Forsaking Petrification

By Terry Johnson

Life gives us humans a lot to offer, but it also has a lot of temptations that can bring you down. I realize that bad things are going to happen in life. I just never knew that I would grow up in one of those lifestyles that people watch on television or read about. I know it was only the Lord Jesus Christ who helped me when I was down and out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 18, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499082630

Terry Johnson

After obtaining an MSc in Industrial Applied Mathematics in 1974, Terry Johnson initially worked as a research assistant at Sheffield Polytechnic. In 1977 he began his railway aerodynamics career as a graduate entrant to the Aerodynamics Team of British Rail Research in Derby. By the time of railway privatisation in 1996, he had risen to be Head of the Team. There followed 12 years working in the railway consultancies of AEA Technology Rail/DeltaRail. He then joined the Railway Safety and Standards Board in 2008 as their Principal Aerodynamics Engineer, and has worked on a wide range of railway aerodynamics research projects and has maintained and developed aerodynamic aspects in GB railway standards. He is a Chartered Mathematician and Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

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Table of Contents

Dedication

1 Night Crawler

2 Kissing Poverty in the Mouth

3 Life of Despair

4 Last Child

5 Why Hide Your Heart from Me?

6 This Day I Was Created

7 Eye Contact from across the Road

8 Heart of Art

9 Eclipse

10 Rock around the Mud Muttle

11 Leaves in a Ditch

12 Old World

13 If I Wanna Be

14 The Dream World

15 Magic Fame from the Soul

16 Faith

17 Me & My Shepherd vs.The Demon & His Kids

18 Cleanest End

19 Furious /Sorrow Forgiven but Never Forgotten

20 As a Son

21 Reborn

22 Righteous & the Injurious

23 The Dark, Wild, Perilous Time

24 Second Chances

25 Betrayal

26 Evil Hearts

27 Hated or Loved

28 Don’t Trust These Kids

29 What is a Sellout?

30 Who Knew I Could Change?

31 Frozen Society

32 Aden

33 One Letter to Mom

34 The One & Only—Letter 2

35 Pops 1

36 Pops 2

37 There for Me

38 Country Boyz

39 Court House

40 Your Gift

41 A Man of Peace

42 Carl Lacey Love

43 Carl Lacey 2

44 My Nephew’s Keeper

45 The Flashbacks

46 Gifted & Broke

47 Deep Pain

48 The White Wall Society

49 Terry Johnson: To the Youth

50 Single Mothers

51 One Day

52 Dangerous Planet That We Live On

53 Prayer for the Nations

54 #1 English Teacher

55 The Decisions

56 A Change of Heart

57 Challenge of Faith

58 Respect Runs for Miles

59 Quotes 1

60 Quotes 2

61 Night Wars

62 Confessions to Christ

Dedication

Life gives us humans a lot to offer, but it also has a lot of temptations that can bring us down. I realize that bad things are going to happen in life. I just never knew that I would grow up into one of those lifestyles that people watch on television or read about. I know it was only the Lord Jesus Christ who helped me when I was down and out.

There were times before I got placed in confinement that I thought there was a little bit of hope for me. Many people were wondering what was going to happen to me. Then I got sent to Training School in Kinston, North Carolina. I just want to thank all of those staff members