Our God is Faithful!

Today I want to tell you a story. Many years ago a woman came home from church and took a nap. Her son was cranky so he slept with her. While she was asleep she had a dream. In the dream she saw a book. She saw the title of the book and saw words on the pages. She knew this book was impactful to her. When she awoke she began to search for this book. She called a friend who oversaw the church bookstore that had access to all books through their ISBN numbers. After the friend's searching for a few days the woman was informed the book didn't exist.  In that moment the woman was enlightened by the Spirit of God that the book was inside of her. She said, "Yes Lord!"

A friend gave her a computer and she began to write. She had no concept of what the contents would be but in her arrogance and youth she desired to speak about what she felt needed to be said. So she wrote. Years passed, life went on.... she left the church she was a part of, her children grew, she took a job outside of the home  and the book which never left her heart was given little priority. However she strove on.

At one point she finished and was just happy to say it's done. However, when she actually looked at what was written, it was the ramblings of a woman, trying to figure it out, it was filled with her thoughts, psalms and prayers to God. When she gave the book to her dear friend and editor. She was told "you missed the mark." Initially, she was overwhelmed because it had taken her nearly 17 years to write what was useless. But she was unable to deny that the book was still in her heart.  So, she began again. This time she stopped looking at man, the church and what her thoughts were of both. This time she cried out to God and looked to and at Him. She realized that just because God showed her this work that it wasn't going to just flow from heaven, that it would indeed take work. So, work she did. Day after day she labored to write that which is true and pure and that which would honor the one that showed her the book.

Well, my beloved, I am that woman. Just a woman that came home from church and took a nap with her son whom God gave a dream. And He has brought the dream to pass. The name of the book I saw SO many years ago is named the same as this  blog,  for it is what He showed me. His Words are in Red. I want to be like Jesus and say, I only say what I hear my Father says and do only what I see my Father does.

Today I sit here as an author with few words. A preacher who can barely speak for the God that we serve has again looked upon his maidservant and brought His Word to pass. His faithfulness has rendered me helpless, His strength exposes my weakness. Because I know without a shadow of a doubt that He guided me with each stroke of the key to speak that which He would have me say. And today I can humbly say Lord, it is finished!

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