My new book, "A Letter From My Father" has been over 45 years in the making.
However, I first wrote about that specific topic here on my blog on July 29, 2018.
Writing a book has been a dream of mine since I was a kid. It became a greater desire when I had a creative writing class for summer school in my senior year of high school in 1977.
I loved reading Hemingway's short stories of Nick Lyons fly fishing for trout in Big Two-Hearted River. My writing teacher had a wonderful gift of seeing the potential in each of her students and carefully encouraging it out of us.
While it has been my life-long dream to write a book someday, I didn't think it would ever actually happen. It just seemed too far out of reach. I think it's that nagging voice from the past that tries to tell you, "You'll never be good enough."
When God led me to start this little blog in 2010 He began to help me find my voice. And though it's clearly evident I'm not an English major, I love to pour my heart for God out in my writing, such as it is.
Several of my friends encouraged me over the years to write a book, even to possibly compile this blog into some sort of a book. I will be eternally grateful to all of you for all of your prayers, patience and encouragement along the way.
My own father wrote me a vignette of personal letters, the last of which was much the inspiration for writing my book.
My passion and desire for the book is that many will come to know God as their Everlasting Father; personally and intimately. I believe God did not give us His Word just so that we can 'know the Bible cover to cover'.
He gave us the Bible so that we can know Him.
Anyway, please read the book for yourself. I'd love to hear your comments and reviews.
Please note; I am in no way lessening the importance of studying the Scriptures. On the contrary, I believe it is exponentially more important to study God's Word as His letter to us, and not as one would study a college textbook. His Letter to us is alive. It's personal. It's intimate. It's powerful. It's prophetic. It's eternal.
My early years of trying to study the Bible like I did a text book never really brought me much closer to a closer relationship with God.
The book is available in paperback on Amazon.com. And in e-book edition in the Kindle Store.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/173437120X/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=a+letter+from+my+father&qid=1581637434&s=books&sr=1-6
To God the Father be all glory!
—God is Love and Love Never Fails.
