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Precerpt from Raising God's Rainbow Makers: Lizzie's Birth

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  Precerpt (excerpt from book prior to publication):  Raising God's Rainbow Makers  (Mahlou) Lizzie's Birth, part 1 Angel: Good morning, Lord. I see you looking down toward the earth with particular attention to a little town in Montana. Why? God: A little girl is about to be born. Angel: Why does that merit special attention? God: There will be a few complications in the birth: the doctor is out of town, and the doctor on duty has never handled these complications. Angel: But they are not that serious, right? He will manage them, right? God: Yes, of course, he will. I just want to provide a little guidance, give him a little sense of security, just in case. You know, this little girl is going to be the big sister of rainbow makers, and you know that My rainbow makers are very special to Me. I watch over them carefully. Angel: Yes, I do know that. But, wait, why are You now looking at me in that special way that always tells me that You want me to get involved, too. God: ...

Precerpt from Raising God's Rainbow Makers - Introduction

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  Precerpt (excerpt from book prior to publication): Raising God's Rainbow Makers (Mahlou) Introduction I originally titled this book God’s Broken Sprinklers . These sprinklers I was talking about were not broken at all. If anything, they were special sprinklers. Not shaped like the other, run-of-the-mill sprinklers, they liberally splashed much more water over parched earth than did the new, shiny, “perfect” sprinklers. Then along came the sun and refracted all that water into something marvelous: immense rainbows. Thinking about what the sprinklers do , I decided that a better name for this book was Raising God’s “ Rainbow Makers .” How I ended up with so many rainbow makers in my family is a complicated story and one that took me years to understand. People would tell me that God never gives us more than we can bear, but, really, should I have been expected to bear 18 years of intensive child abuse? I survived my childhood, but not all abused children survive. I was and ...