The Rescue by Jim Cymbalta

The Rescue by Jim Cymbalta is a little book of 7 personal stories of 7 different people sharing their story of Jesus stepping in and turning their life from one of despair to one of hope.  These people all were at the end of their rope.  Lawrence had made is as a college athletic star and flight instructor but he was already into that downward spiral.  To the world it appeared he had it all, all that money could buy that is.  But on his back he carried that knowledge that no one had loved him for just being him--including his mother and father.  No matter how much he achieved there was no one in the stands cheering for him just for being him.  There was no one who loved him until he discovered that Jesus was there all along.  Jesus was there when a homeless Lawrence lay beneath the window on a dirty mattress listening to the pastor talk on someone else's TV telling Lawrence that Jesus loved him and not only that but He had died for him.  That night Lawrence went from the unloved often beaten little boy to an important person who was loved by Jesus.  And that is just the first story read this little book clear through until you get to the little girl who grew up raped over and over by her uncle and later after a childhood of feeling unloved finally found the love of Jesus.  Jesus who could wipe away the tears and understand what little Toni was feeling when at 15 years old she birthed her first baby-- 9 pound little Ruben.  Jesus helped her see that she was worth the love of her husband and her 3 children and clean up her act and become the wife and mother that only Jesus and her loving husband believed her to be.

This book should be on everyone's must read book.  It will make you so feel so good to know that God is on your side through all your troubles and if you just pray He will listen.  Even if you can't say the words He will hear you and love you.  He is that light shining into your dark interior. 
I received this book from Handlebar for this review.