Letters To Toni Lisa

Dear Toni,

I have started to write to you because I am overwhelmed with wonder, love and need for you. That is, I need to communicate with you. Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Rose James. For Christmas, my friend Kathy gave me your book as a present. I started reading it yesterday and have been reading it every spare minute since. Needless to say, your writing is having a profound effect on me.

I can relate to a lot of your pain and suffering. Although I was born of Jewish parents, I am not a practicing Jew. I was raised in a home where we were orthodox, but at an early age after seeing much bigotry and hypocrisy, I went through 5 years of guilt before finally deciding that I wanted nothing to

do with the Jewish religion or Jews as a whole. I did not believe in God.

When my mother died (I was 9 years old), I never said my prayers again or believed there could be a God until I joined Overeaters Anonymous in 1990. In my quest to find a higher power, I found God. This is a miracle of miracles as those who know me still have trouble believing that I can believe to the extent that I do. In fact, I feel as you say you feel about Yeshua (Jesus), but I do not believe that he is the Son of God. I know this comes from years of indoctrination, but I also have questions about the story of how he came to be.

My youngest daughter is born again and she has been at me for years to believe in Jesus. Kathy has helped me in defining my questions and my daughter's feelings on the subject. Your descriptions and feelings now have me doubting my own feelings. God has helped me to be open and because of this I wonder if your book is the vehicle to help me believe that I need to see Yeshua as GOD's son. I don't know. I'll have to pray about it. I'll have to keep reading your book and then let go and let God guide me.

I know you must be busy, but I hope you will find the time to write me a note, just so I know you received this.

Thank you for writing your feelings down in your book. I will thank God for your love. I feel it in each page of your book.

Love,

Rose

 
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