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    The Long Road Back
    The Long Road Back
    The Long Road Back
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    The Long Road Back

    By Beray Thigpen

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    Are you or someone you know battling an illness?

    If you are struggling in area of life, let The Long Road Back be a source of inspiration.

    This book is the result of a commission given to Beray Thigpen by God Himself. Strangely enough, the commission came when Thigpen was at the lowest point in his fight against the two types of cancer, which had simultaneously invaded his body.

    This life altering experience shaped his life and ushered him into a closer walk with the Lord. As you read his testimony, you will believe God for miracles. You will be encouraged, and in turn, encourage others.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781939748935
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      The Long Road Back - Beray Thigpen

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      Foreword

      The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD.

      (Psalm 37:23)

      We were concerned to say the least, when Mr. Thigpen shared with us privately and, eventually with the church, his cancer diagnosis. Like most congregations, we rallied around him and his family with prayers, blessings and well-wishes as the journey of treatment began. He and his wife left Jackson, Mississippi with their faith affirmed and their hopes declared, headed to one of the top hospitals in the nation for cancer treatment. We knew that God would be with him and would keep watch over his treatment, but still we watched and waited; and admittedly, after seeing Mr. Thigpen become weaker instead of stronger, sometimes we wondered about the steps.

      The Long Road Back is a captivating account of walking by faith through the unknown, the uncertain and the unexpected with the assurance that each step was ordered by God. Each step was an ordained part of God’s will. Each step was found to have meaning and purpose. Walk with Beray and be inspired for your own journey as he recounts his steps, The Long Road Back.

      Reginald M. Buckley

      Executive Pastor, Cade Chapel M. B. Church

      Introduction

      This experience was probably the best thing that has ever happened to me. I say that because there is a reason for everything God allows you to go through in your life. The saying, You have to go through something to get something is true. Before gold can become gold, it has to go through fire. Readers that take this experience seriously and apply its meaning will find healing for themselves and will also be able to help family members, friends, co-workers and other people in general. What a blessing. Let me just tell you, I have had many experiences in life, have had many successes, but I am a better person now than I have ever been in my seventy-two years of life. I am not perfect, but much more conscious of what God expects of us. It’s either right or wrong, there is no in-between.

      What a different world this would be if all people, or even if just the majority of people, would let God permeate their lives. I can live the rest of my life knowing more of what God expects me to be rather than thinking and acting selfishly. Let God permeate your being. I can tell you for sure that His presence watches over me and has helped me to become more of the person He wants all of us to be.

      The big surprise to me was that I thought I was doing pretty well. I served as a deacon at the church; as the minister of music, having directed thirty-three consecutive Christmas Cantatas; taught Sunday school teachers; served on the church program committee and more. What we must understand is that God wants us to save souls.

      Do You Have the Courage to Really Know God and What He Expects of You?

      My favorite definition of courage is this: Courage applies to moral strength that makes a person face danger, trouble or pain steadily and without showing fear.

      Have you thought of life this way? As humans and as Christians, we have, on average, about seventy to eighty years to prepare for an eternity. Our lives down here are just a dressing room for what is yet to come. What would you like to hear the Master say when you meet Him face to face at the pearly gates? Just imagine the questions that you will be asked and reflect on the answers you will give. Are these the kind of answers that will get you through the pearly gates?

      You can’t say, Well I was sick and couldn’t get around, couldn’t go to church or couldn’t do this or that.

      All of those things running through your mind right now

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