The Search to Forgive: An Incredible Journey

By Pam Edison Mann

When a book is used by God to be a part of your rescue, you never forget it or the author. This happened after losing a parent to suicide. I bought No Mountain Too High and read it fully without putting it down. God used three authors during that time in addition to His WordDr. David Jeremiah, Dr. Ike Reighard, and Pam Mann!

Pam told her story and because she made it to the other side of grief upon grief, I knew that I could too. Having the privilege of then getting to know her personally, I can say that her writing is genuine and authentic to who she is and that she is a living testimonynot just a written one.

I am beyond excited to continue reading with the release of this new book. I am a life that was changed. ~Leigh~

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: May 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781512785548

Pam Edison Mann

Pam is married to Ray Mann for seventeen years. She is mother of five sons and one daughter, step-mother of two sons, Grandmother of twenty-one and Great-Grandmother of nine. She and her husband now live in N. Myrtle Beach, SC. Pam loves to write and talk about God's forgiveness and abundant love. Her hobbies include painting with acrylics, teaching and creating stained glass art and making her Grandma Pam's Famous Toffee.

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God is bigger than your past!

If God can use my brokenness–imagine what He will do for you!

Pam Edison Mann

Wife, mother, friend, author, speaker,

and wretched soul saved by grace!

Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV

8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God -- ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast.

To the Glory of God

In Memory of

Kenneth L. Voorhees

3/31/40 - 6/1/68

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Our 1st Anniversary 2/3/63

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Father God, it is by your grace I am saved. By your grace, I am forgiven and I forgive. By your grace, I share this incredible journey of forgiveness. It is with a grateful and humbled heart that I give you thanks and praise, and to you be all the glory!

To my husband Ray and my children Roxanne, Russ, Dan, and Justin, I thank you for your support, encouragement, research, thoughts, and participation in my quest to do what some might have thought impossible or outrageous. You stood by me each step of the way. You are gifts from God. You are my heart.

To my precious family, close friends, and many acquaintances who were and are my prayer warriors and encouragers, I thank you and I thank God for you!

To Heidi Van Zant, my cousin and guardian angel of editing, I thank you for believing in me.

To the warden of the prison and the sergeant in charge of visitation, I thank you for being so kind, helpful, and caring. May God bless you.

ENDORSEMENTS

Pam Mann is one author who believes and lives what she writes! Her inspiring writing will lift your spirits when you’re down and inspire you to lift others up. Her wit and commitment to God and to others is evident in every line. Read this book to see her humor, to cry a little, and to be inspired through her experiences and journey through life. Many authors write books to inspire others; Pam lives to inspire and then shares with us the intimate side roads of her life. She’s definitely one of the most genuine writers I have ever read.

Brenda Ross Whitley

Advanced Placement Language Instructor

Adjunct Professor of English

South Georgia State College

Wiregrass Technical College

When a book is used by God to be a part of your rescue… you never forget it or the author. This happened after losing a parent to suicide. I bought No Mountain Too High and read it fully without putting it down. God used three authors during that time in addition to His Word -- Dr. David Jeremiah, Dr. Ike Reighard, and Pam Mann!

Pam told her story and because she made it to the other side of grief upon grief, I knew that I could too. Having the privilege of then getting to know her personally, I can say that her writing is genuine and authentic to who she is and that she is a living testimony -- not just a written one.

I am beyond excited to continue reading with the release of this new book. I am a life that was changed…

Leigh McLemore Sumner

Teacher

Tifton, Georgia

As I open God’s Word to 1 Thessalonians 5:18, a vivid illustration blazes my thoughts and swells my heart. The fact that I know an authentic, living example of one who truly has fleshed out this command in her own life… well, it fills my heart with joy. Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus, the verse says.

One of the key words in this verse is ALL! Give thanks in ALL circumstances. God has blessed me with a friendship in which I have been able to travel an incredible journey with my dear sister/friend, Pam Mann. She is the real deal! And she’ll be the first to tell you that she could never have traveled this difficult road in her own strength! God is the great I AM. He is able to sustain when one’s heart is shattered by loss, overwhelmed by life’s cruelties, and He gives hope when all seems hopeless.

From page one of The Search to Forgive–An Incredible Journey, the reader will experience a hand-in-hand walk with Pam… and with God! How did she survive such devastating blows? With God’s help, she not only made it through, but today shares her story of thriving in relationship with Christ. This book is one that you will