Love to peruse the books found on the bargain table, and I ran across something I didn't expect: a Donna Summer autobiography entitled Ordinary Girl. All I really knew about her personal life amounted to not much more than her infamous beginnings as a moaning disco singer. Sure, I'd heard her on the radio in the seventies and early eighties- you couldn't turn the thing on without that happening. Since I had a soft spot for her out-of-the-box take on MacArthur Park and some time to spare, I picked it up and sat down. Wow. The things you never know about someone...
This gal has had quite the life, all the blessings and hardships anyone could expect- and more. Crisis after crisis brought her to a place of considering suicide. Donna eventually had what could only be called a powerful, life-changing experiencing with God. She decided that Jesus was in fact the Son of God who came to earth because of his great love for the people He created, giving up his life on the cross in payment for their sin- and then proving his divinity by being raised from the dead. This decision turned her life - and her earthly fortunes- around. An amazing story. Gotta read it to believe it.
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