God is Amazingly-Faithful!

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 

It has been an amazing journey, creating the book, publishing the book and now selling the book. I sometimes feel I don’t deserve God's greatness. I don’t consider myself inferior, but when I look at the faithfulness of God, I am in awe. I never, in a million years, would have imagined my life this way, let alone having the title of ‘author’. I planned a California trip to just relax, (so I thought) packed up all of my clothes and left all of my books and materials in the Midwest. The day I arrived I went with my mom to the intercessory room, where we prayed for a good hour, and we prayed for my book with the other prayer warriors. When I was leaving the room, one of the members asked if I was going to sell my book at their church and funny enough, I hadn’t planned to, because in my mind, I had left the ’author’ in the Midwest. Memory the person just wanted to spend time with family, but I suggested that if the pastor would allowed me to, I would sell some copies. So, my relaxation in California was short lived, it was back to business, God's business. Before I left St Louis I had received different price quotes from publicists, and none of them were cheap. At that point, I really felt like I needed a publicist, and this is how faithful God is:

I bought my airline ticket in the summer, with no intentions of promoting my book. I had all the intention of hanging out with the family because at that time, the book was not published. Usually, I spend two weeks on average with the family, in December, as our company shuts down for 2 weeks. This time around, I did something I had never done before, I didn’t take any time off during the year. So before I bought my ticket, I added my vacation time on to the last two weeks of December, which meant that I got a whole month! I spent $350 on a roundtrip ticket, the money I spent on the ticket has also added to my value of being in California as a published author. Even though I had not planned on being in the role of author for the month of December, God had other plans. I cannot begin to explain to you the doors that have opened up since I have been here, and the opportunities of presenting my book, signing and selling it that have come. Funny thing was, I wasn’t aware that it would happen like this, but now I am being invited to banquets, churches, and events to talk about my book. When I actually received money for the first copy I sold, my face was priceless, I was in shock that it is really happening!

The moral of the story is: I realized that God had a purpose of writing over my life. The fact was, I tried to give myself a break for the month of December without consulting God. God still had work for me to do, even in California! I am always in tears over everything that is happening, because I know for a fact this has always been God's vision for me. When I started to write, God kept reminding me that He would never forsake me, and when all was said and done, He brought people my way to help me out. All my stress of searching for a publicist were out numbered by my main publicist, God! God has brought more people into my life to help with the vision than money could buy. If I begin to tell you the kind of people I have been in contact with, you would not even believe it, that is how I know it is God.

Brothers and sisters, God is doing a great and marvelous thing in our lives. Understand it’s always going to be His time over our time, and when His time comes, He rewards faithfully. Love you and be blessed!

P.S. I received great news today, my recipe book has won its official Gourmand Award for the section it was representing, which was Zimbabwe, in the African portion. I officially get my stickers of international approval and certificate, now it will be moving to the "world’s best" category. God is faithful.


By Memory

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