I am finishing the 1st draft of the book today. Praise to God, for He gave me all the inspiration for the novel. At times, it has been a voyage on rough seas. At times, it has been a voyage on calm seas. But God has always left his door open to give me inspiration.
The novel's characters are employed by our Lord, but are hardly pristine. The cast does not spend every moment locked away in solitude beseeching God to smite the evil militia groups. Actually, they spend a great deal of their time studying and training. Working with God, He gently directs us to action. Action that, at times, may be in the form of study or physical workings. He uses the spiritual gifts that He gives to us. But - they never go anywhere without prayer. Their studies have large measures of God's word mixed in, for their training is based on God's word. Even Samuel has his "oops" moments.
A quote that I carry with me, always, from Alan Redpath, "The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime." We all have our failings in our quest for sainthood. The key is to never give up. When you fall, turn to God, and ask for help to stand again. He loves us all, and wants to lose none of us. The book demonstrates several of the most unlikely people that give their life to Christ. They do this through Christians that live their lives as a living, loving example of Jesus Christ. In other words, they want some of what you got. Jesus wasn't stupid. He knew what grabbed people, attracted them. Let's use this technique that is proven to work so well in disciple gathering.
Hopefully, this novel will encourage service to God, which is service to your fellow humans. If it inspires just one person to serve God, then it has accomplished its goal. The shepherd leaves his sheep to save just one sheep who has gone astray. God, through faith in Jesus Christ, offers us eternal life. He offers us eternal life because he asks us to serve him, on this earth, even to worldly death. Martyrs were not just in Roman times, in the Colosseum, Christians are being martyred around the world every day.
Colossians 3:2-3
"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God."
I know how hard you have worked and can’t wait to read the completed book.
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