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by David Burey (Author)
In this journey called life, we encounter numerous experiences. Some unpleasant and others pleasant. How we end up depends on our attitude to the ups and downs of life. As the late Warren Wiersbe noted "what life does to us depends on what life finds in us" My own experience has shown that it's not how we start but where we finish. It has been a humbling experience in which each phase taught me very important lessons - many of which I didn't come to realize until years later. Brought up in a Christian home didn't ensure fidelity to the things of God.
Although I grew up in a God-fearing home as soon as I was on my own, I became steeped in secular ideology and social activism only to be brought to a place of saving faith and a recognition that God can bring the vilest of sinners to a place of humble submission to His will.
These pages show how one's life can move in various directions only to be brought to a better place by surrendering to the call of God and experience a new perspective which brings "peace with God" and the "peace of God" It shows that even when we taste of His goodness and fall by the way H's "faithful and just to forgive us" and bring us back into a right relationship.
This journey shows also that success is not measured by wealth and fame - which is how society measure us, but rather by a qualitatively different measurement which endows one with an inner peace and strength to face life's troubles and fills us with hope for a brighter future.
David Burey was born in St. Ann, Jamaica and grew up in the neighboring parish of St. Mary. He lived in Kingston before migrating to the United States in 1994. As a boy growing up in St. Mary he loved playing cricket, a sport that was popular in the British Caribbean. He is an experienced sales professional and was a community organizer for many years. As a young man he was an avid reader especially of history (his favorite subject in school)
His belief in man-made reform of social and economic structures as the solution to society's problems, ultimately gave way to a more profound and life-changing understanding of man, his role and purpose when he answered the call of God and submitted himself to Him in 1995.
He is an ordained Elder who serves at Pentecostal Tabernacle Apostolic Church Hartford, Connecticut under the leadership of Bishop Dr. Lloyd E. Russel. He is a Sunday school teacher, Vice President of the Men's department and International Men's President of Pentecostal Tabernacle Apostolic Ministries International (PTAMI).
He believes Studying the word of God is key to strengthening one's faith and in order to be an expositor of sound doctrine.
His motto is taken from Ecclesiastes 9:10 "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might..."
He is married to his wife Jackie and the union produced two daughters, Marcine and Marshanette.
