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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Finding My Faith
Category:
Religion
Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing
ISBN-10: 1935096958
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 401
Copyright: 2012
ISBN-13: 9781935096955
Price: $9.99 (eBook)
My story is a true confession of how I lost and found my faith in Indonesia and The Philippines.
Chicken Soup for the Soul books, as you may know, are collections of true stories relating to a theme chosen by the editors. "Finding My Faith" has stories about finding faith of many different sorts.
My story relates my experience in Indonesia where I lost faith in a caring God because of all the poverty around me. I thought, "If God really cared about us, He wouldn't allow all this suffering." (There were a lot of people suffering in Indonesia.)
When the children and I were evacuated to Clark Air Base in the Philippines, I was in deep depression, partly because of the result of having a typhoid-like fever and partly because of my sin.
With the loving, persistent guidance of a missionary, I found my way back to God: I found my faith!
Excerpt
When we ate in restaurants, we always ordered more food than we could eat, knowing it wouldn't be wasted. Children stared through the plate-glass windows and rushed in at the end of our meal, giggllng. They scooped our leftovers into tin cans, then flew out the door before the waiters could shoo them away. My heart ached for them.
Please note: by clicking a link to Amazon.com, you will find books by another Elaine Masters. If you insert "Olelo" into her name, you will find my books.
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