Above the Overpass

<p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>Your love witnesses more than one thousand sermons.</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>- Judge Hubert E. Long</em></strong></p><p><em> </em></p><p>It was autumn of 1986 in Columbia SC when a heinous crime was executed under cover of darkness on I-26. It left the people of the state outraged and an unsuspecting young family shattered. This personal account and unforgettable testimony of Author Linda T. Stapleton is a powerful and inspiring story of love and forgiveness in the midst of devastation. </p><p>    </p><p>In <em>Above the Overpass </em>Linda shares her struggles to understand why an innocent child her innocent child was murdered and shares her life's journey to answer the following questions.  </p><p class=ql-align-justify>·        If God is love how could this happen? </p><p class=ql-align-justify>·        Where were the angels who supposedly were protecting us?</p><p class=ql-align-justify>·        Was this God's judgement on our sins?</p><p class=ql-align-justify>·        Would we ever enjoy a normal life again?</p><p class=ql-align-justify>·        Why do bad things happen to good people?</p><p class=ql-align-justify>·        Why did this happen to us? </p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Linda writes I continued to ask 'why' which is a question certainly indulged by God but it is the wrong question to ask of a Sovereign. We might do better to ask God 'What are You teaching me?' or 'What must I do next?' </p><p><br></p>