Don’t feel like I got much accomplished this year. Yeah, my book, “Dark Pursuits,” was made available ~ thanks to my generous husband letting me fork out his hard-earned bucks to get it self-published. But the level of interest folks have shown for my book ~ almost zero! Very discouraging!! Have I grown in my relationiship with the Lord? Not so sure. Have I become a better writer? A little. How many people have I helped? Served? Loved? I don’t know how I feel about this year. Feels like it’s slipped away. I can only hope 2010 will be better!!
Christmas is here once again~
With the bell ringers out in earnest
People scurrying about in the mall
Post office lines at least a mile long
The smell of baking pumpkin pies permeating the air
Twinkling lights hanging from the tree
Gifts wrapped in decorative paper and bright bows
Christmas movies showing non-stop on the television
Silent Night and Jingle Bells playing on the radio
The line to See’s Candies growing ever longer
It’s all this and so much more
That makes up Christmas.
But ~
The true meaning of Christmas is…
A humble birth
In a manger
Long ago, far away
To a lowly family
Called by God
To bring the Savior
To give His life
To a lost and dying world.
My newest fiction project, “Broken Reality,” is seriously dragging! It needs some life breathed into it. I don’t know what to do…
My second novel, entitled, “Dark Pursuits,” is about a man’s addiction to pornography and what that does to him, his wife, and their daughter. It’s a subject I feel pretty strong about. I think pornography is straight from the pit of hell. And I know that many men struggle with it. It’s everywhere. On the internet. In books. Magazines. TV commercials. Movies. Everywhere men are being teased with this thing ~ beckoned, called. But I noticed something interesting while in WalMart this morning. Have you looked at romance books lately? The kind geared toward women? Talk about porn! Cheech! The pages are full of graphic descriptions of a very sexual nature! And women are hooked on this stuff. Through books, magazines, TV, movies, etc. ~ I think we’ve created an overly-sexual society! Kids are into porn now! How can they help it? Even the cartoons are full of sexual messages. How this must sadden God ~ who created sex as an act between a married man and woman. Anything else can easily become a sick bondage. God help us…
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Happy listening!!
Where did this year go anyway?! Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Then comes Christmas on its heels. Yikes! I don’t know about you but I’m not up for the dreaded Christmas shopping rush. The mall will be madness. The traffic will be relentless. I say stay home. For the readers on your Christmas list ~ consider sending them a copy of my latest book. Dark Pursuits is the story of a couple with a floundering marriage that is about to get worse when the wife discovers her husband is looking at porn. His light porn use quickly escalates into an addiction, while at the same time his wife copes with painful buried memories. Is there any hope for this marriage? Read the book and find out! Available at bbotw.com/amazon.com/or directly from me for $10.00 (a steal!)
Yep, Christmas is coming ~ which means time to start that dreaded Christmas shopping. I have a solution! My book! “Dark Pursuits” would make a great gift for those friends and family that love to read. Go to amazon.com / bbotw.com /or talk to me (via this blog) ~ let’s make a deal!!
I just spent the most miserable night trying to sleep ~ my restless legs kept me up all night. Does anyone out there in WordPress land have any idea what to do to relieve restless legs? I’m already on medication and it doesn’t help one bit. Help!
I had a ’so this is how God views my behavior’ moment. Let me explain. My daughter’s cat, Batman, is living with us (hopefully not forever!) He is basically a loving cat, but occasionally he acts kinda skittish. One moment he’ll love on me, purring like crazy, and the next moment he runs away from me. He did that to me this morning ~ ran from me and I said to him (as if he understood!) “Why don’t you trust me? Why do you run from me? I’m not going to hurt you!” And that’s when it hit me. I do the same thing to my Heavenly Father! I get close to him, purring like crazy (well, maybe not purring!) and then the next moment I’m backing off. Acting like He’s not worthy of my trust. And I could almost hear Him saying to me, when Batman ran off like that, “You do the same thing, my child. One moment you trust me, the next moment you don’t. Do you know how that makes Me feel?” Wow! I hurt my Father’s heart, same as it hurts my heart when Batman runs from me. The last thing I want to do is hurt my Father’s heart. I tend to view my Heavenly Father like I do my earthly father ~ and I run. Come on, Batman (and Beverly) it’s time to trust!!
