Yay!!! Book
release day for A Plan for Everything!!
I’m always
amazed when this day rolls around. When I’m in the thick of writing a story, it
seems like I’ll never finish. Then when I do, it seems release day will never
come.
I came
across this quote from author and creativity expert, Allen Arnold, recently,
“Art that reflects reality is fine. But we have the chance to do more, to offer
art that gives people a glimpse of what could be.”
That’s what
I aim to do in all my work . . . to offer that hope.
In most of
my bios, you’ll find these words, “She writes to give others hope in the
redemptive purposes of God.” In my stories, and I pray in whatever I undertake,
I want others to see there is no situation that God cannot redeem, no
circumstance He cannot use for His purpose. I know this because at one point in
my life, I thought myself irredeemable, but God’s grace proved more than
sufficient to cover my sin and my situation.
I’ve also
written that I do so to offer an alternative to life’s brokenness. Brokenness
just is. It’s part of life here on this planet, but we have a choice. We can
focus on all that’s wrong or we can focus on hope.
I think of my Aunt Nell often. She was such an inspiration to me. She
had every reason to be down with serious health challenges and heartaches,
having outlived her husband and two grandchildren. In one of the most memorable
conversations I ever had with her, I asked how she kept up her hope through so
many difficulties. She said in her sweet southern drawl, “Honey, we can sit around and think about all the
bad things. That’s just depressing. I don’t study on the bad things; I study on
what’s good.”
So, in my
writing I study on what’s good, the possibilities, and as Allen
Arnold says, on “what could be.”
Here’s
praying that someone will find their “could be” in A Plan for Everything.
Blessings,
friends.
“For I know
the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to
harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11).
