Hi Mark! It’s great to hear from you! You are always so kind. 🙂 Thank you for the compliment. You’re always such an encouragement to me. You have a wonderful writing style, and your passion for the Lord just leaps off the page. Thank you for sharing your heart. Many blessings to you and your family!
Amanda
I am sorry for not posting more frequently. Please forgive my slackness with regards to this but be assured i read everything you post and possess multiple copies of both your books.
This post, like all of yours, relates well to my own experiences and feelings. In fact, coincidentally, God has been revealing much on this very topic this week to me. I love how God does that with us – joining all the dots – but i digress.
I liken Gods love to ever living water filling us, his vessels up, to the brim but that we permit this vessel to rust away and to be poked full of holes. Lust, not love, in all its various forms (not just carnal) are capable of puncturing very large holes in our lives. God keeps filling us with his love and yet, if we have no bottom to our vessel or it is badly perforated, it will simply pour straight through us. His love is always pouring into us but do we even notice? We don’t find fulfillment, ultimately, yet we complain God is not with us. How can his presence possibly be felt with all these holes?
You remain a great source of encouragement Amanda and i pray and hope you will continue to share Gods word with us all in whatever form he deems appropriate for your ministry. God bless and keep you safe always.
]]>Hi Kerry! Thanks for sharing your heart. I’ve felt the same way, especially when I first started writing. But I’m learning that if God is holding something from me, He’s got a good reason, and I’m not ready for it yet. I’ve seen that with publishing. I was disappointed when God closed the door to traditional publishing, but now with my schedule self-publishing is working out better for me. I don’t have to be on anyone’s schedule. I can write and publish whenever God leads me.
Thanks again for all your help with the armor book. I just added your edits and doing the final read through. It’s really powerful. I’m excited to get it out there. I’ll be praying for you and your new books! I can’t wait to read “born” when it comes out. God has great plans for you! Blessings and hugs to you:)
Amanda
God’s timing and His plan for each of our lives is so unique! May we remember that we glorify Him best when we’re focused on pleasing Him and following where HE leads.
Thank you for your words and your faithfulness to His calling in your life! I appreciate you so much!
Hugs,
Kerry