The Other Side of the Tracks
by William H Cox
It had been brutally hot for several days. Bruce was walking
around the train yard in the cool of the morning while the
mechanic worked on his train’s engine. The engine was running
rough that morning, and the mechanic wanted to do a little work on
it before it left the yard. The mechanic told Bruce it wouldn’t
take long, so Bruce decided to take a short stroll over to where
the homeless folks hung out during the evening. It was early in
the morning. The sun was peaking up over the horizon, and the area
was now empty.
Something caught Bruce’s eye in the trash can, and he went
over to investigate. There was a Bible, and a copy of Skies Are
Not Cloudy All Day lying amongst the trash. Bruce dug them out and
brushed them off. Curiosity got the better of him, and Bruce
started to read the first chapter of the Skies book. Just as he
was finishing the chapter, he heard the loud locomotive’s whistle
sound. The mechanic had finished his work, and the engine was
ready to go. Bruce hurried to find a place to hide the book in the
train yard where he could continue reading at another time.
Each morning he came to work a half an hour early to read the
Skies book. When he was finished Bruce felt compelled to email me
to thank me for writing the Skies book and relayed how it had
touched his heart. He wrote that he had sent it to his daughter in
Montana who was struggling with alcohol in hopes that it would
touch her in the same way.
It amazes me how that little book that God wrote has a way of
getting into the hands of people that need to be encouraged with
the love that Jesus offers no matter what side of the tracks they
are on, both men and women alike.
William H Cox is the author of Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day.
The Lord prompted him to write and give it away to people on the
street, in prison and the homeless. In 2015 Bill threw out a
fleece to the Lord. If the ranch sold in 30 days he would have
10,000 copies of the book printed and would deliver them to Rescue
Missions and prisons across the country. He got an offer in 28
days. Bill quit his job and with the help of the Body of Christ,
in six months had all 10,000 books in almost every Gospel Rescue
Mission west of Colorado and many throughout the rest of the
country. Denominational walls disintegrated as people read the
book and took it upon themselves to help get it out. Bill
continues to give this book away to anyone who would like to read
it. For more information on the 10,000 book giveaway, please go to
the website below. The Steward Foundation, a non–profit
organization, offered to print the book and will take tax-
deductible donations to assist in the printing costs. Bill sells
two other books he has written to help offset the cost of
distributing Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day to folks who cannot
afford to pay for postage. The other two books, A Dogs Love and
the Last Cast are available at: www.rustyironranchllc.com. You can
contact Bill at jumpcreek113@yahoo.com or P.O. Box 1582,
Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
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