Coming closer to home, our nine year old grandson was out cycling recently with his parents riding behind him, when he lost control and was about to crash down an embankment. His parents were too far back to help but a cyclist came out of nowhere, came alongside him and held him up until he was able to stop. His parents arrived and went to thank the cyclist but he was gone without a trace!  Was that an angel?

 It seems that angels do not appear in shining garb but in everyday clothes. The Scripture says “Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?” Then again it encourages us to entertain strangers because, “by doing so some people have entertained angels without knowing it.”  Angels are obviously closer than we think!

Everyone has a story. All have experienced life with its joys and trials. Every family has a history and these are the places to start. Like me, it may be that those stories will just be used to illustrate principles or add realism to your writing.

Whatever you write it will always take three things, diligence, discipline and determination. It will take diligence in your planning, discipline in getting pen to paper and determination to remain sufficiently motivated to stick with it.

I have several friends who have ideas for books. Their next step is to start writing. Remember the old saying which is supposedly Chinese, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step!”  If you have the desire, and you have an idea, why not get writing?

Imagine you are standing on the opposite side of the road to me. We both see the same car passing in front of us. You would say the car came from the right while I say the car came from the left. So who is right? We both are from our own perception. The truth is the car was traveling from point A to point B but our perception was different but right at the same time. We often make judgement calls according to where we stand or what we think.

How many times have we been wrong when acting on our perception. To determine truth one has to aware of all the facts and we rarely are. God is omniscient and he alone has all knowledge and all the facts. I concur with the statement from The Truth Project that “Truth is reality according to God!”

From “If we only knew….”

The book will not only be for young Christians but for those who sit in the pew wishing they had a better understanding of the Christian faith.

Expected release date is late summer, early fall.

That may sound too simplistic, but for us to have the assurance that He is alive, and in control, removes the need to know about tomorrow. It removes the uncertainty, not because we have any more knowledge of the future, but because we know that in His sovereignty God holds our future and it is secure.

From “If we only knew…”

A Greater Purpose:

When my wife was diagnosed with cancer, my first thoughts were “Why you?” Yet when I mentioned it to her, her reply was “Why not me?” I had never thought of it that way. She was living out the concept that this diagnoisis was no surprise to God; therefore he must have a greater purpose in mind. As it happened, she was right. She experienced a miraculous healing which took place overnight, much to the amazement of the surgeon.

From “If we only knew…”