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Joyce Meyer Offer a Redemptive Story of Grace and Second Chances in a New Novel
Any minute you might get the chance to make someone else happy. Any minute you might get your chance to be a giver. So be watchful at all times and don’t let any opportunity to do good pass you by. --excerpt from Any Minute
Sarah Harper’s life was finally the one she’d always wanted: the perfect, high-powered job as a Chicago commodities trader; the perfect husband and two kids in the perfect affluent suburb; the perfect, numb existence that blocked out the pain she felt from years of strained relations with her mother and no relationship with God. She fought tooth and nail to show everyone at work that she was the best, arriving early and leaving late—demanding the same exacting standards of everyone around her.
Never mind that she was wearing herself out, missing so much time with her family that her son Mitchell had taken to seeing angels in Wrigley Field’s scoreboard and her husband Joe had started issuing ultimatums. Yes, by most accounts, Sarah had the perfect life. Until the day she drove off the Lake Street Bridge trying in vain to be just a few seconds faster, closer, to her lofty goals. Until the day her perfect life changed forever.
As Sarah tumbled to the bottom of the river trapped inside her fashionable SUV, she was simultaneously transported to another realm where she experienced an amazing encounter with an angel named Wingtip, her beloved grandmother in Heaven, and a view of her life and her loved ones that gave her a new perspective on life. Allowed to return from heaven—surprising the rescue workers who had dredged up an empty car before finally finding her hypothermic body, and her loved ones who had presumed her dead—Sarah’s miraculous experience transforms her life, her marriage, and her relationships with everyone around her. Gone was the shrewd, at-any-cost Sarah Harper. In her place was a Sarah who believed in grace and second chances and that any minute was another chance to make life count.
Akin to a modern day Dickens tale, Meyer and Bedford craft a story of life based on worldly priorities causing the ruin of what truly matters—a parable to which most people can relate in these busy times. Through the example of one woman’s second chance, Any Minute will compel readers to reexamine their lives and their relationships, hopefully making the most of the next minute they’re given.
About the Authors:
Joyce Meyer is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, she has written more than eighty inspirational books, including The Secret to True Happiness, 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life, the entire Battlefield of the Mind family of books, her first venture into fiction with The Penny, and many others. Joyce's Enjoying Everyday Life radio and television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels extensively conducting conferences. Joyce and her husband, Dave, are the parents of four grown children and make their home in St. Louis, Missouri.
Deborah Bedford is a career fiction writer who began her professional life as a journalist in a Colorado mountain town. Deborah and her husband, Jack, have two children and live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.