Is it okay if I share something very personal and very remarkable with you? Many of you have walked with us and even served alongside us over many years. I usually try to be pretty transparent, even sharing personal struggles and successes. This one is no different from the others, but also is very different if that makes sense.
If you’ve followed along, you know about the undertaking and sometimes struggles of writing the “Keep Your Hands in the Air When You’re on a Roller Coaster” book. You also know that my main impetus behind the book was to be obedient to the Lord and what I felt he had called me to do. It’s never been about making money or notoriety.
In doing so, I have determined to leave the results and how He chooses to use the book up to Him, while in my humanness I want to know if the book is hitting a chord with anyone or making a difference. Of course, it is not necessarily something for me to know – it’s just that in my frailty as a human I want that confirmation that I have done the right thing at the right time.
God blessed me in an expected, but, oh so, remarkable, way today. I was speaking with a friend (let’s call her Mary) who had read the book and then loaned the book to someone else (let’s call her Sally). Later, Sally told Mary that she had started it and was anxious to continue reading it even though she was very busy and didn’t have a lot of free time to do so.
Some weeks later, Sally told Mary that what she had read so far in the book was making her really think. She said it was causing her to re-evaluate some things in her life and even that it made her want to make some changes in her life.
Now, is that a blessing from God, or what? I don’t know Sally, but I am grateful that it seems that God is working in her life as a result of the book.
And, so, that is a prayer answered. It was a selfish prayer really. I am satisfied to know that the book has touched at least one life. Of course, I hope that it touches more lives in the future, but all the struggles of the journey and the hurdles in writing the book are worth it for one life changed.
Thank you, Lord, for choosing to bless me in such a tremendous way. Continue to work in my life as you teach me more about you every day. Thank you for the encouragement from others that you sent to me to challenge me to write this book. Thank you for Mary who took the time to share the book and then took the time to share with me about Sally. Continue to work in both of their lives too. Hoolaray.
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I encourage you to take the time to share with me any God-stories! The book is available on Amazon in print. An e-book is in the works. Feel free to share about it on your social media if you think it’s worth sharing.