Who needs a father anyway

She sat on the stoop waiting, her heart heavy and aching with anticipation so strongly that at times she wished she didn’t have one. She had been there for an hour or more with no sign. Yet she wasn’t too worried because she had her ace in the hole.
Another hour. She was lost in thought when her mama came up behind her and tried to gently guide her into the house. She would have none of it. Breaking from her mother’s grasp she said defiantly, “No! This time he is coming! He is. I know it deep, deep in me. He is!” Her words were strong yet after her mother left her she could not help but to let out a sigh and ask herself, “Is he really?”
Many times her resolve was tempted with things like a bike ride to the park with the next door neighbor’s family (a real one, she thought to herself) or a game of kick the can in the street with a group of kids from the neighborhood. But she would not budge. She was convinced that this time he would come. Sure, in the past he may not have always kept his word, but this time was different.
Today was her tenth birthday, and instead of the latest game, record, or book, she had asked for and (because money was tight) received only three things: a grown up dress (not from the kid section), a pretty pink shawl, and a brand new pair of one inch heels. She had never worn high heels before, so had practiced and practiced in them until she could walk without tottering. She couldn’t wait to show off her new skill to her daddy.
He had once told her in the past that when she was more grown up he would spend more time with her. “Grown up how?” she had asked. He pointed to a woman who wore a long flowing dress with a pink shawl and high heels. From then on she dreamed of the day when she would be old enough to wear high heels and a long flowing dress.
Another hour and the air was starting to get a chill in it. She could not tell, but her mother was inside frantically trying to get ahold of him to no avail. He was as he always was.
Another hour and the darkness started to descend. It was then she knew the truth... you know, that thing that’ll set you free. So she took off the high heels that she had practiced so hard to walk in, threw them away, and went inside. Heavy-hearted, she went straight to bed.
When her mother came in later to tell her how sorry she was, the little girl just shrugged her shoulders and remarked, “Who needs a father anyway?”

This is a taste of my book... To know God as Father. This bit is designed to show the hurt children feel when their fathers aren't around.

If you like it please join the group I have created for it to help spread the word of the forthcoming book that is designed to show is we all need God no matter weather our earthly fathers were Good or had some hurts that held them back from exemplifying God Love to Us.

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The Celebrity Tri-factor

Well it happened once again..1.2.3..... three icons of American entertainment are gone. It just goes to prove that it doesn't matter who you are, how good you think you have been, or how much money you have...death waits for no one.

It is said that the average person spends more time planning where they will go on vacation than where they will spend all eternity.

Life is but a puff of smoke in light of eternity, I urge you who haven't done so to Ask God to reveal to you who He is.

Death is something that most of us do not wish to think about and yet it is only a matter of time before we all experience it.

The good news is that Jesus died so that we can live on.

John 3:16 (The Message)
16-18"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

If you have yet to fully give your life to Jesus I encourage you to do so...or at least start to look into weather or not Jesus might really be who He says He is.

For Ed, Farrah, and Michael, there time has past. Their decisions have been made. Don't let death catch you by surprise.

Beginning

It has been on my mind to do this blog thing for quite awhile. So I figured since I have the summer wide open before me...nows as good a time as any.
I have just sent out my first book to my agent who will hopefully think it is ready to move on to a publisher.
If that happens it will mark the beginning of a whole new experience for me as a published author. I have been a writer my whole life but have never had the hardcopy to prove it so it will be a change.
The main thing about the book that I want to come from it though is healed hearts and many changed lives as pople come to know their Heavenly Father.
If you have an amazing earthly father you are extremely blessed. They are not the norm these days and many have suffered because of it.
The thing that makes me excited every morning that I wake up is that I know that those same people that are suffering now can become whole as they get to know Jesus.
I see God moving in many lives through many people, It is a beautiful thing to see people open there homes to those that have none, or move into a community to be where the need it, or give of their time and resources to feed the hungry, or evn a room full of people giving up a sunay afternoon to help put together crafts for the childrens ministry.
Anyway this season in my life is the Beginning of my talent being used for the Lord and I am excited and bless to be surrounded by the encouraging people that He has put in my life so thanks...told you it was random.