I hope today's post finds you blessed and happy!
Our guest, Paula Mowery has visited us before but hasn't shared something she treasures in quite a while so please give her a great big warm welcome back and let's see what she's got for us....
My paternal grandmother’s Bible was given to me
several years after she passed away. One day I was flipping through it and
found passages underlined in First John. As I read through the verses, my arms
crawled with goose bumps. Basically it was the answer to why I write Christian
fiction.
Later I began to notice many other verses and
passages highlighted or underlined. That’s when I started imagining a story in
which a young woman gains her grandmother’s Bible after her death. Upon
perusing the Bible, the woman realizes that her grandmother had highlighted and
commented on certain passages and then numbered them for her granddaughter to
follow.
Upon further “what if” journeys in my mind, I imagined the verses
guiding the woman’s life specifically, almost eerily.
I’m hoping readers will discover as Kenzie and I did
that God’s Word can be trusted and will guide lives.
God’s Word is a treasure. But this copy of His Word
with my grandmother’s notes and highlighting makes this particular copy of the
Bible a true personal treasure. As I read this copy I feel a sense of
connection with my grandmother and her Godly legacy.
Oh Wow, Paula, you're grandmother's bible is certainly something to treasure and what an interesting premise for a book!
Paula Mowery is a published author and speaker. Her first
two published works were The Blessing Seer and Be The Blessing from Pelican
Book Group. Both are women’s fiction, and their themes have been the topics of
speaking engagements. Be The Blessing won the Selah Award in 2014 in the
novella category. In November of 2013 her first romance released in the
anthology, Brave New Century, from Prism Book Group. This book went to number
five on Amazon’s bestseller category, historical Christian romance. Legacy and
Love was her first solo romance and was a finalist in the Carolyn Readers
Choice Awards in 2015. Her other titles include a Christian romantic suspense
called For Our Good, a Christmas romance called Love Again, and a romance
inspired from the Love Chapter called The Crux of Honor.
Reviewers of her writing characterize it as “thundering with
emotion.” Her articles have appeared in Woman’s World, The Christian Online
Magazine, and the multi-author devotional blogs, Full Flavored Living and
Putting on the New. She wrote a section for Join the Insanity by Rhonda Rhea.
She has devotionals included in several collaborative books.
She is a member of ACFW and has also been on the faculty for
the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference.
Paula is a pastor’s wife, a mom, and an interpreter for the
deaf. She homeschooled her daughter through all twelve years, and they both
lived to tell about it. Before educating her daughter at home, she was an
English teacher in public school.
Learn more about Paula at her blog as well as find other
links to connect with her at www.paulamowery.blogspot.com
Lamp Unto her Feet can be purchased at Amazon.
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Until next time, take care and God bless.
PamT
PS: Paula will be dropping by to interact with you this evening so leave a comment! - THANKS!
