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    Are You Ready to Meet Your Maker?: Caught in an Undertow
    Are You Ready to Meet Your Maker?: Caught in an Undertow
    Are You Ready to Meet Your Maker?: Caught in an Undertow
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    Are You Ready to Meet Your Maker?: Caught in an Undertow

    By Bob DeFelice

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    When same-day surgery turns into a near-death experience for this young dad of four; he faces lifes biggest question: am I ready to meet my maker? Come along on a true story, an intellectual and emotional journey of self-discovery.

    If you have never gotten a chance to read the Bible, or have tried but cant seem to get through it, this lightning-quick survey of what the Bible has to say about lifes biggest question is unpacked in a fun short story. At deaths door and desperate for answers, author Bob DeFelice discovers truth in a cold, dark hospital room. It takes a same-day surgery procedure gone horribly wrong to force an eight-day journey of self-discovery. This concise exposition of what Gods Word says concerning life and death is a must-read for anyone that wants to understand what the Bible says about life after this one. Are you ready to meet your maker? This book can help you answer that question once and for all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateNov 21, 2011
    ISBN9781449731120
    Are You Ready to Meet Your Maker?: Caught in an Undertow
    Author

    Bob DeFelice

    Bob DeFelice has been a radio broadcaster for over thirty years; he manages a radio group in upstate New York and hosts a weekly radio talk show. Bob; his wife, Lisa; and their four children, Domiana, Dante, Dakota, and Delyla, reside in the Hudson Valley. Bob is an Elder at Hudson Valley Christian Church.

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      Are You Ready to Meet Your Maker? - Bob DeFelice

      Contents

      A note to my brothers and sisters:

      Introduction

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Notes

      "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

      Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NIV)

      A note to my brothers and sisters:

      The book you are now holding began as a text message on my Blackberry. Thirty minutes and thirty characters later I copied it over to a Facebook note and spent the next thirty days or so on my World Edition (Facebook App), thumbs banging away.

      I think my wife Lisa and the kids thought I was insane, only half believing that I was actually texting a letter. I admit I was possessed–obsessed! I spent every free moment chipping away at what you now hold in your hand.

      The obsession to write this down came after a long distance phone conversation with my brother. We were talking about our childhood, how far life had taken us from that simpler time, and how the present Great Recession was wreaking havoc in our lives.

      Near the end of our talk I remarked that I was glad that at least God was in control and that we could be at peace. That remark led to a recollection of our childhood religion in the Roman Catholic Church and culminated in a recounting of my near death experience which led to a discussion concerning the difference between having a religion with God and having a relationship with God". There is a difference.

      After we hung up I felt that it didn’t end so well. I was troubled. I said to Lisa, "I feel like I just let my brother down; I think he thinks, that I think, that I am holier-than-thou or loftier in some sanctimonious way".

      That was the last thing I thought about myself—and certainly the last thing I wanted him to think! I just couldn’t leave him with the notion that I felt I had any edge in the working my way up to heaven department. Truth is we grew up in a church of good works—but I’m not a better Ten Commandment keeper than anyone. Yet—just how do you explain that being gooder than your goodest – good— EVER doesn’t get you any closer to God or into Heaven!

      I knew I needed to explain myself more fully, carefully, but how? The more I worked on this note, the bigger it became. What started as a brief text message took on a life of its own and I soon realized that this wasn’t just meant for him; it was also meant for you.

      No one earns their way to Heaven by being good – the Bible says no-one is righteous – no, not one.

      If going to Heaven or hell were based upon how good you have been—how good would be good enough? Could you live without knowing the answer to that? I couldn’t! Just how good is good enough? I just had

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