It's a Deal!

I am negotiating a book deal with Thomas Nelson for a gift book called Chocolate Covered Friendship. So, I guess that means I am going to be an author. I never thought that about myself, but then chocolatier never hit the radar either! God is leading me down a path that has been so hard that I don't feel like getting out of bed most days, but so rewarding that I can't help but know that He has not forgotten me! His plans are good.

My husband is thrilled about the book, mostly because he is glad someone is finally paying me for my words! Otherwise it just seems that I have a lot to say for no apparent reason. LOL That must be a difficult thing to live with, for him.

I will try to keep up on the blog about the ins and outs of the book writing/publishing process. Hopefully it will be a fun ride! I don't typically write about how things are going, simply because it seems that things are always going so drastically around here. Nothing is really normal, ever. I guess that is just how life is going to be for me...and my family. Bless their hearts - really. I know they (my kids) probably just wish that I would remember to give them a bath a couple nights a week!

Is there something wrong with me??

Lean Hard

God is so good to guide us in paths of encouragement. He lead me to bible study tonight to hear these words...

From Octavius Winslow's, "The Burden Cast Upon God."

"Child of My Love! Lean hard! Let Me feel the
pressure of your care. I know your burden, child!
I shaped it- I poised it in My own hand and made
no proportion of its weight to your unaided strength.
For even as I laid it on, I said I shall be near, and
while she leans on Me, this burden shall be Mine,
not hers. So shall I keep My child within the circling
arms of My own love. Here lay it down! Do not
fear to impose it on a shoulder which upholds the
government of worlds! Yet closer come! You are
not near enough! I would embrace your burden,
so I might feel My child reposing on My breast.
You love Me! I know it. Doubt not, then. But,
loving me, lean hard!"

God - help me lean.