Today, I have the distinct pleasure to welcome author and friend, Lillian Duncan as a guest blogger today. She is blogging about dark alleys, which is also the name of her newest book. Please help me welcome her.
FINDING
YOUR WAY OUT OF A DARK ALLEY
James
4: 8
Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you.
We humans are not necessarily the smartest of God’s
creations even though we think we are! We seem to go out of our way to hurt
ourselves in so many different creative ways. At one time or another most of us
end up in a dark alley of our own making through our own bad choices and
actions. And sometimes other people put us in those alleys or at least lead the
way.
It always seems so dark and so lonely there, but God
never abandons us—it only feels that way sometimes.
And that’s what I want readers to take away after
reading DARK ALLEYS. No matter what we’ve done, God never stops loving us. He
is always there waiting for us to ask for His help. In James 4: 8 it says, Draw
close to God, and God will draw close to you."
To me that means, God is
always there waiting for us to come to HIM.
One of my favorite verses is
Jeremiah 29: 14, I will be found by you,
declares the Lord, and will bring you back from captivity. Another way of
saying draw close to God and God will draw close to you. Of
course, His help may not come in the form we want or expect, but then again His
ways are higher than our ways.
The important thing to remember is that God loves us
and he won’t abandon us.
My latest book, DARK ALLEYS is a story about a woman
who ends up homeless and alone in a dark alley on a cold winter night. She
witnesses a murder while in a drunken stupor and almost becomes his second
victim. She awakens in the hospital with no clear memory of how she was
injured. She attempts to put her life back together but, of course, the
murderer has other plans.
I wanted to write a story where the main character
was the queen of underdogs and I think I succeeded. Tessa is a mess, just like
the rest of us. She could give up and no one could blame her, but she doesn’t.
She keeps going—putting one step in front of the other.
And some days that’s all any of us can do.
Those are the days we need to keep our eyes focused
on Jesus.
And one step at a time He will lead out of that dark
alley and into His light.
ABOUT DARK ALLEYS: Being
innocent and proving it are two different things, especially when a powerful
politician is involved
Tessa’s
life spiraled out of control after the death of her only child, and she finds
herself in a dark alley on a cold wintry night.
After she witnesses a murder, she almost becomes his second victim, but
manages to escape—just barely.
Homeless
and alone, she knows the authorities won’t believe someone like her, leaving
her only one option—to run.
Lillian Duncan writes stories of faith mingled with murder &
mayhem. She writes the type of books she
loves to read—suspense with a touch of romance. Whether as an educator, a
writer, or a speech pathologist, she believes in the power of words to
transform lives, especially God’s Word.
To learn more about Lillian and her
books, visit: www.lillianduncan.net. She
also has a devotional blog at: www.PowerUpWithGod.com
