Heaven Is A Breath Away

The multi-car pileup on a snowy highway should have ended in death. Instead, it changed Valerie Pater's life forever.

Susan Elaine Collins was raised in a Christian home, and God was the center of her life. She always believed that God had a plan for her and her family. She felt safe and secure in that knowledge. In 1997, her youngest son, William Dale, 19, was killed in a traffic accident. Shaken to the innermost part of her being, Susan writes in her book how his death affected her life and the lives of her family. This is the story of her pain and struggle during that difficult time. Through prose and poetry, she relates the impact that God, her family, and good friends had on her life and her ability to cope with the loss of Dale. She tells how she learned to live again after Dale's death.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Michelina Bellsong is on a mission. She is following a missing family to the edge of America . . . to a place she never knew existed—a place of terror, wonder, and shattering revelation. What awaits her there will change her life and the life of everyone she knows—if she can find the key to survival. At stake are a young girl of extraordinary goodness, a young boy with killers on his trail, and Micky’s own wounded soul. Ahead lie incredible peril, startling discoveries, and paths that lead through terrible darkness to unexpected light.

By writing this book, I hope to minimize the questions in people’s minds; where there are, misgivings, interpretations, traditions, rites and rituals; that may have left them questioning their relationship with God; after they came to know Him. As I searched God’s Word, I found many answers that brought understanding of Jesus’ teachings. These simple, plain, easy to understand principals opened my eyes. I have tried to portray the greatest gift we will find: (in our searching the Bible) is a heavenly Father that will never leave us, nor forsake us, but will be with us to give His love, wisdom and understanding of our life’s questions. I hope to convey that He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. The height and depth of His word is without measure; and have found there is no private interpretation of His Word. These writings tell that there is a blessing when we have it settled in our thinking of who we are, who we want to be, and how to achieve that goal? When “One Breath Away,” is read, there will never be any condemnation nor discrimination; only peace. Every truth presented, is rooted and grounded in God’s Word. The more we study His Word the greater we find His grace and His freedom for His children. I want others to find God’s Words are alive, and we find His Words will never return void. His Words speak to each one of us, just where we are in our faith. We are all reared in different beliefs. His Word covers each one of us wherever we are. God not only will reach out His hand to you; but will gently lead you with His love. His truths are easily entreated and enriches our spirit. His word settles it in our heart and mind that we can please our heavenly Father.

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If you cannot comfortably say with confidence that Jesus died for your sins and opens the door of salvation for you or that you deny Jesus, then this book is for you. So many Christians take Jesus for granted, and so many people do not understand His torment and the suffering He endured for us. We began a spiritual journey when we enter this world. We have a natural body and a world full of responsibilities to challenge us on our journey. We are influenced by many outside sources and personal interactions with our family members and friends. Ultimately, we make the most important decision of our life. Do we believe in God and accept Jesus as our Savior, or do we reject God and accept atheism? When you analyze the facts of the life of Jesus, his loving teachings, his horrible suffering, death and miraculous resurrection, you come to understand He did it for you. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. His teaching brings light into your life. Jesus is the gateway to eternal happiness when we leave this world. Atheism with its evil influence wants to drag you down and have you reject God. Atheists are in total denial about God, Jesus, supernatural experiences, something from nothing, and the wisdom in the formation of this universe and mankind. Atheists want you to believe you will simply rot in the ground and accept life with no future hope. If you are an atheist, don't laugh at this thought and concern. As a Christian, I care for you and your soul. That is certainly more than what the atheistic thinking has in mind for you. Atheism, under the influence of Satan, offers you nothing but the door way to eternal conscious separation from God. This book is a direct challenge to the thoughts and beliefs of the atheist. I wrote this book with the hope it just might stir the mind of a non-believer. Then believing the Holy Spirit will do the rest.