Think: From Fear To Faith

By Madeline Soto

The Lord woke me up one night, and I started writing. When I finished, it was twelve stories that are all true and part of my life's journey since I became a Christian. The Lord has blessed me to experience many lessons in this, and I owe everything to him. This is the Lord's doing. To him be the glory. I walk by faith and not in fear because I believe in God's word.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 16, 2023
• ISBN: 9798889600190

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Think

From Fear To Faith

Madeline Soto

Copyright © 2023 Madeline Soto

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2023

ISBN 979-8-88960-011-4 (pbk)

ISBN 979-8-88960-019-0 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

The Sliding Board

The Storm

The Laundromat

The Rash

The Road Trip

Cigarettes

The Citizen Arrest

The Arbitration

Being Alone

The Move

The Healing

Money

The Bicycle

The Birthday Party

About the Author

For God have not given us the spirit of fear, but of power of love and a sound mind.

—2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

Dedications

First, I give honor to my Heavenly Father and my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave me this vision to write.

To my father and mother, who showered me with love and determination to be the best that I could be.

To my loving husband, who struggled along with me through this process.

To my daughter, who inspires me, and to my brother, who never stops encouraging me.

To all who read this book and are blessed by how God still uses ordinary people like me to speak faith instead of fear into the hearts of his people.

The Sliding Board

My first and only granddaughter Monet was delightful and full of energy as most little girls are at four years old. Monet was visiting with us for the weekend in our apartment in the northeast section of Philadelphia. She arrived that Friday night after attending preschool that morning. I thought that she would be tired from having a full day, not her. I myself had worked all day and was very tired. Saturday morning, of course, she woke up early and was ready to go.

What are we doing today? she asked. I told her that we would go to the playground later that afternoon. To Monet, afternoon was in a minute. The time was 9:00 a.m. The playground was only right across the street from the apartment. Off we went to our first outing of the day. She was always excited to go outdoors. When we arrived, she started on the merry-go-round and then the seesaw where she left me on to the swings. I thought after a while she would ask to go on the sliding board but to my surprise, she refused to