BOOK: Bridge Stories by Susan Wilson-Shultz
I met Susan in the fall of 2013 after my first book had been
published. I had been invited to Susan’s home by a mutual friend because she
was holding a sale that included several artisans and their wares. I was on the
hunt for some treasures for my website but found a lot more than I what I could
have ever anticipated.
As I introduced myself to Susan I could tell that she was a
very special young lady. Very beautiful and pure, and she had this joyous glow
that could only come from above. I enjoyed looking at her art and the art of
others who were there, but her story and her mission is what really captured my
soul.
Susan would soon be the bride to her beloved Joe and her
book “Bridge Stories” would also be hitting the scene about the same time as
her wedding day. Her book encourages us to embrace the journey, the race, the
fight, to not give up, to move on with great strength and to keep our focus on
the goal, testifying until the day when we will become the Bride of Christ.
Her testimony throughout this 212 page book is divided into
stories that inspires us to see God and his teachings and messages in our
simplest of everyday activities. Susan records what has been spoken to her from
God and from others who have greatly touched her life. She teaches by using
visually descriptive words that connect the dots from the spiritual world to
the physical. Her book helps us to realize that we all have stories to tell and
that God wants to use our stories as a testimony to others in order to build
the Kingdom of Heaven.
Susan has a very close walk with the Lord, there is no doubt
about it. She tells of her times of obedience and bravely shares the times when
she has failed to listen to God and act. She discloses how she is an introvert
by nature and has wondered and doubted whether or not her ministry is really
making a difference. Her testimony proves over and over that God has grown her
in her times of doubt and that her story is being used to bless others.
This book is very inspirational, instructional, enlightening,
and full of wisdom and symbolism. You will be blessed to read this book because
it will encourage you to keep looking up and to gain insight from God for how
he wants you to use your testimony, letting
your story become a bridge that leads others to Christ.
We are to tell our stories! Psalms 107 encourages us to give
thanks and testify about the goodness, the love, the provisions, the
protections, and the saving grace of our Lord. So testify!
