Who Your Friends Are

About the Book

This book was written over a three year period with the sole purpose to educate those who think that you have to be perfect to be a Christian. I was sure to take my time, to ensure accuracy of thought and inspiration; modeled after a Sunday School class that I designed and taught. To show that God's love and forgiveness is easy to achieve, and that going to Heaven is just as easy. Research, prayer, meditation, prayer, tears, prayer, patience, prayer, solitude, and then thanks through prayer was the formula for the completion of this book. In these pages I will point fingers, mostly at myself, by providing testimonial experiences in my life to better explain the parables and "adventures" of Jesus and his disciples. It is a look into the intent of the Gospels from a humble servants point of view. I also focus on the idea of EVERYONE having a purpose to fulfill and that we are all given strengths for that purpose, but that it is those same strengths that can lead to a worldly outlook. The chapters dealing with Jesus' disciples are a lead in to what our faith is all about...Jesus Christ. There is something for everyone, because the disciples were chosen to encompass everyone, so that no one is left out. Then after each chapter there is a "how we can compare" section to further simplify the essence of each disciple and how they each had strengths and weaknesses.

About the Author

Growing up in the Southern Ontario town of Simcoe I was brought up believing that Sunday mornings were for bacon an eggs, and afternoons were for sports. I lived under that umbrella for the majority of my life, and all was good, until my senior year of high school when I lost my father. I questioned everything, and nearly tried everything, almost nothing was off limits and was speeding out of control through life. Until I met my wife and she introduced me to church, prayer, and Jesus Christ. On the day my life changed I was at church to witness my future wife's baptism. A wake up call. Has my life gotten easier as a Christian...maybe not. Has my life become more positive as a Christian...I think so. I had always believed in God, still think there is a place for religion classes in school, still think there is a place for prayer in school, and took great respect in the Lord's Prayer and of the quiet time I had to work things out with "myself". I always had a value on my life to be married with kids by age twenty-five, to give something to my kids I never had, and to one day write a book. I had seen many things before I was reborn, but it has been nothing compared to what I have seen since. I am almost thirty-one years into this life and only God knows what lies ahead... "what once was lost, now is found".