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Today's guest has been a regular since I started this feature and I am SO please to bring her back! Thank you, LoRee for dropping by with your new book today. Tell us about it...
Thanks, Pam. Writing any kind of poetry was never on my creative agenda.
Rather than dealing with the pandemic lockdown in 2020, I dealt with months of shoulder pain. I had a reverse replacement in June of 2020. The surgeon also did repair on a broken acromion (the flat bone connected to the clavicle) that forms the top curve. I found out later the pins were just “floating.:” So that part of the operation hadn’t worked, and I needed surgery again three months later.
I often awoke in the wee hours around three a.m. with my Bible turned to the Psalms. Psalm 91:1 says He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
He definitely proved to be my
Shelter in the Night, thus the name for the first of four journals that I filled during those months.
Those months weren’t the first that I’ve called various waiting places over the years. The conclusion I’ve reached is that what touches my life is according to God’s time, and I’m not meant to ask why. For whatever reason, to build character, patience, or perseverance, that waiting period happened in 2020.
Due to the pain that woke me, I spent those wee hours of many sleepless nights reading my Bible and followed God’s Word by pouring out my frustration and praise through what I called LoRee’s modern-day psalms. Lamentations turned to praise, all with adoration for the Lord God who calls me His daughter, and I filled four journals.
Wow, LoRee, isn't it amazing how beauty comes from ashes? Tell us more please...
Yeah, God's purpose and plan never ceases to amaze me! Read on...
Blurb: Do you ever awaken in the middle of the night, beset by thought of the worries of the day? Do you ever awaken with the feeling that God wants you to pray for someone or some thing? Do you pray, flounder in your prayer or immediately fall back to sleep?
Through the verses of Shelter in the Night, volume 1 in the Worship through Verse devotionals, the author pours out sorrows and joys much like the Old Testament psalmists. Whether you need shelter or reassurance, this collection can bring peace, hope, and solace.
Excerpt
Psalm 127:3
Children are a heritage from the LORD,
offspring a reward from him.
The Master Healer
Where is my faith?
I’m shaking inside, Lord
Sick to my stomach
“All” I can do is pray
You’ve blessed me
With fourteen grandchildren
One was injured today
On the football field
You knew beforehand
He belongs to You
Be with my son and his wife
Be their comfort and strength
May we all turn to You
And receive calm and peace
You are the only Source
Of ease and healing
You’ve settled me down
Reach my family with Your Spirit.
Beautiful, LoRee! Tell us more about yourself and how we can find you...
Sure, here is my "official" bio and links to connect with me!
Nebraska author LoRee Peery is a country woman who writes fiction that hopefully appeals to adult readers who enjoy stories written from a Christian perspective. These include novels and novellas for women and men in the Contemporary, Romance, Time Travel, and Mystery/Suspense categories.
She writes of redeeming grace with a sense of place. The book of her heart, Touches of Time based on her father’s unsolved homicide, resulted in personal relief. She is who she is by the grace of God, and has expressed that wonder in four volumes of devotional poetry.
LoRee has been blessed to live in the country most of her life and sometimes agrees with.
You can also find LoRee's previous visits to our blog
HERE, friends!
Until next time, take care and God Bless.
PamT
7 comments:
Such a beautiful post. I do wake up at night and end up praying. It's the greatest joy of my life to keep trying to have the best friendship with God that I possibly can.
Wonderful post.
Kara, thanks for following Pam and sharing. I'd be lost without God and the people He's brought into my life.
Maxine, I appreciate your time. Thank you.
I really enjoyed these devotionals.
So beautiful and comforting. I love this. God bless you.
LoRee here, thanking all readers who took the time to read my words as well as leave a comment.
And as always, thanks to friend Pam.
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