Surprised by Grace: A True Story of Relentless Love

By Elizabeth Sherrill

Book Overview

For fifty years, in best-selling books and memorable articles, Elizabeth Sherrill has written the stories of people such as Corrie ten Boom, Brother Andrew, and David Wilkerson. Now, for the first time, she shares her personal pilgrimage. With honesty, humor, and insight, Elizabeth traces her journey from an agnostic upbringing, through clinical depression, to a stunning encounter with God. Written with a rare literary finesse, this spiritual journey will touch believers as no other book has and will give them an inspiring vision of their eternal future in heaven.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800758722
• ISBN13: 9780800758721
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

a rich, cohesive tapestry

Such a rich, cohesive tapestry of one's inner life! Elizabeth Sherrill has had a bit of practice writing about other people - but taking hard, honest looks in the mirror and typing away ain't easy. The human trials are what make All the Way to Heaven such a deep, engrossing story. I also loved the mini-profiles of the many people in her life - especially Mea.

All The Way To Heaven

Even though Elizabeth Sherrill is nearly 50 years older than me, I feel so much identification when I read about her life. All The Way To Heaven has encouraged me to be who I am, to stop comparing myself to others, but walk the path set before me, trusting that my heavenly Father knows best. This not only a very HUMAN book, written by a human being of great human insight. This is also a very SPIRITUAL book of rich wisdom,...

Heaven Before Us

I've finally finished this book. But I didn't want to. As I neared the end I found myself reading slower and slower, savoring each thought. The early part of the book is the story of a woman's search for God-but in another sense it's God's search for her. And this is not an ordinary writer. Elizabeth Sherrill is a master storyteller who has told countless other people's stories-and told them well. Now she paints her...

Wonderfully honest and revealing life journey

Many of the books that have been ghost written by Elizabeth Sherrill have been among my favorites. Her own writing of articles in Guideposts, plus her previous personal books have been sources of inspiration and encouragement to me through the years. I am thrilled to finally be able to read her own life journey. She is able to voice the inner thoughts of many of us in ways we are not able to put into words. I resonated...