Just yesterday, as I once again spoke of some of the worst moments of my life when I knew that the Lord God was with me, someone suggested I needed to write a book about my life. I have been told the same remark many times, including from my students when I was a Sociology professor. I hesitate to write a book because I testify to groups and individuals about surviving domestic violence and poverty through the grace of God. However, many people did not survive, and there are still people in poverty. Many of them probably prayed for help like me.
How can I write a book about my survival, when it leads others to question why I was blessed but not them or a loved one who was killed by a lover or husband? Will a book on my faith in God cause others to wonder why He blesses some and not others? How do you answer when people question if your God exists because of the grief they are experiencing, and ask if you are better than others?
I am convinced of the existence of the Lord and of Jesus Christ because of the rescue from domestic violence and poverty. I marvel at how my prayers have been answered. I am grateful for the blessings in my life, including still being alive to share my stories with others. Isn’t it enough to share my stories face-to-face with a person here and there or with groups that invite me to speak at churches or other sites?
I don’t want to offend anyone by seeming to have been specifically chosen to be rescued from the horrors that other women didn’t survive. Because I know that my Redeemer is not partial, and I believe that the Lord God loves everyone. I believe we are all made in His image, and that the differences between us, such as skin color or texture of hair, have no bearing on His love for us. I know that he is no respecter of persons, as he sees and hears prayers from everyone, regardless of religion. I respect other religions as people’s ways of reaching the Creator, just as I do through the form of Christianity, which has not been distorted through greed and hatred.
How do you write a book about the glory of the Lord in your life without making it seem that God didn’t bless others or that other people died because they lacked sufficient faith or were not Christians who believe in Jesus? These are questions that keep my manuscript at the bottom of my desk drawer, gathering dust.
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