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Rough Diamonds: Discover Their True Worth in Jesus
Rough diamonds are not very attractive. To the untrained eye, they look like little more than shapeless, featureless fragments of stone. It is the job of the gem-finisher to mark, cut, and then polish them, to display their true value.
Neither Billy Morgan nor Paul Winter would have been considered desirable company by the greater majority of decent, upright people in their younger days. Billy had a mind plagued by the memory of a horrendous happening in early life. He turned to bodybuilding to escape a haunting conscience, becoming ‘Ireland’s Strongest Man’ in 1980. A continuous cocktail of steroids, other drugs, and alcohol was later to leave him a physical and mental wreck, however. Life had become so pointless he tried to end it.
Paul felt that the world and everybody in it was against him. To prove himself he became the local ‘hard man.’ If there was a fight going on in the district he was in it, for he had probably started it. He was a virtual alcoholic, a paramilitary activist, and as often in prison as out of it. Life for him became eventually an endless round of futility.
When they were in the depths of despair, God reached into the lives of these two men, and began the shaping and polishing process. The transformation that has taken place has astounded all who knew them, but particularly the police.
Men who were once recognized as drug addicts and drunks on the streets of their towns are now out on those same streets telling people about Jesus!
This book contains the stories of two ‘rough diamonds’ who were once as hard as they come. The Heavenly ‘Gem-finisher’ hasn’t completely finished His work on them yet. In the meantime, though, He has exposed enough brilliant facets to allow them to shine for Him.
Neither Billy Morgan nor Paul Winter would have been considered desirable company by the greater majority of decent, upright people in their younger days. Billy had a mind plagued by the memory of a horrendous happening in early life. He turned to bodybuilding to escape a haunting conscience, becoming ‘Ireland’s Strongest Man’ in 1980. A continuous cocktail of steroids, other drugs, and alcohol was later to leave him a physical and mental wreck, however. Life had become so pointless he tried to end it.
Paul felt that the world and everybody in it was against him. To prove himself he became the local ‘hard man.’ If there was a fight going on in the district he was in it, for he had probably started it. He was a virtual alcoholic, a paramilitary activist, and as often in prison as out of it. Life for him became eventually an endless round of futility.
When they were in the depths of despair, God reached into the lives of these two men, and began the shaping and polishing process. The transformation that has taken place has astounded all who knew them, but particularly the police.
Men who were once recognized as drug addicts and drunks on the streets of their towns are now out on those same streets telling people about Jesus!
This book contains the stories of two ‘rough diamonds’ who were once as hard as they come. The Heavenly ‘Gem-finisher’ hasn’t completely finished His work on them yet. In the meantime, though, He has exposed enough brilliant facets to allow them to shine for Him.
156 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 28, 2017
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November 2, 2021
This is a book I believe God led me to after reading ‘The Cross and The Switchblade’ and feeling sadness when, according to the book at the end, the people with addictions only truly got over their addictions with the ‘baptism of Spirit’ and not true conversion by salvation. This really troubled me. There is no doubt of the change in these people’s lives, but I hope they are born again.
I have heard of Noel Davidson and his books, but had never read any. Scrolling through the kindle store on the kindle, this came up. I’m so glad I ignored all the other books waiting on my TBR on Goodreads and read this!
Growing up and living in NI, I know practically all the places in the book, so it was nice to be able to relate to locations. The book is stories of two men and their conversions, with addictions to alcohol and drugs and involvement in crime and paramilitaries.
What stories and testimonies these two men have! After salvation, leaving their old lives in the past and living a life on fire for the Lord. An excellent read.
I have heard of Noel Davidson and his books, but had never read any. Scrolling through the kindle store on the kindle, this came up. I’m so glad I ignored all the other books waiting on my TBR on Goodreads and read this!
Growing up and living in NI, I know practically all the places in the book, so it was nice to be able to relate to locations. The book is stories of two men and their conversions, with addictions to alcohol and drugs and involvement in crime and paramilitaries.
What stories and testimonies these two men have! After salvation, leaving their old lives in the past and living a life on fire for the Lord. An excellent read.
August 22, 2022
Excellent testimonies of what Christ has done in their lives. They have given much as they thank the Lord for saving a sinner like me.
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