Between Two Friends

This past week a friend of mine sent me this email…the message touches so many of our lives and so I asked her if I could reprint it in my blog and she graciously gave her permission respectfully keeping her name anonymous.

When we first started reading Larry Crabb's book "66 love letters" he said in the beginning that history is "His Story." (Meaning God's Story.) I had never thought of it that way. I had never thought about God's plan for the world or humankind.

As I journey toward healing through Jesus I now understand how our healing is part of "His Story." I think about how broken we all are and wonder why is it that no matter how good of parents we had, or how well we raised our own children, they, we, are still broken. We need healing from Jesus, no matter what. And then it came to me; that was God's plan all along. If we got everything we needed from our mother's or father's or spouses, we wouldn't need God.

I did my best to raise my children. They were my focus. I put in so much time and effort. All I ever wanted was to be the best wife and mother I could be. And still my children are broken, my marriage is broken. Now I see that no matter what I could have or would have done, they would still be broken and in desperate need of God. What a relief from feeling like I messed up. I now see through spiritual eyes, I couldn't possibly have done any better than I did. And even still I missed the mark, but that's OK.

We were created to be in intimate relationship with our Creator to receive what we need. We were created to be connected to the Vine (being Jesus) at all times. We were created to be completely dependent on Him. We were created to have faith and trust Him completely. And to the level that we know and practice this, we will have peace, joy, love and His wisdom to guide us and keep us on the path that He created for us.

I pray that His grace seeps into every fiber of your being today and everyday and energizes you to focus on all God has for you.

In this letter between close friends the struggles of life spill out on the page. Honest reflection of the short-comings of humanity familiar to us all are openly discussed. All I can add to this amazing revelation is to say...Thank you Jesus for your beautiful redemptive plan. AMEN

About the author

Blossom Turner

Blossom Turner is an award-winning novelist, and a free-lance writer published in Chicken Soup and Kernels of Hope anthologies, and former newspaper columnist on health and fitness. A Word Guild semi-finalist for Anna's Secret, Katherine's Arrangement, Amelia’s Heartsong, and a Word Guild winner for Best Romance for Lucinda’s Defender. She has found her home in the writing of historical fiction but is open to wherever God leads. The many 5-star reviews attest to the power of love and romance authentically woven into the Shenandoah Bride Series about five sisters and their five love stories.

Blossom lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her husband, David, of forty years and their dog Lacey named after Lacey Spring, Virginia, where this series takes place. A former businesswoman, personal trainer, and mother of two grown children she is now pursuing her lifelong dream of writing full-time. A hopeless romantic at heart, she believes all story should give the reader significant entertainment value. However, her writing embodies the struggles of real life. She infuses the reality of suffering with the hope of Christ to give a healthy dose of relatable encouragement to her reader. Her desire is to leave the reader with a yearning to live for Christ on a deeper level, or at the very least, create a hunger to seek for more.

Co-author Suzie Zanewhich

suzie 45 sm Suzie is a certified life coach, leader of emotional health, and resource specialist. She has found her niche as a soul coach.

Suzie finds purpose in empowering individuals to move towards growth, healing, and alignment with their authentic self. Suzie is driven by a calling to live authentically, as the person God created her to be, to reach her fullest potential and lead others to do the same. Her passion is to help others find meaning through discovering their strengths, gifts, personality, temperament and core values.

Suzie is a life-long learner, continuously immersing herself in new courses to learn more about human behaviour, relationships, psychology, child development, emotions, trauma and healing. Because of her craving to always learn more she has earned the title of resource specialist in the area of self-discovery.

Suzie Zanewich lives with her husband in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She has a patchwork family of four grown children, two daughters, two sons and three granddaughters.

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Guest - Tisha Martin

on Monday, 02 April 2018 16:57

Such a beautiful testimony, Blossom. Thank you for sharing and for touching lives with your writing. Keep it going!

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