God is Good (Paperback)
Staff Reviews
SILVER WINNER OF THE 2023 ICBA
Adult Christian Non-Fiction Category!
Margaret Liu Collins is living an extraordinary life. Her life is never perfect, or easy.
Although she has been through many tragedies, she portrays her stories of how God strengthened her. Through her trials, Margaret kept her faith and her chit chats with God. Margaret doesn't want people to think of this as a memoir since so much of this is not about her specifically, but how God guided her life. Her path was paved to get through all bad situations and she came out in the end with huge blessings waiting.
Patience, faith, persistence, prayer, and solitude are all shown through various situations in Margaret's life, no matter how bad or scary it was. Read this powerful book to gain an understanding of how to strengthen your faith and courage when you feel most like giving up. God is Good is inspiring and teaches us that we can do all thing through God, who strengthens us.
STAFF PICK and Recommended by the ICBA Panel of Judges!
— ICBA JUDGE PANELMargaret Liu Collins was born in China during a time of wartime strife, born a girl in a culture that values males, and later found herself in a marriage filled with ridicule and abuse with two young children to care for. By learning to seek, recognize, and heed God's voice, she was able to welcome the abundance that God offered: a life of spiritual riches, financial abundance, exuberant health, and loving relationships. All of this came about, not because of any exceptional qualities of her own, but because God is Good.
She was born in Chongqing, China and attended high school, St. Stephen's Girls College, Hong Kong. She later graduated with a bachelor's degree from University of California, Berkeley. After being a science teacher, she late became the founder and CEO of a real estate brokerage firm, Liu Realty, Inc. and is the founder and CEO of Liu International Management LLC.
Margaret has served as a director of nonprofit organizations includ- ing, Grace Cathedral, The Episcopal Dioceses of Northern California, California Pacific Medical Center, The University of California Berkeley Foundation Board, and the San Francisco Symphony.
With God's prompting, Margaret has supported her Alma mater, University of California, Berkeley, establishing a fellowship endowment,
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"T. O. Liu Memorial Fellowship" in Helen Willis Neuroscience Institute in honor of her father. In 2010, she established an undergraduate schol- arship to provide financial resources for deserving students who come from families led by single parents.
In 2016, she endowed Chair Professorship in Traumatic Brain Injury to world-renowned neurosurgeon, Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PHD, Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF Weill Institute of Neurosciences and Chief of Neurological Surgery, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
In 2013, she collaborated with her late Aunt, Qin Ziao-men to write a book about her beloved father A Twentieth- Century Chinese Profile Tien Oung Liu available on Amazon.
Margaret and her adoring husband, Ted Collins split their time between homes in San Francisco and Sonoma County, taking special pleasure in watching their grandchildren grow.
Margaret offers support for fellow Christians along with inspiring articles, videos, and resources on her website at: VictoryGlory.com