Sarah Lynn Phillips - Penned Without Ink: Trusting God to Write Your Story

PENNED WITHOUT INK BY SARAH LYNN PHILLIPS

Published by Straight Street Books

an imprint of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas
2333 Barton Oaks Dr., Raleigh, NC 27614

ISBN: 978-1-938499-31-9

Copyright 2016 by Sarah Lynn Phillips
Cover design by Elaina Lee

Interior design by Karthick Srinivasan

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Phillips, Sarah Lynn

Penned Without Ink / Sarah Lynn Phillips 1st ed.

Printed in the United States of America

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts,
known and read by everybody.

You show that you are a letter from Christ,
the result of our ministry, written not with ink
but with the Spirit of the living God,

not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:2, 3

My kind and gentle husband who loved God and his neighbor ...
You were always my wonderful friend.

I will always love you.

Honest. Heart-rending. Helpful. Hope-filled. Sarahs narrative masterfully describes the shock, confusion, and struggle to recover from a fiery chain-reaction collision that claimed four lives and injured twenty-five. In the aftermath, she faced life-and-death issues that challenged her firsthand and gave her a new appreciation of grace. Having survived two head-on collisions and numerous close calls in foggy, icy conditions, Im touched by Sarahs artistic attention to detail, coupled with insights framed by the eternal arch of God writing His story in each of our lives. What a treasure for anyone facing lifes perplexing problems.

~ Patricia Souder, Writer
Former Director of Montrose Christian Writers Conference

I have heard people say over the years that the only Bible some people will read is your life. If that is true, the Phillips family story has given those who know them an opportunity to see God at work in their lives on a daily basis. I have had the privilege of having a front seat in their story, a story of heartache, grace, and redemption. A must-read.

~ Frank Passetti
Missionary with Youth for Christ in Northeast Pennsylvania

Painful experiences often bring depth and authenticity to the work of great writers. Such is the case with author, Sarah Phillips, whogiven a difficult assignment by an all-wise Godwrites with the pen of a ready writer (Psalm 45:1). Sarah has written an emotionally charged story that embodies the wisdom of Francois Fenelon of the 17th century: The Great Physician who sees in me what I cannot see, knows exactly where to place the knife. He cuts swift and deep into my innermost being, exposing me for who I really am; but pain is only felt where there is life, and where there is life is just the place where death is needed most. Except a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it will bring forth much fruit. Penned Without Ink is a book that you cant read and remain the same.

~ Mark Hamby
President, Lamplighter Ministries International

When Sarah shared how God had been writing her story at our conference a few years ago, I was excited to learn that she was putting that story into book form. As much as I knew that her testimony of Gods faithfulness through trauma would touch other womens hearts, I was even more delighted to find that this book would turn out to be so personala way for me to see how God is also writing MY story and how I can trust Him from the beginning to the end and all the time between.

~ Diane Lytle, Director
LYFE (Living Your Faith Everyday) Womens Conference

You dont have to be the overly compliant good girl who needs permission to follow Gods lead into the unknown to be impacted by this book, but oh, if you arewhat a challenge awaits you! I walked away renewed by the fact that my story is indeed Penned Without Ink.

~ Sherry Boykin, Author
But-Kickers: Growing Your Faith Bigger Than Your But!