A Diamond Journey

By William Allan

Kent painfully stares at the image in front of him. He is besieged by Mother Time and is confused. How did life get to this point? Unanswered questions, twists and turns, trying to make sense of it. What happened? Is there more?

"I have known Rev. Glaster for many years and am privileged to be a partner in ministry with him. You will enjoy reading about his walk with the Lord and his journey of Christian service. It will inspire your own!"

Rev. Charles Foster Johnson, pastor, Bread Fellowship, Fort Worth

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781639035250

William Allan

I am W. Allan. I am a graduate Harris Teachers College and Washington University in St. Louis, Mizzery. I lived in Mizzery until I moved to Florida in 1984, and my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. I have no background in writing, and if my English Comp. Teacher knew that my ABG column was read with some enthusiasm around the world today, she would roll over in her grave. Thank God for "Spell Check" and "Grammar Correction". If I were to be allowed only one word to describe myself it would be "curious". As far back as I can remember; I have been curious about why things were as they were. Of course, I realize now that things are as they are, only as far as my perceptions interpret them to be. I have learned that reality is not all that simple. Things are as they are, only to the extent, as they appear to be to the physical senses, and we all live in a world of appearances. I have learned that if you want to find what lies inside of the inside, you must to a large extent, set aside the intellect and release the intuitions. I guess you could classify me as a "wonderer", since I have always wondered about what lies beneath the physical world that our senses present to us. I always knew there was more to reality than was apparent to the casual observer, and at that time I was a casual observer. I now reside in Bonita Springs, on the outskirts of Naples Florida. I sometimes use Naples as my place or residence, rather than Bonita Springs, simply because Naples is more well known. I have lived in Florida for some 25 years now, moving here in 1984 from St. Louis. I began writing articles some 15 years ago for a few spiritual/metaphysical magazines, but found early on that I always met with some frustration, since the normal magazine allots only 1000 words or about 1 full page to their articles, one page and no more. I learned early on that I just could not explain the difficult universal concepts that I wanted to talk about in 1000 words or less, so I quit doing that. Sometime later, I stumbled on the blog format and set up the "ANSWERS BY GOD" blog web site. This blog format offered me more latitude in writing my articles and the available space only limited by my own good sense, which I have never been accused of exercising too rigorously in the past. I still found this inadequate, since my goal was to help others understand concepts that are barely able to be grasped by the human brain, and that kind of knowledge cannot be explained in 500 words or less. So now, thanks to technology and the e-publishing book format, I can finally fully express my ideas and concepts, as I never could in the past. The ABG blog web site contains hundreds of articles, condensed in content to fit the blog format, but it's a great place to review the nature of my book material. The "Enigma" books allow me to elaborate on some articles carried in the blog, but there is much more. One important thing I have learned is that the individual personality knows no limitations. Translation; you can truly be whatever you believe you can be, so don't sell yourself short. Believe big.

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A Diamond Journey

William Allan

Copyright © 2022 by William Allan

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Table of Contents

In the Beginning

Lost Road

Cruella and Red

Fish

Exodus

Help

New Life

Middle Time Hustle

Unfinished Business

Return to Home

39 Years and a Block Away

A New Chapter Written

Acknowledgments

Iam eternally grateful to many people in my life. First is Anita, my wife, who, for so long, has dedicated herself to be a virtuous woman. Then my English 1302 teacher at San Antonio College. Next, Pastor Charlie, my late-uncle John Henry—I called him my dad—and finally, a professor who encouraged me to write from the heart. There are many, many others who have shaped me into the person I am now; in fact, this page cannot hold them all!

Preface

Clark, a name that referenced him in the South, was not engaged in his spiritual journey at all when we met. Yet we spent our early days together in and out of a display of the Divine that I personally could not ignore. Constantly lacking understanding in the daily pertinent barrage of data that could offer him solace and peace about his worth as a man, a lion; however, Clark remained void of the truth about the strength and courage in his very members.

With the abstract mental pictures that he draws of his lonely and abusive past, we can empathize with many of his childhood pains. We see this strong-willed, intelligent, cognitive thinker as he matures, unaware of why he’s had to struggle with the repetitive defeats of his mindsets and behaviors. Although free in offering himself as mentor and counselor over the years, his own heart and thoughts remained chained to a past, one that was ignored and hidden beneath scars.

Ambiguous rantings of heart and mind lead us to enter his loathsome plight. First, to validate his story, and second, to experience what we can learn from what he has learned. Like an abstract piece of artwork, we are drawn in by the attractive innocence of a once-lost little boy. Processing his journey from the old South has been his muse as well as the source of pain and agony.

A brilliant mind and valiant thrust forward in all that he does, especially in his career, he finds himself mindful that some earthly accomplishments still leave him feeling unfulfilled. His last opportunity to catch the wave left him with a strong sense of brokenness and disappointment. Angry, afraid, and regretful at the end of his military career, he felt unappreciated. Only if he knew then what I have always known. He was at the threshold of an unfamiliar revelation of victory, and one of epic proportions!

Nevertheless, this reluctant disciple has always lived at the beginning of his own personal struggle. Pen to paper has helped him in the past, as it has today, and fulfilled the bold new outlook that is expressed in this manuscript.

Read well, my friends, and find this great man’s thirst for living water!

Chapter 1

In the