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March 23, 2020
Plot Twist
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
Cancelled weddings
Invitation-only funerals
Online church services (exclusively)
Closed restaurants
Empty schools
Social distancing/quarantine/ lock-down
Our routines have been upended and some people have panicked. Some have apologized for last minute changes, many are frightened, and others are just plain angry. Novelists, however, may be whispering, “plot twist.”
We’ve seen it before in our stories – when things don’t go as expected. When trouble infects and affects our storyworld and characters’ personal spaces. Disturbing situations are written into those stories all the time.
Why? Because no one wants to read (or write) a book about a perfect person in a perfect world with no problems.
Readers want to see characters butting up against difficult times because that’s what readers face. They want to see characters overcome because victory is victory, even if it’s not their own.
I have relatives who survived Vietnam, economic depression, and cancer units. Their stories of hard times and the victories won encourage me in what I’m experiencing now.
Looking back on my own life, the most fulfilling times were those immediately following a crisis in which I trusted God to see us through. When He did, I didn’t have to do emotional triage on self-inflicted wounds.
Churches today, like mine and others, are leaping to fill the sudden virus-induced gap by taking their worship services online. They are reaching not only regular attendees, but people who might never step inside a church. Those viewers get to see that church is not the building but the people. “Sanctuary” takes on a whole new meaning.
So during these current, and very real, difficult times, let’s not freak out, cave in, or melt down. Local pastors here have encouraged people to be FEARLESS, PATIENT, and GENEROUS – like Jesus was.
Let’s face the uncertainties of this time not in panic but in the peace of His presence.
Someday we’ll be able to say, “Remember when … ?”
For now, let’s say, “Thank you, God, for getting us through this plot twist.”
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“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now,
and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow.
God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.”
Matthew 6:34 MSG
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Mae Ann pulled the beans to the front of the stove, wiped the counter, and washed her cup and clean plate for something to do. Food held no appeal, whether Cade showed up for dinner or not. Her mind was a mess of knots and loose ends with no hope of sorting it all out.
The door crashed open and heavy steps pounded into the front room. She hurried around the wall to find Deacon ashen-faced above his bushy mustache, his arms holding a limp, unconscious man. Cade. ~An Improper Proposal
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March 16, 2020
Giving small
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
What was she thinking?
The mother who packed the lunch that fed five thousand.
When she bundled her son’s meal of fish and mini loaves, did she imagine the work of her hands feeding the equivalent of a city?
Was the boy out at the lake with his family to hear Jesus, or had he tagged along with an older brother? Did he overhear the discussion about not enough food, tug on a stranger’s cloak and say, “I’ll share”?
From the eye-witness account recorded in the book of John, we know that Andrew pointed the boy out to Jesus. I wonder if his tone was sarcastic when he said, “This kid’s got a lunch, but it won’t go far.”
When our daughter was very young, she overheard her father and me discussing a financial shortage in the national nonprofit ministry for which we worked. She took all the money she had in her piggy bank – a pretty pearlescent pig with a slot in its back – and gave it to her dad.
“I want to help,” she said.
It was all her money. All her savings. A whole four dollars and thirty cents.
I thought of the little boy and his lunch. He hadn’t been taught to hoard, but to give. Somewhere our daughter had picked up on that idea too.
Her dad took the money, thanked her, and let her know how important her gift was. She didn’t understand the enormity of the problem, but that didn’t matter. She didn’t have to understand in order to give, to be part of the solution. To help a need.
The next week at the ministry office, a letter arrived from an out-of-state supporter. With the letter, the individual had included a check for $4,300.00. The need was met with $4,304.30.
The impact on our lives was overwhelming – like watching Jesus take a boy’s simple lunch and multiply it to feed thousands.
Giving small does more than we think when we put it in the hands of our giving God.
Maybe we don’t understand the enormity of a particular need. We can’t feed all the hungry or clothe all the poor in our city, but we can give small, be part of the solution. Help a need.
Our God is still in the multiplying business. Let’s give Him something to work with.
Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed …
John 6:11 NIV
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Gracie slid a thin sheet of paper from the top drawer of her papa’s desk and held her breath, listening for his steps on the porch. It would take him only a little while to finish chores, but she had already memorized what she wanted to say.
Perching on the edge of his desk chair, she unstopped the ink well, and dipped his pen, taking pains not to drip on the leather-cornered blotter. Carefully she penned her plea.
What did the hymn say? The one they’d sung yesterday at church—“Blest be the tie that binds … each other’s burdens bear.” That was it.
Since Mama died, Papa didn’t have anyone to help bear his burden other than Gracie herself, and if she understood the words to the song as she believed she did, then God wanted her papa to have a helper. ~Mail-Order Misfire
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March 9, 2020
Writing a Book is Like Stacking Firewood
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
I recently had a cord of wood delivered to my home. A cord is roughly a stack that is four feet high and eight feet long. The depth of the stack, or length of the logs, varies and, therefore, affects the price. Find a more detailed explanation here.
However, my wood was not delivered “stacked.” It was dumped like a big pile of words out behind the house and you-know-who got to put them in some semblance of order.
If Walt Disney studios were in charge, a sparkling, swirling cloud would wrap itself around my giant wood/word pile, pick it up, and set it down in a neat stack or finished book.
In reality, working with words or wood is tedious, one-piece-at-a-time business, but oh the satisfaction when the job is done well!
Foundation is key. Do I want my wood raised off the wet soil an inch or two?
Do I want sloping ends, or will it buttress against something like bookends?
Should I risk stacking it on uneven ground, or will I find/make a level place to prevent it from toppling over?
Is the foundational premise of my book solid?
Are the beginning and end succinct and satisfying?
Or is something not quite right that topples the whole thing?
I believe these principles apply in many activities, whether we quilt, cook, paint, sculpt, or work with numbers. What about those who work with children, people with special needs, or the elderly?
Is there anything we do that does not require attention to detail or is unaffected by how we handle each individual component?
God has given us a place in this world to operative creatively like He did.
What an opportunity.
How is your work pile stacking up?
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Whatever you do, do well.
Eccl. 9:10 (NLT)
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A mail-order bride?
Maybe worse than the news itself was the fact that his daughter had held it secret for more than a week. He wrestled with shock, anger, and, most of all, fear. If the date mentioned in the crumpled letter was accurate, the woman was already on her way.
By light of a full moon, he swung the axe and snapped an upright log in half. The fire burning through his veins could fuel his kindling-splitting efforts until he had enough to keep the town in good supply through next winter. ~Mail-order Misfire
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March 2, 2020
Do You Read? (A giveaway!)
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
Do you read?
Today is National Read Across America Day.
As an author and educator, this is a national observance I can get behind wholeheartedly.
Words and stories take us places and afford opportunities that may otherwise be unattainable. For example, the ability to read allows us to
travel
learn
discover
escape
explore
imagine
find hope
mine ideas
be encouraged
In our public schools, children and educators are celebrating today as Dr. Seuss Day in conjunction with Read Across America. March 2 is the birthday of Theodore Seuss Geisel, an American author and illustrator who jumped at the challenge of using simple words to tell stories that would grab readers’ attention and help them conquer the intricacies of a complex language – English.*
For those of you who don’t think English is complicated, may I ask, dew ewe reed?
Have you ever tried explaining why tomb and comb do not rhyme? Neither do some and home, but comb and home do.
How does an English-language learner (child or adult) figure out the pronunciation of through, thought, though, tough, and trough?
And we all love your, you’re, there, their, they’re, to, two, and too.
So again I ask, do you read? Celebrate the ability to do so with one or more of the following suggestions found on the National Day Calendar website for Read Across America Day.
Visit the library often. Knowing how to use the library and learning the benefits of a library fosters a love of reading as well as a genuine respect for the services libraries provide.
Get caught reading. Children imitate what they see the adults around them do. Whether they see you read a magazine, newspaper or novel, let them know reading is the cool thing to do.
Read to your children. No matter their age, reading aloud strengthens their vocabulary and language skills. It also opens up opportunity for discussion.
Have your children read to you too. You never know what you might learn!
As adults, we may take the ability to read for granted, giving it little or no thought. However, some people cannot read, and that is a problem that can be solved. If you are interested in helping, information on adult literacy programs can be found at the following links.
https://proliteracy.org/Get-Involved/Find-a-Program
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/index.html
And don’t forget to check out your local library. It’s the perfect place to find information on literacy programs.
If you’re curious about the original owner of the book pictured above, try guessing in the comments below. Everyone who guesses will be entered in a random drawing for an e-copy of Book 2 in my Front Range Brides series, An Unexpected Redemption. Happy reading!
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My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6 NIV).
Saturday evening Corra didn’t take her place in the rocker with her Bible. Jess and Joe plopped onto the rug, the checkerboard between them. Every so often, they looked up, hope in their eyes, waiting for her to share her stories and bring another world to life in their small home. But she wouldn’t be reading tonight. She’d left while Jess finished cleaning up the supper dishes. Josiah had watched her from the open doorway. Saw her slip through the wire and walk out to the pasture, her skirt skimming the grass.
It was now or never.
~ “The Wrangler’s Woman” from The Cowboy’s Bride Collection
*Seuss’s books have been translated into twenty languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish, and Latin.
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February 24, 2020
What’s Your Power Source When the Lights Go Out?
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
When the lights go out – and they will – who or what will be your power source?
The power went out last week in my neck of the woods, but thankfully, the outside temp had warmed up to a balmy 30 degrees.
I was already wrapped up in my rocker by the wood stove, writing on my laptop, so it wasn’t the end of my make-believe world or my real one either. I had plenty of wood, a camp coffee pot of water on the wood stove for hot cocoa if the mood struck me, and a substantial stack of wood on the hearth.
If the outage lasted through the night, I had kerosene lamps and plenty of quilts for sleeping by the fire so I could keep it going.
“I can do this,” I thought. “I write books about people who live without electricity—I know how this works.”
An odd sense of adventure set in.
A whole 45 minutes later when the power kicked on, I was almost disappointed. Almost.
But just in case it kicked off again, I started a big kettle of soup and made a batch of biscuits. I could heat up both on the wood stove if necessary. And I know a lady who lived in Alaska almost forever, so I could always ask her a few questions.
Oh, how dependent we are on our power sources, whether they be electricity, gas, propane, solar, or good ol’ firelight.
What would we do without the light?
The situation made me consider my true power source. The One who keeps the light on in my soul. He doesn’t go out. He doesn’t even flicker with rolling blackouts or cut back on energy to save money.
He’s always there. Always faithful. Always watching out for me.
Anxiety pales in the glow of such all-powerful faithfulness.
God’s got this.
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Be anxious for nothing,
but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known to God
(Phil. 4:6).
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An Improper Proposal
Cade set his plate on the hearth, then laid a fire from wood stacked by the fireplace. Shielding the match, he nursed the feeble glow until yellow flames licked up into the split logs. He pulled the other chair near the hearth to face her and balanced the plate on his leg. Heat from his mug warmed the tin and seeped through his trousers.
Mae Ann relaxed, leaning toward the fire as she’d leaned into him on the ride home.
His chest burned with the memory of her pulled close against him, and he gulped the bitter tea. Another task for tomorrow while he was in town—more stores. More tea. ~An Improper Proposal
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February 17, 2020
All Things to Enjoy
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
I have treats for you.
Snacks – gotta love ’em, right? Especially if they’re shaped like little animals, have been around for 149 years, and can march across the top of the keyboard while you’re cooking up another novel.
Today I’m posting on Heroes, Heroines & History about Stauffer’s crackers, circa 1871. If you’re in the mood for some fun information, here’s the link. I’m also giving away a signed copy of my Christmas collection there, so if you’d like your name entered in the random drawing, that same link is for you.
And let me just say – animal crackers are not just for children.
My second treat is information about the opportunity to pick up nearly thirty Christian love stories that are being offered for 99 cents each through tomorrow. Click on the image or this link for access.
And last, but certainly not least, here’s a little something that the Bible has to say about what we enjoy:
“Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy” (1 Timothy 6:17).
Don’t you think animal crackers fit in the “all things” category?
What’s your favorite snack?
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After spreading his clothes out next to Chester and adding more wood to the fire, Seth took a seat at the kitchen table. “Didn’t there used to be more chairs?”
Abigale cut him a sidelong look that said “don’t ask,” but he already had.
“Well? You chop ’em up for kindling?”
“Funny.” She set a mug on the table and filled it with stout coffee. It’d been cooking all this time and could probably float a wagon wheel.
She poured a cup for herself and brought a tin of D.F. Stauffer’s crackers to the table. “This will have to do. I haven’t baked anything since I arrived.”
“When did you get here?”
“Three days ago.” She sat in the other chair across the table, took a handful of crackers, and shoved the tin toward him. She never was big on formalities, but he figured that girls’ school might have rubbed off some of her charm.
It hadn’t. ~Just in Time for Christmas
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February 10, 2020
I Have Always Loved You
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
The words caught me. I hadn’t expected them, but there they were.
Following my Bible-reading plan for the day, I had turned to the first chapter of Malachi in the New Living Translation. Verse 2 jumped off the page:
“I have always loved you.”
For those of you who don’t know, I write inspirational Western romance novels. That very line has appeared in some of my stories. I knew God loved us, but I’d never thought about Him saying it like a hero from one of my novels.
I have long considered God’s word one of the greatest romances ever written. I mean, think about it – His love is clearly stated, but He has all kinds of obstacles to overcome to win the beloved’s heart.
And the ending, well, that’s what makes it a romance and not just a love story – a great ending. Read the last couple of chapters in the book of Revelation and tell me if you don’t think that’s a happy ending.
To carry the romantic theme a step further, listen to the song I have linked below. It’s called “Reckless Love.” The last time we sang this at church, I clearly saw the “alpha hero” fighting for his beloved:
“Oh the overwhelming, never-ending reckless love of God
It chases me down, fights ’til I’m found …
…your love fought for me…
There’s no shadow you won’t light up,
mountain you won’t climb up coming after me.
There’s no wall you won’t kick down,
lie you won’t tear down coming after me.”
Do you see the Hero? Do you see Him pursuing His beloved?
He is not easily dissuaded. He’ll do whatever it takes, even if it costs His life.
Now that’s romance.
That’s how much He loves you.
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When Bern faced Etta again, she looked dumbstruck, as if she’d just witnessed a crime.
In a way, she had. He’d broken his word to her by destroying that infernal agreement, and he’d given no credence to the word of a man he’d never met and never cared to.
Bern was certain of two things: Etta spoke truth. He’d witnessed it in her daily life, in her dealings with Gracie. In her dealings with him.
And he loved her.
Why hadn’t he told her? ~Mail-order Misfire
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February 3, 2020
I Go to Prepare a Place for You
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
How many of us today prepare meals? I can think of a few people who go all out when it comes to cooking and inviting, or putting on a big spread, as farm/ranch families might say.
But we have busy lives, right? Times have not only changed, they’ve diminished. Too often we simply open a box or a pull-top can and call it good.
However, not everyone cuts back on their cooking because of time constrains. Single people rarely serve themselves full-fledged meals – like Mom, who quit fixing supper after Dad passed. Why bother if you can’t prepare something for the one you love?
That was her connection. Love.
Jesus spent time eating with people – at the wedding in Canaan, the tax collector’s house, the home of Lazarus, and elsewhere.
Scripture contains many references to tables and meals, from the table with bread in the ancient tabernacle and temple, to the Passover and Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
Some of Jesus’ parables touched on food, such as the story of the wealthy man to whose lavish meal no invited guests would come (Luke 14:15-23), or the father’s celebratory feast for his prodigal son returned home (Luke 15:11-24).
Jesus told the despised tax collector, Zacchaeus, “I must come to your house today!” (Luke 19:1-10). He was often accused of eating with unacceptable people, though he also ate with religious leaders who thought themselves quite acceptable. (Luke 11:37-54)
One of Jesus’ most oft-repeated sayings is found in the book of Revelation: “I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me” (Rev. 3:20).
So what’s the big deal about sharing a meal with others? As I mentioned earlier, I believe it has something to do with love. A certain level of intimacy and community attends those who gather around a common table, facing each other, sharing the same food as well as their thoughts and feelings.
It’s the extra effort inherent in preparation—even if that preparation is opening the pizza box and passing out napkins.
When Jesus said He was going to prepare a place for us, He wasn’t talking about a place setting for a meal, but rather an eternal home with Him. Yet when I think about Him preparing something for me, it makes me feel loved.
This month as commercial attention focuses on romance, sit down for a meal or two with those you love, whether family or friends. Face them, make them feel welcome and worthy by sharing your food, listening to what they have to say, and simply enjoying their presence.
Turn off the television, cell phones, and video games. Thank the Lord for His blessings. Look at and listen to those blessings sitting there with you. And share your heart.
What better Valentine’s Day gift is there?
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Her little arms flew around his neck and she kissed him on the cheek. “Thank you, Papa. Do you want me to make fresh biscuits for supper?”
What he wanted was for his little girl to be a little girl, not the woman of the house. “We have plenty left over from this morning. You set the table for us and I’ll dish up the beans.”
She didn’t hide the wrinkle on her nose at his mention of beans, but she did what he asked.
Setting the table was what Ruth would have Gracie do. He didn’t care what side of the bowl his spoon was on, or whether he had a napkin, just so he could eat. But that was no way to raise a girl who would someday be a mother and wife in her own right. And that day would be here before he knew it. ~Mail-order Misfire
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January 27, 2020
Is It Faith or Is It Trust?
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
As a novelist, my life often intersects with my fictional characters—or theirs with mine. A challenge they face may be one with which I’ve wrestled. A discovery they make could mirror one of my own.
This was the case with my recent novella, Just in Time for Christmas.
During the time I was writing the story, I was also in an online study group exploring the differences between faith and trust.
For years I’d thought faith and trust were basically the same thing. But when I looked closer, I realized that in a spiritual context one was a noun and the other a verb.
Faith is something we have; trust is something we do.
A comment from the instructor, Dr. Dallas Willard, clarified things even more:
God gives us faith so we can trust Him.
That simple statement not only impacted my life, it later came tumbling from the lips of one of my characters.
Trust and faith are close cousins, like two sides of the same coin. But the metaphor my character used in the story was the unique weave of a jacquard scarf. Though the same thread is used in the creation of the fabric, a specific loom process causes it to appear in two different shades—the same, yet different.
The design of the textile is incorporated into the weave, instead of being printed or dyed onto the fabric.
Look closely at the photograph above and you can see a pattern in the scarf, separate from the images printed on the fabric. It shows through in both the black and gray areas.
In 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, faith is listed among the gifts given by the Holy Spirit. Elsewhere we read, “Trust in the Lord and do good” (Psalms 37:3). The first eight verses of this Psalm are full of action-packed directives – things we can do when we trust God.
The first month of the New Year is nearly over. Let’s grab hold of the faith God has given us and actively trust Him to see us through the days, weeks, and months remaining.
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Now available in audio.Abigale wiped her fingers on the towel and picked up the scarf, letting it spill like a green waterfall on the table. It was big enough for Seth to wrap around his throat twice, as ranchers did.
“He asked me to marry him last night. Well—in a way. He didn’t really ask. It was closer to telling.”
“And you didn’t take that well, did you.” Ida chuckled and sipped her coffee. “Nor should you. Never let him ride roughshod over you, but neither forget that he loves you. It will make all the difference in your partnership. If you choose to marry him, that is.”
“Mams would have said to have faith.”
“And she’d be right,” Ida said. “Faith is something we carry with us. Trust, on the other hand, is something we do. The two work together, like the light and darker weave in that jacquard-patterned scarf.”
Ida gave Abigale’s hand a gentle squeeze. “I won’t tell you to follow your heart. But I will tell you that God gives us faith so we can trust Him. He’ll let you know. All you have to do is ask.” ~Just in Time for Christmas
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January 20, 2020
God Remains
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
Have you ever felt like you’ve lost it all?
Have you ever really lost it all?
Following a recent surprise that completed a trilogy of painful events, a familiar scripture came to me with fresh perspective.
God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine forever (Psalm 73:26).
This time around for this scripture, the emphasis was on the first two words – God remains.
In those two words I found the Lord’s comfort:
When loved ones fall ill and friendships fail, God remains.
When perceived support crumbles and storm clouds rumble, God remains.
When those once close move far away, God remains.
“Don’t focus on what you’ve lost,” the Lord seemed to say to me, “focus on what you have.”
God remains.
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Evidently, Henry had thought the world of Mae Ann. Why hadn’t the word beloved registered with her six weeks ago when she read Henry’s will the first time?
The endearment had been written before they were even married—which they never were, as Sean MacGrath had charged so cruelly. As if it were a crime. The memory of his cold stare made her shudder. But he was right. She’d never been Mrs. Henry Reiker, in spite of Henry’s kind words. What if a judge ruled against her and she lost the farm? ~ An Improper Proposal
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