Someone once told me that trying to get a book published was akin to having a mistress. If taken seriously it can be time and mind-consuming. I think that may be true. That is why I haven't really worked harder at getting this story in print before now. It is also the reason that Judy and I decided to collaborate in telling the story. It belongs to her as much as it belongs to me. In fact, if it weren't for her support, tenacious spirit, loving heart and Type A personality, there would be no story to tell. She was by my side everyday during the darkest times immediately following my accident and she has been my companion on the journey for the twelve and one half years since as well. Her contributions to this manuscript are vital and offer a unique vantage point to the events described.
No one asks for an experience like ours. We didn't. And we weren't the least bit prepared for it when it did happen. One of the principal promises from God that we have based our 37 years of marriage on is that "when we pass through the water, God would be with us; when we pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over us. When we walk through the fire, we will not be burned, the flames will not set us ablaze. For He is the Lord our God....we will not be afraid for God is with us."
(Isaiah 43:2,5)
In the days following the accident in which I was run over by our church bus, driven by a close friend, people said to me, "Fred, someday you'll have to write a book about your experience." After all these years - and after a few discouraging replies from publishers, we decided to make the story available electronically. Should there be enough interest, perhaps we will self-publish. Our primary interest is in telling the story - from two sides: Judy's and mine.
Some who read this may be passing through stormy waters right now. Others may feel washed up on shore - beaten, bedraggled, bruised and discouraged. Some who know us and who lived through the storms with us might find encouragement in knowing that we have come through it with more confidence in God's promises than we had in 1997. We hope, for all who read this story, there will be encouragement, comfort, and renewed faith. That's what it did for us.
Yet others may not have passed through any storms in life at all. For those readers, we pray you never have to navigate through similar waters but that the lessons we've learned will still be of encouragement and help.
So, over the next several weeks (or months) you can read our story. We invite questions, comments, and most of all, an examination of your heart so that when you pass "THROUGH STORMY WATERS" you will not be overwhelmed because God is with you.
This is our story and we are sticking to it.
Fred and Judy Davis
Enumclaw, Washington
December 2009
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