Book
Goodness and Mercy
By Fred Amina
Join Matthew Pinati on his introspective odyssey into the mind, heart, and spirit of a wayward boy who found enlightenment through the love and guidance of his Divine Creator and God’s only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
Experience the whole spectrum of emotions and issues (e.g., bitterness, anger, worry, fear, love, joy, patience, kindness, forgiveness, unforgiveness, divorce, marriage, birth, death, abuse and neglect, addiction, suicide, gender-orientation, and so much more). Laugh, cry, and pause to reflect as you witness this extraordinary life — and perhaps, through him, your own capacity to endure enormous trials and ultimate redemption!
Have you ever felt hopeless and alone or dealt with anger, resentment, self-destructive thoughts and/or addictive behaviors? Here is a recipe for healing: First, look inside your heart, where God and Jesus dwell, ready to direct you on the path to glory and redemption. Next, be ready and willing to receive them.
In his compelling narrative fiction novel, author Fred Amina introduces his readership to a conflicted protagonist, Matthew Pinati, who endures a tumultuous seesaw existence of family dysfunction, wayward behaviors and loss of direction. Generational habits come to the surface when Matthew himself becomes addicted to alcohol at an early age, and all of his hopes and dreams seem to be dashed in an instant. Deep inside, however, he knows that God and Jesus are a million steps ahead of him. Somewhere, in the latent recesses of his thoughts, he recalls his conversation with the Divine, just prior to his birth, before he was sent to Earth to live in a temporal body that had many lessons to learn and share. On his deathbed, an elderly Matthew takes his readers on an introspective odyssey that explores the gamut of emotions and issues: bitterness, anger, worry, fear, love, joy, patience, kindness, forgiveness, unforgiveness, illiteracy, divorce, marriage, birth, death, abuse and neglect, alcoholism, addiction, suicide, gender-orientation, and so much more. Laugh, cry, and pause to reflect as you witness this extraordinary life — and perhaps, through him, your own capacity to endure enormous trials and ultimate redemption!