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About the author
Bertram Smith
Bertram Smith is an author, educator, speaker, and poet who shares his love for the culture, beauty, and history of his birthplace in the Bahamas. He is the author of Through The Battles Without The Scars: The Keys to Understanding and Living Life Successfully, Learning to Win at Life, the poetry collection From the Puddle to the Pond (2020), and the middle grades adventure fiction novella The Blue Hole. He is currently working on a nonfiction book to encourage people who are walking through difficult times in their lives, with anticipated release in 2024. His books are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online book retailers.
“God wanted us to have this power and authority. And the power to choose even if it came with vulnerability. Even if it meant that we, as humans would choose to go against Him”
excerpt from, “Through The Battles Without The Scars”
“Too many of us in the world today live with a defeatist mentality. Or simply a survivalist attitude. I am right here. I am just trying to get by. Right here catching hell. Trying to make it. We look at our world. Our existence. And we go. Well this is the best I can do.”
excerpt from, “Learning to Win at Life”
“God has given us Himself - His Word. This was not the first thing God gave to humans in the Garden of Eden. It was the only thing.”
excerpt from, “Through The Battles Without The Scars”
“Mary did something that was life changing, transformative. Mary said yes to God. She uttered no doubt the most important words of her young life. Be it unto me just as you have promised when the human heart says yes to God.”
excerpt from, “Learning to Win at Life”
“God is a caring God. This means, in part, that God knows and anticipates our needs before the needs arise and has already taken steps to meet those needs.”
excerpt from, “Through The Battles Without The Scars”
“A life without purpose is a life removed from the safety, protection, power, and presence of God.”
excerpt from, “Through The Battles Without The Scars”
“Where human failure—and human failures reign, the impossibility to self-correct—God’s love, His grace and mercy, can and will conquer by covering them all, blotting them out, casting them away, as far away as from the East to the West.”
excerpt from, “Through The Battles Without The Scars”
Testimonials
About From the Puddle to the Pond “There’s something heartwarming, inspirational, and thought-provoking for everyone. Above all, the contents of this book addresses all facets of humanity - God, family, love, humor, and important life lessons.”
Ruthnell Bull, Retired Public School Administrator
“What Mr. Smith has done, first in poetic form, in his collection From the Puddle to the Pond, and now in narrative form in the story of The Blue Hole, is to bring to life the sounds, the smells, the tastes, and most importantly, the people of The Bahamas.
While reading both works, I found myself transported and completely immersed in Mr. Smith’s childhood home of the island of Andros. Mr. Smith’s story, The Blue Hole, brings to the page a legend that will capture the imagination of everyone, young and old, both in his native Bahamas and the world beyond. It certainly resonated with this reader, a story-lover as well, from Cincinnati, Ohio, and made me dream of tropical ocean waves crashing onto pristine, sun-drenched beaches.”
Michael Doyne, Educator, Director of Parent Center & Community Outreach, Gwinnett County Public Schools-LMS
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