Love Like There's No Tomorrow : How a Cardiac Arrest Brought My Heart to Life

Author(s): Ocieanna Fleiss A few years ago, Ocieanna Fleiss—wife and work-at-home mother of four young children—would have described herself as overwhelmed, stressed, and focused on finishing her to-do list. But when at age forty-two, a sudden cardiac arrest stopped her heart, everything changed. During those quiet months of recovery, as she reflected on her life, a pattern arose. Like a loving father, Christ had always walked with her—through childhood neglect, miscarriages, the death of her parents, and even through her own death! Amazed by God’s loving hand in her life, Ocieanna overflowed with a desire to love in a new, more profound way. Out of this desire, transforming truths gently came to light: truths that changed her life forever and will show you how God can weave everything in your life into His elaborate plan. Review(s): "Love Like There’s No Tomorrow is a beautifully encouraging book about the second (and third!) chances God grants us, and how he intersects our trauma with genuine grace. Poignant storytelling, raw honesty, and glimpses of God’s plan—this book will remain with you." —Mary DeMuth, author of Worth Living: How God’s Wild Love for You Makes You Worthy "Ocieanna’s dying wasn’t the beginning nor the end of her story. The suffering of one moment has given her a clear vision of who she was, who God is, and what she is to do now. She reminds us that serving Christ isn’t the same as knowing him, along with so many more lessons of love that will have me thinking and incorporating them for years— perhaps my entire life." —Peter Leavell, author of Gideon’s Call, award-winning novelist, speaker, and historian "Ocieanna’s personal journey of trials, emotional pain, and ultimate redemption will inspire you to look at yourself and others the way God does—like a child who is loved, like there’s no tomorrow." —Anna DeBord, mom of two  "In the grips of a cardiac event, life becomes a vapor Ocieanna can’t grab onto, drifting away from her grasp. In her book Love Like There’s No Tomorrow, she describes the intensity a cardiac arrest has on everyone around her—and the residual effects it leaves forever. Through the experiences and stories she shares, her candor and openness transport the reader into a changed life and changed world. But the goal is clear: Ocieanna offers the privilege, discovery, and new life derived from her faith in Jesus. Cardiac arrest need not be fatal, but instead, a gateway to renewed love for life and our Creator." —Cindy Scinto, heart transplant recipient, speaker, teacher, and author of A Heart Like Mine and A Heart Like Yours "There are few memoirs like this one. Love Like There’s No Tomorrow is at once an exploration of our common human wounds, a vulnerable account of spiritual failings, very solid theology, triumphant, longing, hopeful. Young, old, rich, poor, alive or nearly dead, it is likely you’ll find elements of your own story echoed in these pages. And it is certain you will find the grace of Jesus, which has clearly shaped every word." —Matt Barker, pastor, Grace Reformed Church, Walkerton, Indiana "God’s faithfulness and healing is revealed in this inspiring true story. I was deeply moved by Ocieanna’s openness and vulnerability in her memoir of love." —Heidi Dalrymple, homeschool mom of three "Love Like There’s No Tomorrow taught me one thing above all else: he LOVES me. I can stop striving to please him by my works, worrying that he’s frowning on me, or doubting his grace. He LOVES me. I will always be grateful for this book’s reminder of that." —Carol Perlot, entrepreneur and mom of two "If you’re going through a struggle in life, whether emotional, physical, or financial, you should read Love Like There’s No Tomorrow. It is a wonderful and wonder-filled book about how God works in our lives, especially in our trials. It’s a reminder of how graciously he gives us second chances, and how he brings beauty from ashes. You will not be the same after reading this book." —Mary Starman, product marketing and management maven EAN: 9781424551439