The Jesus You May Not Know written by David Jeremiah

  I could discuss how the questions that are posed in this book answered questions or confirmed understanding that I held. Questions such as Is He from History or From Eternity, Is He the Son of Mary or the Son of God, Is He Past or Is He Present? Those are but three of the chapters in the forms of questions with in the book. One of the things though, that I took away, is how Jesus, is always, always, always with us. He is sitting on the right hand of God, and He is watching over us and praying for us. I know this to be true.
 When I was twenty years old, the craze of the time was citizen band radios. Nearly everyone had to either have one in their vehicle, in their home or both. I had both. I wasn't content with the one I had in the house so I purchased another. A radio that was supposed to be one of the better ones. Before the seller let me have it, the radio was taken to a technician to go through it and make sure it was in good condition. After I got the radio, the person who sold it to me wanted to hear how it sounded. But the minute I hooked it up I was electrocuted. I was still living with my parents, my mother heard my strange calls and came running. By that time I had dropped the radio. She took me to the hospital where I was treated for burns on my fingers. The doctor told my mother of several items that if I had come into contact with, would have killed me. Every item he listed was within arms reach.
 Three years later I was in a bad marriage. To keep my then husband from being abusive, I drank..a lot. If I were drinking, I was in that same gutter as he was, if I were sober, I was a target to be brought down. One night in a drunken rage he shot at me twice. I dove through a window and hid until I knew he had passed out. Not long after that, in another rage the physical abuse was so bad that I didn't know that I would make it out of that. At one point I felt as if I were watching it like a bad movie. I managed to escape from that, literally, and get back home.
 At fifty, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had long before that remarried, my husband was out of work. The cancer was caught early, but I still endured surgery and radiation treatments while trying to help my husband find a new job. A job came that was an answer to a prayer because it was from a company that had not been on any of the job sites. While I was undergoing the treatments, I would still hike daily. I would take the same paths so that should I not get back home when expected everyone knew where to look. Every day, there was something new and different waiting for me. A new flower, a new insect, a new sound, deer would pass or racoon, something to let me know, that I was not alone.
 In all the things that I have endured in this life, I have been reminded constantly, I'm not alone. I have a Savior, a Lord and King, who is also a Friend. One who promised to never leave or forsake me and has proven that time and again. Even when I make less that wise choices. Even when I stumble and fall. Even when I feel the most alone, like after my husband suddenly passed away three years ago. He is always with me, comforting, protecting, guiding. He is the One who I learn more about and grow closer to each day. This book merely reminded me of that even as it brought a brighter light and understanding, as it brought a greater clarity, even as it drew me ever closer to a Lord who is seeking me, wishing for that very thing.