On His Path
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Introduction Many years ago I read Edith Schaeffer’s book The Tapestry tracing the various threads that God had woven through the years in the lives of her and her illustrious husband, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, and their family. In very recent years I have come to recognize the extraordinary pattern that God has woven in my own life, beginning with His calling to the ministry in 1895 a young boy as he sat with his parents in the sanctuary of Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah, Georgia. This young boy grew up to be the great evangelical preacher, Daniel Iverson, who in turn led me to Christ in 1939 in Miami, Florida. The various threads of every hue have brought me, as one in the sunset of life, to worship at that very same Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah as a member of that particular church family. The interweaving through the years of one woman’s story as she deals with the heartbreak of widowhood and finds her way through the changes in her life, hopefully will be an encouragement to those women who have experienced or will experience similar challenges.
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On May 1, 1982, Annette Billings found her husband’s body on the bottom of their swimming pool, as a result of a heart attack while swimming his usual laps before bedtime. This book is a testimony to the faithfulness of God as He led her from heartbreak and widowhood into fullness of life once more. The story covers the interweaving of family threads beginning in 1895 and continuing to the present 2013. The action begins the night Annette discovered her husband’s body. The book is divided into three separate parts: Part I culminates just four years after the tragic death, in a most unusual and surprising turn of events. Part II also begins on the night at the pool, but it shows the very personal, day-by-day learning of this woman to cope with life. She had been cared for and protected—first by her father and then her husband—and now was thrust into major decision-making as single parent, homeowner, and independent adult. Part III focuses on the tapestry God began more than a hundred years ago (118, to be exact) when He called to the ministry a young boy who later became a prominent influence in Annette’s life.
About the Author
Annette Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She moved as a child to Miami, Florida, where she grew up and raised her family. Graduating from University of Miami, she married her high school sweetheart, Jim Billings. Widowed in 1982, she married Howard Hartley in 1989, moving to Greenville, South Carolina. Widowed again in 2006, she now lives in Savannah, Georgia.