I am learning to cultivate a new discipline into my life. Circumstances keep triggering in me memories of dearly loved departed ones or events long forgotten by others and times that can never be relived.
If all memories when they come are re-directed heavenwards the beautiful ones and those that fuel sadness in my heart, PEACE becomes my God Gift.
O Father help me to learn this new discipline and faithfully use it as God the Holy Spirit leads and guides.
Some memories can become poignantly REAL and even lead to depression.
Help me Father to turn them ALL into sanctified and HOLY PRAYERS.
I m a wife, mother and grandmother. I have always enjoyed writing even from an early age. My book Beyond the Ashes has been written as a labour of love. All the characters are real to me and their story needed to be told. As a Christian my desire is to write General Fiction stories about real people but Hope and a desire for 'better' will always be part of the journey. I have had several short stories published over the years and moderate success in writing competitions.
I realized as I was thinking today (30/01/15) that perhaps I should add here that I have had life experiences of many valley times but also many mountain top experiences. I can understand and be beside anyone who finds their life in tatters because I have 'been' there. Of course as I have got older as well there have been the added sorrows of losing not only older family members but also one by one finding the dearest of friends and the ones of greatest support and care also dying. On the site of rich mountains has been my certainty of the value of marriage and how grateful I am that after loss and sadness I made a happy and long-lasting marriage commitment. The one who was my best friend back then is still my best friend 45 years later. Beyond the Ashes touches upon the POWER of LOVE when folk can forget about their own personal 'feelings' and reach out in LOVE to a desperate and broken person.
PASSIONATE CREATIVE CHRISTIAN 