My New Book Has Launched!

MY NEW JOURNEY HAS BEGUN & SO HAS THE CELEBRATION OF A DREAM!

God is faithful. I have to start this blog with those words because without Him I would never be at this place. Have you ever held a dream in you heart or mind so long that you wondered if it would ever come to pass? I have.

I’ve held in my heart the dream to be an author for 25 years and 4 months. It is truly a miracle to hold my book in my hands. There it is, my book. There it is, as real as the breath I breathe. Wow! What a journey. As I  hold my book in my hands I can hardly believe it has been 25 years since I got this dream planted in  my heart as a seed.

The release of my book on January 25, 2016 was day only God knew would happen. For me it was the start of a new journey that I wanted to take with my readers and followers hopefully in a new blog and  a new direction that my writing was taking.  God didn’t give this dream to me just for me. This is for you! 

I also wanted to share with you the back story to how this 25 year dream got started. I want you to follow along with me as I write future books and share my heart with you because it will truly be the heart of the God that I will share in books and writing. I have known this for quite some time and think now is the fitting time to share how this journey I hope you will take with me started.

On October 12, 1990, while at work at Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company in Omaha, NE, I was at work during lunch sitting at my desk. I worked on the 5th floor in a building fully enclosed with glass windows. It was a beautiful view overlooking the city. The office area was empty as others were out to lunch. But, this particular day I stayed to catch up on work.

Sometime during that lunch hour I sensed as I sat at my desk that someone was behind me. I felt the presence of a person. I slowly turned around and the presence moved to the other side and with it a few papers moved on my desk like a wind or breeze  had gone by them. Now there was no breeze and no wind in this room. No windows to open. Then immediately I heard the voice of the Holy Spirit speak to me and say…

“You will write a book.”  

When I heard God speak I knew it was true. It was as if He spoke my whole life, every book I would ever write, all the words I would need inside of me with that one sentence. I had no doubt. None. I immediately said within myself…

“What am I to call it?” He said, “You will call it, Tomorrow Is Not Promised.” I said, “O.K. How am I to get it published?” He said, “Don’t worry about that, I will get it published. You are to write only what I tell you in books and they will take wings.”

Now remember this was 25 years ago. There was no internet, no Amazon, no self publishing, no search engines, no mobile communication like we have now. I didn’t question it. I believed it would happen. I just never thought it would take 25 years, a divorce and a truck load of pain and hurt to get here.  I only had one reservation. I didn’t know how to write. I hated grammar and English. I couldn’t write a school paper structurally correct to get a passing grade.

I love words and love to talk and love to read. I love books. But I hated the process of creating perfect flow and structure. (You will probably see something wrong in this blog and grammar errors too, lol). But, those words He spoke burned in my heart so deep I never forgot them. Not for one single day. Everyday, I knew I was a writer even though I didn’t really know how.

I went to church that night to a revival service and a woman evangelist came up to me during the service and began to pray for me and told me everything that happened earlier in my encounter with God at work. She said…

“God came to you today and told you that you would write a book called Tomorrow Is Not Promised and that He would get it published and that it would take wings and that you would write many books that will take wings around the world.”

I was shocked. God had spoken. It was so.

Everyday from that day I was an author. I tried to write. I read books on writing. I took a few classes on writing. I didn’t have one thing published or really even finished. But, I was filled with words. I began to hear God give me titles of books and characters and parts of paragraphs. I have kept all these things in files and notebooks. I began to notice that when God gave me a book title, He gave me the entire book also. He would say the book title but I would get the download in my spirit of what the entire book was about. I have created a list of 185 book titles so far with the books written inside of me. I am filled with words.

I share all this with you because everyday I lived in this place in my heart that I had to write. I had to be a writer. Almost nothing else filled that calling but the calling on my life to be a wife and a mom. I share this with you because I want you to take this journey with me as an author. I would love it if together you the reader and myself  would discover all these books that are inside of me that God wants in the earth for His people.

Come with me, let’s discover what He has held in reserve for this season and this time.

I plan to write and never stop. I plan to publish as fast as my hands can type and the editor can edit. (cuz I need an editor).  I am His vessel and His alone.

I have a voice and I plan to use it for His glory. I plan to write the things that have been in my heart for the body of Christ and for women. I will write and broach subjects that are controversial and that may even be taboo for the believer. The Holy Spirit wants to speak and He uses men and women to be His voice in the earth. I am called to instill discipline, integrity, and an uncompromising spirit within the lives of women in their covenant marriages and those that are single.

I want to make a personal connection with you through my writing. I want you to be forever changed and empowered by the grace of God to change the world you live in. Follow me. If you haven’t already signed up on my mailing list to get my newsletter, freebie teachings, updates on new books and to hear God’s heart please do so. I’m in the process now of creating material for you. If you haven’t gotten a copy of my book, click my book at the top right or click here and order a copy and share it with a hurting woman. I ask that once you read it, go to Amazon and write a short review for me. That helps us author’s out a lot (smile).

Thank you for allowing me to share my dream with you,  and hopefully share my life with you and for allowing me to be transparent with you but mainly for sharing His promise to me. God is faithful. His promises are yes and Amen! Welcome to my journey!  I am an author!!! How cool is that!♥

 

 

 

This is my next book – Coming Spring 2016!