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Angels at the Crossroads, one man’s inspirational journey from wrongdoing to redemption.

Angels at the Crossroads is the life story and testimony of my friend, Jerry Shepherd. Jerry is a talented tenor singer and he and my husband, who sings bass, both once sang with the Patriot Quartet. As we traveled around to Southern Gospel singings together, Jerry shared bits of his story and I felt the Lord pushing me to write down Jerry’s story. The result was Angels at the Crossroads, based on Jerry’s remarkable testimony.

Jerry is proof the Lord never gives up on any of us no matter what a mess we make of our lives or how far we try to run away from his love. The Lord is always there with us, loving us and encouraging us through providential circumstances and people to get back on the right roads in life. That’s what happened with Jerry.

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Jerry had a lot of them. Both angels and crossroads.

Jerry was on the road downward as he tried to escape from his crime. But he was caught and there was no longer a hope of escape.

Thank God, he had angels even in prison as he faced the rest of his life behind bars. He really messed up his life at a young age, but he did allow the angels at the many prison crossroads to guide him.

I’ve read many of Ms Gabhart’s books of fiction. She made Jerry’s life read like fiction. A smooth story that kept me engaged through it’s entirety.

Thank you Jerry and Ann for sharing this touching story with us.

***Book received from the author at no charge.***

Ann H. Gabhart caught the writing bug at the age of ten and has been writing ever since. An award winning author, she’s published many books for both adults and young adults. Her books cover several genres from historical to small town family stories to cozy mysteries (mysteries published with author name A.H. Gabhart). Her ideas are sparked by events in Kentucky history and by experiences in her own family. Her first Shaker novel, The Outsider, was a finalist for the ECPA Christian Fiction Book of the Year. Love Comes Home won the Selah Book of the Year award, and These Healing Hills was the Faith, Hope & Love Readers’ Choice Women’s Fiction Book of the Year.

Ann lives on a Kentucky farm not far from where she was born. She and her husband have three children and nine grandchildren. Ann enjoys hiking on her farm with her grandkids and her dogs, Frankie and Marley. See more about her books at www.annhgabhart.com.

A PERSONAL NOTE FROM JERRY SHEPHERD…

For many years while telling my life story after I was released from prison, people would come up to me and tell me that I needed to have my story put into a book. I thought about it every now and then over the years, but then I would back off when I saw everything involved in getting a book together and getting it published. Angels In The Crossroads Well, it was too much for this old county farm boy to deal with, so things would cool off real fast and the thought of a book, let’s just say, would be put on the back burner. I would give God another one of my excuses and leave it at that.

After I had been singing with the Patriot Quartet for four years, I came to another one of those crossroads that always seem to pop up in my life. With many hours and many miles on my body starting to take a toll on my health, I had to make a decision about continuing with the quartet or going into solo ministry to once again tell my story. Then along came Ann who is married to Darrell Gabhart, the bass singer in the Patriot Quartet. Ann is a writer and she had heard me tell parts of my story. She took an interest. We got together and all of a sudden the big word, book popped up.

God never ceases to amaze me. God always has a plan. God always brings the plan together in His own time. Thanks, Ann, for letting God inspire you to pick up pen and paper and write about my life. I pray this book will touch and bless someone at a crossroad in his or her life.

Tags: Author ~ Ann Gabhart, Biography, Jerry Shepherd, non-fiction
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