classic piece as I recount the story of
Sharon Mathews…
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