Here Comes Old Charlie: Turning Stones into Apples on the Old Gravel Road

By Tommy Hawk

The Unconditional Love of Old Charlie

What a beautiful and arresting story. In its utter simplicity, it declares and lays bare the unconditional love of the Father. Your words are so wonderfully simple. The one who believes that the truth of life in Christ is a mess of complicated rules and self-dedication will feel they are free-falling into life in the simplicity of these pages and the truth they contain. Thank you for writing it and quoting me. May it reach the multitudes. Blessing is on you and this little book.

--Malcolm Smith

Unconditional Love International

malcolmsmith.org

About everyone can relate to having an Old Charlie in their life. It could be a grandmother or a grandfather. Charlie was my first contact with unconditional love, and it took place in Ohio's Appalachian hills. I love the second spring, the beautiful colors of autumn, and the leaves taking on the beauty of flowers as the wind caresses my face, whispering, spring will be here before you know it. The heart of spring reminds me of the beautiful heart of a senior citizen we called Old Charlie. He unconditionally loved five naughty children who lived and worked on a tobacco farm along an old gravel road. He traveled in an old two-wheel lopsided cart, pulled by a grayish-white horse named Rocky. After enjoying this true story, you will agree most people can relate to having an Old Charlie in their life.

Remembering the loving heart of this wise gentleman became my motivating force in writing this book. I am presenting this incredible truth and revealing two life-giving treasures that guarantee a more enjoyable now and an encouraging outlook for tomorrow. Every parent or grandparent should make this a gift to your children and grandchildren; we all need to know we are unconditionally loved.

--Tommy Hawk

Convention Speaker, Author, Pastor, Bible Teacher

Tommyhawkministries.com

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 19, 2021
• ISBN: 9781639030040

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Here Comes Old Charlie

Turning Stones into Apples on the Old Gravel Road

Tommy Hawk

ISBN 978-1-63903-003-3 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-63903-004-0 (digital)

Copyright © 2021 by Tommy Hawk

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

832 Park Avenue

Meadville, PA 16335

www.christianfaithpublishing.com

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Book Review Endorsements

The power of unconditional love expressed through others’ actions is a life-changing event that cannot be overlooked or undersold.

Tommy Hawk does a masterful storytelling job making unconditional love come alive in his book Here Comes Old Charlie. Charlie lived love and freely gave it to the children even when they treated his horse Rocky in ways that would have angered most of us. The Father in heaven used Charlie to unveil His love. He did it with such grace it affected and changed the author of this book. As an adult, Tommy looked back on Charlie’s life as love seeds sowed. Charlie’s gifts of apples profoundly affected five young children that influenced them into their senior years.

If you enjoy Ole Down-Home Stories that carry a profound message, I highly recommend you read Tommy Hawk’s latest book, Here Comes Old Charlie: Turning Stones into Apples on The Old Gravel Road.

Dr. Don Keathley

Global Grace Seminary

Globalgraceseminary.net, BBC

In Tommy Hawk’s marvelous little book, I met Charlie—who seemed an awful lot like Jesus to me! Even if some of us do not have a real flesh-and-blood, Charlie, in our lives, we all have a real Jesus who loves us unconditionally—warts and all—and who never retaliates, even if we throw rocks at him and his horse! Read and enjoy God’s unconditional, never-ending love for you!

Paul Gray

Author, Blogger, Podcaster, and Musician

Gracewithpaulgray.com

My eyes filled with tears and my heart with a warm, radiant glow as I remember talking to a friend, Dr. Roy E. Richmond, several days ago when the subject of angels came up. He reminded me that the word angel does not denote a winged being in the original languages but rather an ordinary-looking person who brings a divine message through word and action. They often plant seeds that take decades to mature within the souls of those to whom they are sent.