Shadows over February

By Calvin W. Allison

A storm comes in and the easy flow of life is disrupted. Suddenly you find yourself in a tough circumstance that challenges your endurance. How will you react? Will you fold under the pressure, complain and be distraught? Or will you smile? Understanding that your faith is being tried by a loving God that wants to make you a stronger person? The tests of life can be tough. But it is through these tests that God strengthens our faith.
Shadows Over February is the third volume of poetry by author Calvin W. Allison. The books theme is on trials and tests. Its intended to encourage the reader to grow in their faith and to go forward no matter what comes against them. Calvin considers it a great privilege to make this book available to the public and especially to the Church of Jesus Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 7, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481726047

Calvin W. Allison

Calvin W. Allison was born in a town called Ada in the state of Oklahoma. When he was four years of age, his family moved from the town of Ada to a remote location deep in the country where he grew up. His immediate biological family consisted of himself, his dad, mom, and two sisters. The years passed while the surrounding climate of his childhood took him through the diverse seasons of growth where the developing cycles of character took their effect. During his 7th to 10th grade years at the educational edifice called school, he experienced some very difficult times that caused his emotions to darken, and his self-esteem to sink low into the dimly lit hallways of manic depression. Inward hurt outwardly resulted in a reckless living that sent him staggering to find balance down a pathway obstructed with self constructed landmines that he narrowly edged his way around. During that dark venturing -while in self destruct mode- he wrote numerous volumes of negative poetry, and surrounded his life with dark secular entertainment that intensified his excessive impulses for erosion. He attached himself to harmful habits, often indulging in drug use, and in alcoholic consumption. As a result of his dangerous addictions, he went off-road into several ditches, encountered various perils, and once spent a night in a physical jail. The time that he spent existing was unproductive, and the chains of the world were steadily tightening around his vague hope of progressing. Though the rope of his unstableness was long enough to stretch through an accumulation of scarred up years, it reached its end on the night of February 7th 1999. On that night he stepped away from the toxic waste that he had become, and toward the belief that there was Someone there that could help him. So he called out to God with a sincere heart, and then received an experience that gave him an unyielding desire to continue seeking God. Then one night he opened up his heart and received the Lord Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Calvin was born again, and everything in his life became brand new. His eyes were opened up, and he could see things with a spiritual clarity that he previously was not able to. His perspective on life had completely changed, and he got rid of all of the negative volumes of poetry that he had written. He also got rid of all of the dark secular entertainment that had once contributed to his condition of grief. The light of God’s pure redeeming truth had filled his heart and mind with a love that reconstructed his entire being. Now Calvin writes for the glory of God, and bears witness to the life changing Gospel of Jesus Christ. Calvin is a well learned student of the Bible who stands strong in the faith of the Lord. He is a Conservative American with a good understanding of the political system, and he has an interest in the field of true science. His Christian values are the foundation of any subject that he advances in, and upon that foundation he cannot be moved. Whether the subjects are of political significance , scientific significance , or of any other subjects of significance, Calvin strongly believes that they must be proven durable from a Biblical standpoint. If they cannot be proven durable from a Biblical standpoint, he believes that they have no place in the classifications that are relevant to importance, and therefore have no underlined substance to offer that would be beneficial to anyone. Calvin is proficient in writing in a various form of styles, including in a second person format, as was demonstrated in this short documentation of biographical/ testimonial information. He hopes that his books greatly bless all of those that read them.

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Published by AuthorHouse 06/04/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-2603-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-2604-7 (e)

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Contents

Acknowledgement

Foreword

Shadows Over February

James Chapter 1 Verses 2, 3, And 4

Choose The Light

Quiet Time

You Alone

Psalm 46

Proceed In Faith

Silent Wars

Trying Harder Than I’ve Ever Tried

Proverbs Chapter 24 Verse 16

Great Men

Deliverance

Detained

Mark Chapter 11 Verses 23 And 24

This Day

Moving Forward

Lord,

2 Peter Chapter 2 Verses 2 Through 8

A Blue Sky Over Memories

Changing Times

Going Forward With A Smile

Philippians Chapter 3 Verses 13 And 14

Lunch Break At Leachco

A Christians Occupation

As To The Lord

Colossians Chapter 3 Verses 22, 23, And 24

God Expects Us To Obey

Don’t Fall In Silence

Search Out The Righteous

Proverbs Chapter 27 Verse 17

Proceed Forward

Persevere

A Dark Night

1 John Chapter 1 Verse 9

A Pretentious Pretender

Hypocrites

Turn To Jesus

Romans Chapter 10 Verses 8, 9, And 10

Leave From The Shadows

Words Of The Mouth

Walk Not After The Flesh, But After The Spirit

Romans Chapter 8 Verse 1

Close The Door On Sin

Discernment

Stay In The Light

1 Peter Chapter 2 Verses 21 Through 24

Be Alive

Examples Of Light

A Sunset Rising 3

2 Corinthians Chapter 5 Verse 17

Question And Answer

A Pause To Remember

A Need To Witness

Matthew Chapter 5 Verses 14, 15, And 16

Do Not Fear

A Word From The Lord

No Reason To Cry Tonight

Romans Chapter 8 Verses 35 Through 39

Power In The Light

The Word Of God

Your Will Be Done

1 John Chapter 2 Verses 15, 16, And 17

Jesus, My God

Refine Me

Your Best

John Chapter 15 Verse 7

Philippians Chapter 4 Verse 13

I’ve Got More

Echoes Of The