Faith Like a Child

This week I assigned a paper to one of my children asking for him/her to explain his/her relationship with God. I asked permission before posting this. My child prefers to stay anonymous.

I hope it reminds you of who God is and how we should have Faith like a child.

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My relationship with God is strong, but it can use improvement.

I pray at least once a day every day and usually more. I love God very, very much and I know He loves me even more than I can imagine.

God is the one person I know I can trust. I know He will never fail me and he will always be there for me.

I want to serve God with all my heart and I want to know Him better. I read my Bible and I speak to Him and worship Him. I want my relationship with Him to get stronger and stronger.

Sometimes I feel like I'm not good enough for God or that He's forgotten about me, but I know it's not true. I know He will always be there as long as I want Him to be. He is a gentleman. If I kick Him out of my life, He will still be there waiting when I come back because He never leaves, but I have to open the door if I want forgiveness and healing.

Man will always fail me, but God never will. With God I shall fear nothing. God is my light in the darkness and my joy in sadness. He will care for me even when no one else will.

When all is lost and I don't know what to do or who I am, I can find myself in Him. He has a purpose for me and i may not know it now, but He will show me in the future and I will serve Him and obey Him even when I don't know why He is asking me to do things I don't understand.
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I'm not biased in the least, but I think it explains how our Faith really should be like that of a child. I need to work on this. How about you?

Blessings,
Ginger

Not so much a baby anymore. :(

PS. I am going to publicly embarrass my First daughter and wish her a happy 15th birthday right here on my blog. Happy Birthday sweet one. :)

Baby Elizabeth

Wednesday Review: Jungle Fire by Dana Mentink

With danger around every corner, Jungle Fire by Dana Mentink, kept me glued to the edge of my seat page after page. I was hooked even further with the tension-filled romance.

Book blurb:

The deadliest animal in the jungle is the two legged kind. 

Nina Truman is a missionary nurse, serving in a tiny Guatemalan town not far from the Mexican border.  It's a fulfilling life, tending to the village poor, a way to serve in the country from which she was adopted. The day she leaves on furlough, is the day her life falls apart. Her bus is ambushed and she must flee from forces who inexplicably wish her dead. Trapped between a ruthless drug lord and his assassins, a corrupt police chief, and colleagues with ulterior motives, her friends may prove just as deadly as her enemies as she uncovers a plot tangled deep in the roots of her own past.

Nina's only hope of survival lies in the hands of Shaw Wilder, a man who despises missionaries and the God they serve.  His skill is in handling a landmine detection dog, not helping a woman he blames for the death of his sister. When the lethal drug kingpin El Escorpion seeks to capture Nina, and the local police are no help, Shaw has to choose: flee into the Guatemalan jungle with a naive woman who has vowed never to take a life or follow his own spiritual demons and walk away. His choice may leave them both imprisoned in a jungle from which neither will escape.

Rating: 4 roses

Blessings,
Ginger

My Addendum to Exciting News

       

 \o/  That's me doing a happy dance and praising God.  :)

I'm going to be published!

Yep, me.

I signed the contract with Astraea Press yesterday (after I posted the blog, btw). They will be publishing One Choice (working title, subject to change), which is a contemporary romance.

I'm sure it will be a long process - paperwork, edits, etc. and I have no idea when it will be out, but IT'S COMING!

YEAH!

Blessings,
Ginger

PS. I hope I didn't make you wait too long (since yesterday). LOL