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    New book examines signs of encouragement from God

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Schoolhouse rock who went from a powerful career in TV to -- popular inspirational story you gotta love these books.

Esquire or snow on with his beautiful wife -- -- -- Have just put out there's a book about stories of those moments in life that we all think are just a coincidence but they have called them.

God when he talks.

Squire and the means joining me now with some great well thank you kindly really hard to believe this time goes by so fast -- -- on the show before or not you bring your seven.

In this you know over a million books out there and then the marketplace so what are people gonna be inspired about in this latest -- well I think this this newest book is because it's a devotional.

And so it takes letters from people.

And gives them the ancient wisdom of course that's -- a call from my wonderful -- yet you say that she knows descriptions better thank -- yeah.

The fact that a let's talk about the first example.

There's a woman named Gloria and she has a surprise surgery and yes -- glories in the hospital are just ready to have surgery.

Nervous wreck very fearful.

Doctor comes in.

He whispers in her ear.

Do you like first graders she thought that was very odd to ask she said yes I love for his greatest I top in my whole life and he said I know.

I was one of them she looks at him she says.

Tommy Menino is that.

And he gave her a big hug and he said Gloria everything's going to be our right and they take good care of view.

And a piece came over her.

And that is thank god wink that's what -- links to their like little and open gifts left on your doorstep you have to learn how to open them and find the hole.

Inside.

What about God's sense of humor the second.

Although there was another -- this really cute.

Sort of a woman's driving her car on the way to the hospital -- her son 21 year old son is trying to pass a kidney stone.

She goes by a church and it says this too shall past.

There you have it.

I mean it's the inside meaning normally drive by think nothing of it right but then you got to wonder why did I see that why do you think.

-- -- scene there as well I think that I mean it's all part of divine alignment which is thesis that.

There are connection Scott went by god we all through our life.

And end of vinyl -- is a new way to think about these mysterious experiences.

That place -- at the right place at the right time to meet the right person.

It is extraordinary and so we just collect these wonderful stories and hope that they bring lots -- hope to people.

So a lot of people are thinking about angels especially this time of year yep -- there was a woman a famous actress Roma Downey Gloria who is a real life Angel it turns out tell me that story well -- -- Houston.

Volunteer at hospitals.

One day she was at a hospital -- -- was a woman who just lost a child and as -- as the woman was being helped from the rule and she looked up and said please send me an Angel -- I know that my child -- have been.

And it's a very second divinely aligned -- Madani was coming down the hall there I smacked.

And the woman said there you are I ask for an Angel.

-- who wanted to say no no I'm just an actress I'm not an Angel instead she put her arm around her comfort -- -- And prayed with her.

But when she left the hospital she called the friend Della -- her.

Her costar.

She said I feel like such a fraud.

That woman -- -- supported she expected got to be sending someone to work.

Della Reese said.

They beat what makes you think he didn't sometimes we have to get out of the way and let God's grace.

Work through lax.

That was a moment when we understood that the divine alignment of placing.

Ourselves in a certain place at a certain time is it's all part of a greater plan and work on a GPS.

-- positioning system.

And to have viewed together make a great -- and you have come up with these books it's the seventh one you've got to pick up.

Looking for some inspirational for a friend pick it up for Christmas the greatest thing about saying it's great thing it costs.