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    Flying Lessons
    Flying Lessons
    Flying Lessons
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    Flying Lessons

    By Daniel W. Shegrud

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    There you are, comfortable as can be, minding your own business, reading a book, and daydreaming about a peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwich. Suddenly God shows up and tells you he wants to give you something.

    You know from personal experience that God's gifts are kind of tricky to handle and his plans for you seldom work out the way you expect. And yet, he is God, and that means he's a good guy.

    So what do you do? Stay put? Go with him? Run screaming for the hills? It doesn't matter. He is God. He knows what you need, he knows where you live, and he knows how to give gifts like no one you ever met.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDaniel W. Shegrud
    Release dateNov 29, 2016
    ISBN9781370166886
    Flying Lessons
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    Daniel W. Shegrud

    I'm from Renton, Washington, originally and except for two years in Rexburg Idaho and four months in Kingston, New York, lived there from 1960 (the year I was born) until 2008, when Mary and I moved to Spokane.Here are a few more ridiculously compelling details about me, in case you're interested: I have five sons, one daughter, 8-10 grand kids (it changes periodically) and a miniature poodle named Copper; I am a born-again believer in Jesus Christ; I love cookies; I have read more than two thousands books - novels, texts, tomes, manuscripts, what have you - in the last three decades; I love cooking; I love eating; I love eating other people's cooking; I spent more than two decades driving truck but now work as a Certified Nurse's Aid - it's often messier than driving, but more satisfying at the end of the day.

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      Book preview

      Flying Lessons - Daniel W. Shegrud

      See that mountain?

      God asks, pointing at it.

      "I want you to

      climb to the top

      of it with me."

      What do you do now?

      Flying Lessons

      FLYING LESSONS

      WRITTEN BY

      DANIEL W. SHEGRUD

      ILLUSTRATED BY

      STEPHEN VAN DYKEN

      COPYRIGHT 2001

      DANIEL W. SHEGRUD

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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      TABLE of CONTENTS

      A Brief Explanation of the Point

      James 1:2

      The Story Begins

      Meet the Illustrator

      Meet the Author

      Contact the Author

      A Brief

      Explanation

      Of The Point

      Here's a depressing thought: Life hurts. Here's a corollary, just for fun: Pain is. Need proof? OK, here we go:

      -The blessed event of childbirth is excruciating for the mother and more than just a little unsettling for the child;

      -Teeth, though quite useful, come only after the discomfort of teething, and then they never

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