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Christian Short Stories #1
I Did It My Way
Annie Yale, a life-long atheist, dies during a routine operation and finds herself at Judgement Day. What will she say to the God she denied?
This Christian short story about life, faith and what comes next will convict, challenge and enlighten those who are brave enough to read it.
Don't delay, order your copy today to find out what happens to Annie and, more importantly, to make sure you know where you will spend eternity....
This Christian short story about life, faith and what comes next will convict, challenge and enlighten those who are brave enough to read it.
Don't delay, order your copy today to find out what happens to Annie and, more importantly, to make sure you know where you will spend eternity....
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First published July 1, 2018
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About the author
Natalie Vellacott
17 books960 followersNatalie Vellacott spent a decade as a police officer in England before swapping her badge for a Bible and heading for Southeast Asia as a Christian missionary. She volunteered on Logos Hope, a giant ship, for 2 years with 400 people from 65 other countries enduring the cultural catastrophes in order to enjoy the exciting adventures.
Natalie began writing in the Philippines when she fell in love with a group of street children addicted to a solvent called Rugby. Having founded a charity to help the boys and draw attention to their plight, she naively entitled her first book and has been trying to get it out of the Rugby Union chart ever since.
Natalie has also dabbled in Christian fiction for children, in the choose your own adventure style, mostly for the benefit of her nephew, Reuben, who is pleased that he takes centre stage.
Natalie is now involved in evangelism in the UK. In 2023, she published a new book about her recent experiences, as well as a series of contemporary short stories based on some of the parables that Jesus told.
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June 26, 2020
A sobering look at what the biblical Judgement Day might be like from the perspective of a young woman in her middle to late thirties…a wife and mother of two teenagers…who dies unexpectedly during what should have been a routine medical surgery.
Upon waking-up she finds herself in the beginning process of a review of her life…being conducted personally by Jesus Christ along with assisting angels…in her case sadly examined in painful detail as on several occasions spread throughout her lifetime she pushed God away and each time chose instead the worldly conventional route of going her own way…tragically making an all too common miscalculation…thinking there would always be more time to consider Jesus Christ and the gospel message of salvation…later on in life.
The Christian life is a very positive experience…walking free from bondage to the darkness of sin in a life-plan tailored specifically to our created, innate talents and abilities…along a very specific path that God helps us through the Holy Spirit to successfully actualize into a positive outcome.
The New Testament says that on the Judgement Day…Jesus Christ will be admired in His saints…because of their trust and faith in Him to lead them through the purposed destinies of their lives.
Author Natalie Vellacott has done us a service in crafting a well-written and imaginative account of the disappointment and despair that will be the sad reality of multitudes of people who discover on the Judgement Day that they are hopelessly lost in their sins…having rejected God’s offer of salvation through the sacrifice of Christ on the cross.
Although the story is hard-hitting in its honest attempt to render a portrayal of the despair and regret that people will experience upon discovering too late…after death…that the gospel message of the Bible is true…I think the author has correctly erred on the side of moderating this despair and regret...taking it as far as we can currently imagine. Jesus is recorded in the New Testament gospels as saying that when people learn the genuine truth about all that they will miss for the upcoming eternity…there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth...a much more stark reality.
This book should be read by every person on the planet. I would recommend it as a tool for evangelism…but also as a good read for Christians to remind us of the grace of God’s salvation…through the cross of Jesus Christ…of taking off the table ever having to go through the harrowing and utterly forsaken experience of facing the Judgement Day…as ably depicted in this book…of being eternally lost in our sins.
Upon waking-up she finds herself in the beginning process of a review of her life…being conducted personally by Jesus Christ along with assisting angels…in her case sadly examined in painful detail as on several occasions spread throughout her lifetime she pushed God away and each time chose instead the worldly conventional route of going her own way…tragically making an all too common miscalculation…thinking there would always be more time to consider Jesus Christ and the gospel message of salvation…later on in life.
The Christian life is a very positive experience…walking free from bondage to the darkness of sin in a life-plan tailored specifically to our created, innate talents and abilities…along a very specific path that God helps us through the Holy Spirit to successfully actualize into a positive outcome.
The New Testament says that on the Judgement Day…Jesus Christ will be admired in His saints…because of their trust and faith in Him to lead them through the purposed destinies of their lives.
Author Natalie Vellacott has done us a service in crafting a well-written and imaginative account of the disappointment and despair that will be the sad reality of multitudes of people who discover on the Judgement Day that they are hopelessly lost in their sins…having rejected God’s offer of salvation through the sacrifice of Christ on the cross.
Although the story is hard-hitting in its honest attempt to render a portrayal of the despair and regret that people will experience upon discovering too late…after death…that the gospel message of the Bible is true…I think the author has correctly erred on the side of moderating this despair and regret...taking it as far as we can currently imagine. Jesus is recorded in the New Testament gospels as saying that when people learn the genuine truth about all that they will miss for the upcoming eternity…there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth...a much more stark reality.
This book should be read by every person on the planet. I would recommend it as a tool for evangelism…but also as a good read for Christians to remind us of the grace of God’s salvation…through the cross of Jesus Christ…of taking off the table ever having to go through the harrowing and utterly forsaken experience of facing the Judgement Day…as ably depicted in this book…of being eternally lost in our sins.
April 30, 2020
The Truth Will Save You!
This was a quick read. A biblical fiction book, but true, in the sense, that it was telling you the truth about Jesus Christ and that today is the day of salvation. Also, that the Bible is true. It tells the life of Annie, a young woman in need of Christ but she’s not really a believer and hasn’t really paid any attention to anything pointing her to God, though there have been many messages for her. She’s at the end of her life and it’s the Judgement Day. I feel the ending could have ended better or in a different way, but I’ll not talk on that except to say what I just stated. It’s a good book. I would recommend to everyone because of the nature of it. Everyone needs to hear about Jesus! I am a member of the Christian Books Only Review Group and want to thank the Group and the author for allowing me to read and review this book honestly and with my own personal view.
This was a quick read. A biblical fiction book, but true, in the sense, that it was telling you the truth about Jesus Christ and that today is the day of salvation. Also, that the Bible is true. It tells the life of Annie, a young woman in need of Christ but she’s not really a believer and hasn’t really paid any attention to anything pointing her to God, though there have been many messages for her. She’s at the end of her life and it’s the Judgement Day. I feel the ending could have ended better or in a different way, but I’ll not talk on that except to say what I just stated. It’s a good book. I would recommend to everyone because of the nature of it. Everyone needs to hear about Jesus! I am a member of the Christian Books Only Review Group and want to thank the Group and the author for allowing me to read and review this book honestly and with my own personal view.
August 4, 2020
Not at all an easy read. It reminded me how important it is to be a witness in the here and now, so thank you, Natalie!
(Shortly after I read it, a colleague of mine died of cancer, within very few weeks. While I hope for the best, that even on her deathbed she somehow found Jesus, I can't know. Breaks the heart.)
(Shortly after I read it, a colleague of mine died of cancer, within very few weeks. While I hope for the best, that even on her deathbed she somehow found Jesus, I can't know. Breaks the heart.)
November 19, 2019
As a Christian of many years standing, I started to read this thinking “this can only end with bad news for Annie, how can this help the Gospel witness?”. To read the ending with our Lord’s story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16 vs 19-31) was, in my opinion inspirational.
An absolutely excellent book which should have the widest possible distribution in the cause of the Eternal Life saving Gospel of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
An absolutely excellent book which should have the widest possible distribution in the cause of the Eternal Life saving Gospel of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
September 24, 2020
As a Christian, I thought this was an interesting way to provoke some serious thought about eternity with non-believers. How I wish people would consider it C A R E F U L L Y before it's too late!!
January 15, 2020
Wow. What an unusual book! I read this with an open mind as I knew it was going to be a little controversial or perhaps shocking in places. When I read the beginning, I could feel myself being on edge as it starts with ‘Annie’ the main character siting before God, and she then finds out she has died and is having to face up to judgement for her life. I was intrigued to know how the author would play out a fictional story based on the reality of what the Bible teaches. However, I was pleasantly surprised! She tackles the subject with wisdom and compassion despite coming at it from a very Biblical stand point. It may not be easy reading, but it is certainly thought provoking and challenges our comfortable thinking of life after death in a way that not many people would be bold enough to do. I believe this is what the author set out to do and I think it is a job well done. Would perhaps recommend or buy for someone who is interested in the Christian faith and wants to know more about a biblical view of life after death. It doesn’t shy away form the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel!
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