Bøger af Tom Shirley

Corinthians 14:2. This really is the heart of all prayer - speaking to God. The idea is not just that of uttering words, but instead, of entering into dialogue that leads to intelligent understanding anultimately an intimacy in His presence. Speaking to God is the key that unlocks the limitless potential of the Creator of heaven and earth and ushers us into a position where we can hear Him speak back and respond to our requests. The difficulty that so many have is that they arespeaking to God but often not lining up with what He desires to hear - it is what He desires tohear that is what we really long for and will be the happiest in receiving. How often can we relate to the cry of Paul when he said, "We know not what to pray for..." as we approach the presence of God? Thankfully, God does not leave us without the means to be able to communicate with Him to the fullest ability so that we can receive all that His gracious and generous heart has provided for us. We have the gift of tongues.

As law enforcement officer and game manager for the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Lt. Tom Shirley was the law in one of the last true frontiers in the nation--the Florida Everglades.In Everglades Patrol, Shirley shares the stories from his beat--an ecosystem larger than the state of Rhode Island. His vivid narrative includes dangerous tales of hunting down rogue gladesmen and gators and airboat chases through the wetlands in search of illegal hunters and moonshiners.During his thirty-year career (1955-1985), Shirley saw the Glades go from frontier wilderness to "e;ruination"e; at the hands of the Army Corps of Engineers. He watched as dikes cut off the water flow and controlled floods submerged islands that had supported man and animals for 3,000 years, killing much of the wildlife he was sworn to protect.