Things People Think When You've Authored A Book

1.  They think your rich now. ( I still wonder how the bills will be covered)

2.  That you have a grand life. ( I still live in the country and mow my yard and pull weeds) and
     to me, that is grand! :)

3.  That you don't have to clean your house anymore. ( I still kneel at the porcelain throne)

4.  That writing is so easy for me. ( I still struggle and pray every day for the words to come)

5.  That I'm so smart. ( I'm really not! Just maybe diligent and perseverant and pray a lot.)

6.  That I have all the answers to writing. ( NOT!)

7.  That life has become glamorous.  ( Look back at number #3)

8.  That I get all the money from the sales of the book. (Not!)

9.  That you wrote to make money. (Not! Not! Not!)

10. Assume because you had never written before, your book is self-published. Not! (God's hand
      was in this from day one and led me to a traditional publisher who accepted it.)

11. That I set out to write a book...Not! 

     Never in a million years would I have ever dreamt I would have written a book and even more so, that it would be published. But the great Author of life knows every detail of our lives and it was no surprise to Him. It was Him that saw this book before it ever began. It was Him who put the thought into my mind. It was Him who directed certain people to be sitting in certain places that kicked off the beginning of the book. It was Him who gave me the boldness to start talking with strangers and writing their stories. It was Him who gave me a story of my own with one of the strangers and it was Him who made us brother and sister in Christ. It was Him who gave me a wonderful husband who has always walked by my side, supporting, helping, and loving me through everything, there for the good and the bad days, there to walk with me through abandoned barns and underneath bridges, through the pain of having a prodigal son, to the joy of seeing the birth of the book.

  It was Him who lead and guided me through the whole process and because of Him, this non-writer became the author of a book.

 

“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Matthew 19:26

Where has He led you?

Do you sense Him leading you somewhere now?

I would love to hear about it and pray for you.
And we can say together,
"All glory and honor to God, the Author of all."