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Faithwalk: A Walk from Darkness to Light
When a new Christian cry out for God’s “perfect will” and “purpose” to be fulfilled in their life, one can expect literally “all hell” to break loose. Nothing else makes sense as the pure character building “walk” begins. Bonnie had finally reached a comfort level in her life after many years of upheaval. That comfort level soon changes when she answered a TV advertisement, she hopes would fill an emotional void in her life. The result of this change took her from literal darkness to “the light.” But not without going through several years of one fiery trail after another.During the first seven years following her response to the TV ad, Bonnie found herself jailed, bankrupt and living out of her car as she continued to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Though those years of character building with the Lord, she raised herself from the pits of depression. Once discovering her calling, she goes from death row to the highest office in state government carrying her message of injustice.
This could have never happened if she had not developed the personal relationship with Jesus that many people only talk about, but few really experience, because they cannot find it within themselves to sacrifice “all” to “Walk a Mile in HIS shoes.” Bonnie Lou Oliver, author of Faithwalk, A Walk from Darkness to the LIGHT. Diverse would best describe Bonnie. Her story challenges many, but especially the men living out their sentences in prison, whether on death row or spending life in prison. All, she treats with respect and they returned that respect. She meets a man who is truly innocent not believing the injustice she witnessed, she takes up the gauntlet to fight his case. She could not do anything about the injustices in her own life, but she believed making a difference in another life, would make her life worth living. She takes the knowledge she gained from extensive study up to the governor’s office-building a rapport that also gains respect. Justice-that is all she wants-justice!Throughout life, she was always placed on academic probation because she could not take a test, but in each probationary period she proved that she was not to be overlooked. Receiving a Master’s Degree from Wheaton College. In her 30’s, she expressed herself through her paintings that she would classify as impressionistic. Her favorite piece was the portrait she painted of Emmitt Kelly the sad faced clown whose “Vanishing Light” routine touched her as a child. She likened his sweeping of the spotlights until he made them disappear to the challenges of one’s life.
She lived a season filled with prestige while married to an officer and gentleman. A devastating divorce, followed by despair. Then there were seasons when she was homeless due to challenging events in her life. Never feeling accepted. In a crowd you will see her hanging back-observing all around. Unless someone gets her in a conversation, they will never find out the depth of her personality and her Christian faith.
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Walking Free: From Bondage to Liberty
Gregory sat in a small cell that he shared with another inmate and questioned, “why am I here, Lord? What did I do wrong to cost me the rest of my life in prison with a walking death sentence? Please let me know, I am man enough to handle it, but I need to know where I went wrong? “The answer came in three simple words, “It was rigged! “As soon as Gregory was arrested for a murder and assault that his mentally ill brother committed, he set out on a course to prove just how a judicial system that he believed in could be so corrupt that they would concoct a story that would send an innocent man away for the rest of his life. He could not fight it alone so from the time he was locked up in St. Louis City Jail he prayed that the Lord would send someone who would believe in his innocence to help him.
Little did he know his help was going to come from one Michigan white woman who fought alongside him until the governor commuted his sentence. His fight did not end there because there was still the scar on his name, and he had to clear his name. He entered a fight that would take years to unravel the “Gordian Knot” of corruption and the legal lies that surrounded his name. He never wavered in his faith in the Lord’s leading which caused him to be mocked and jeered at for over twenty years. He discovered that through all of this, the Lord moves in steps and stages, and in his heart he was able to be “Walking Free” in the Word of God.
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