My new book, Filling the God-shaped Void-a book of daily meditations was published this week. My "author copies" arrived in a box without much fanfare. And it is all such a surprise. I do not consider myself an author. Though I had wanted to write about my work with substance abusing women and what I believe is essential for recovery (which I did in Broken by Addiction, Blessed by God), I really had no plan for any further writing. This latest book flowed from this blog and the encouragement of a friend who saw it as useful support for all of us challenged by life's anxieties and losses.
Besides anxieties and losses life has such unexpected gifts and surprises; the gift of the friend's encouragement; the gift of my husband whose voice of strong faith is in the Sunday meditations of the book; the gift of Karen who edits and "messes around" with my awkward sentences; the gift of the Holy Spirit who must have been right here in all of this! The surprise that all of this really happened-out of nowhere-and at my age!
In this season of Advent, can we acknowledge the great gifts we have already received? What are those gifts
in your life that do not have a price tag, that cannot be purchased, that give you joy and peace? What surprises might occur if you are open?
Blessings-Penny
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