The Results of Not Counting the Costs II
(Dressed in Gray) [Kids Edition]
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Hi. My name is Timmy. I’m telling my story today because I believe I have something to say that might help you with your life struggles. I have searched my heart, my mind, and everyone else’s around me to find some truth in this life. I don’t know why parenting is so hard, or life itself, but I know this, words can cut you to the quick, and they can put a fear in you like nothing else. My struggles began early, and I thank God every day, now that I’m older, that He was always there for me. Let me tell you how it all began.
I was born in the late nineteen-twenties. I didn’t have many neighbors except for my granddad and his dad. They were someone all of us kids could run to when we had no other place to go. They actually lived in a town called Wisdom: population two. That’s what the sign said. Where I lived, just three minutes away, didn’t even have a name. It was just my family: mom, dad, and my older brother and sister. Who knew if we were even rich or poor; there was no one to compare ourselves to. It was just us, and I believe that might have been one of our issues. Anyway, let me start at day one of my memory. Here goes.
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About the Book
The Bible says in Proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” The young boy we meet in this book, Timmy, is consumed with the words that his parents speak to him on a constant basis. Finally he finds hope through the understanding his granddad and great-granddad give him about why his dad says the things he says. Not only does Timmy get set free from his fear, his entire family comes to know Jesus as Lord and Savior. Parents, grandparents, this is a book you should read to young kids who have not started to read on their own yet. It is a great bed-time story, and it was written so you would read it one chapter a day. It will give the child time to meditate on what is taught in each chapter. Kids will anticipate getting back to the story each night and discussing with you what they are learning. For those kids who do read, just let them read it on their own. It will teach every child some of God’s principles and give them an understanding of how God’s word applies to all of our lives.
About the Author
Dr. McCoy’s first book, The Results of Not Counting the Costs (Prisons dilemma), was written to give people an understanding of the justice system, and how a negative experience with it changes lives forever. One mistake, and that is all it takes, can separate families and change the life of every family member, not just the incarcerated. It is a story about finding hope in the darkest of times. Dr. McCoy worked in the prison system for over twenty years, and has been a prison/jail minister for over thirty-five years. Let his experience in these fields be a teaching agent for you so you never have to learn from your own bad decisions. Chaplain McCoy and his wife Lynn, who also works in the corrections field, are from the Great State of Georgia. They have been blessed with four beautiful grandchildren with whom this book is dedicated, along with the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.