HERCULES, Calif. - Aug. 17, 2020 - Adoni Publishing Founder/Author Dr. Velma Bagby Releases Her New Book On 8/21/2020. It Highlights How We Can Believe That Our walk with God will only be filled with mountaintop experiences, but in her book, she reminds us that in fact, God can also order for us A Place Called Down.
Within the pages of Dr. Velma Bagby's newest book, A Place Called Down – Why Christians Suffer ($13.99 paperback, $3.99 eBook) readers will find that Dr. Velma deviates from her relationship-focused topics to bring us into her own testimony of tests, trials and tribulation, to offer insight into a place of suffering common to us all.
Dr. Velma reminds us our down place is not always the workings of evil, sometimes, God allows it because He is maturing us. A place called down are places of suffering; such as, financial challenges, lack of housing, divorce/separation, long-term illness, death, tragedy, job loss, unhealthy work environment and more. Dr. Velma provides a glimpse of her life when our world entered a down place as a result of two pandemics: the COVID19 virus, and racism.
She says a down place is not designed to be fun or easy, by its very nature it can be likened to a refiner's fire. A fire so hot that it burns away all impurity and that which is not useful, so that all that remains is the original intent of the craftsman – this is how the place called down can feel. Isolating. Difficult. Unyielding. Powerless. Yet, even in the place called down, there are what Dr. Velma calls rainbow moments where God reminds you of what you already know – He is with you and He has not forgotten you.
Dr. Velma says, "We will all go to a down place, but we can expect to go UP from there." Commit as Dr. Velma did, to come out of the place called down with something: maturity, faith, strength, joy, renewed hope. Decide now that you will leave this season with gifts that only this place called down can give.
Although this is Dr. Velma's first self-published work under our company, she has other published books – Your Adam is Asleep Until God Opens His Eyes, Back in the Day Anthology and My 70's Love Story. Her next project, soon to be released, a book written by her Granddaughter Kai, age 6, The Little Letter k and the Boring Alphabet Line and a return to her relationship-focused topics, If the Fish Aren't Biting, Its Time To Change the Bait.
About Dr. Velma Bagby. She is an author, minister, speaker and respected certified dating/relationship coach. Dr. Velma is the founder of Adoni Publishing, LLC a Christian publishing company. She is a retired California state Administrator living in northern California with her husband and Pastor. The two have two daughters, a son-n-law and three grandchildren. Her fourth book, A Place Called Down will be available through her website drvelma.com, Amazon or at your local bookstores. https://www.drvelma.com/shop
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