Beverly S. Harless's Blog
May 31, 2015
New Book Release
I'm happy to announce my newest book, Life's Struggles and Triumphs: A Poetic Journey will be released tomorrow, June 1, 2015. Be looking for the upcoming GoodReads giveaway!
September 10, 2014
September 9, 2014
"Faith, Feelings and Poetry" Release Date Set
I'm so happy and excited to announce that September 11, 2014 will be the release date for my newest poetry book, "Faith, Feelings and Poetry". Many of the poems are so personal to me as the book contains poems which were written during very difficult times. I pray everyone gets a copy and it will life your spirits!
September 3, 2014
Second Edition Available
The second edition of One Night of Regrets: A Story of Restoration and Grace is now available on Amazon and CreateSpace. I will also be releasing, in the near future, Faith, Feelings and Poetry.
July 17, 2014
Second Edition
I am happy to announce that the second edition of One Night of Regrets: A Story of Restoration and Grace will be released in the near future. Look for it on Amazon and CreateSpace!
June 8, 2014
New Release
I am happy to announce that Inspirational Poetry by Southern Chicks, written by myself and Carol J. Hagan was released on May 30, 2014 and is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle edition.
Thank's Carol J. Hagan for your wonderful poems.
Thank's Carol J. Hagan for your wonderful poems.
May 18, 2014
Coming soon: "Inspirational Poetry by Southern Chicks"
I happy to say that my friend and co-worker, Carol J. Hagan, and myself are almost finished with our joint project; Inspirational Poetry by Southern Chicks. We are expecting to have this project finished within just a few weeks. I am convienced that the poetry in this project will inspire and touch all who read. Please be looking out for the release of this venture on Amazon and here. I pray that you enjoy the messages contained within each of the poems!
September 18, 2012
Why I Write (Continued)
What is it really that I want to get through to my readers when I write? That is something that is extremely hard for me to answer.
I guess you could say that I have some idea of where to begin, at least where to begin the story line. But, ultimately, I don't rely on what my head tells me I should write. I try to dig much deeper. I search my heart for the subjects that God burdens me with. As I mentioned in another post, it is most often the questions that God gives me to search out the answers in His Word that I start with.
I see the sorrows, disappointments, and desires of those I come across everyday. A yearning for something more than what they have found thus far in this life is what I see when I have the opportunity to share my time with someone. A lack of joy and anticipation knowing that there is something better is often absent.
I lean on God's guidance in study of His Word to write about the questions He gives to me regarding trying to somehow, in some small part, giving just a tiny glimpse of how I know God to be to others.
My desire, the desire God has given me, is to make others question the same things I have questioned. I know this may sound strange. But, for me, it is the questions, the searching of scripture, that has deepened my faith and strengthened my desire to share my God with others.
I guess you could say that I have some idea of where to begin, at least where to begin the story line. But, ultimately, I don't rely on what my head tells me I should write. I try to dig much deeper. I search my heart for the subjects that God burdens me with. As I mentioned in another post, it is most often the questions that God gives me to search out the answers in His Word that I start with.
I see the sorrows, disappointments, and desires of those I come across everyday. A yearning for something more than what they have found thus far in this life is what I see when I have the opportunity to share my time with someone. A lack of joy and anticipation knowing that there is something better is often absent.
I lean on God's guidance in study of His Word to write about the questions He gives to me regarding trying to somehow, in some small part, giving just a tiny glimpse of how I know God to be to others.
My desire, the desire God has given me, is to make others question the same things I have questioned. I know this may sound strange. But, for me, it is the questions, the searching of scripture, that has deepened my faith and strengthened my desire to share my God with others.
September 14, 2012
Motivation to Write
Each day I start out doing whatever it is I am to do that particular day. Quite awhile ago I started realizing that a lot the things that I wanted to do were not getting done...
The lady in the grocery store who mentions how high the price of grapes is going and not knowing how she would buy all she needed if things keep going the way they are - Why didn't I take the time to tell her that God always supplies our needs if we just put our trust in Him?
The man at the gas station that smiles from the other side of the fuel pump who declares that God has given us such a beautiful day...Why didn't I ask him to share with me exactly where he was placing his trust in order to get to heaven?
Other questions plague my mind...like...
When a teenager knocks at my door selling items for their school fundraiser...Do they knock on doors in the community with youth leaders in order to learn how to spread the gospel of Christ....and if now....why?
When I hear parents at church say that evangelism at a local street fair or prayer walking or door knocking is just too dangerous to let their teenagers do, and the next statement that they say is they let their teenager along with a couple of their friends drive three hours on a busy highway to go to a concert with thousands of other teenagers in attendance whom none of them knew and then drive back home again in the middle of the night...I have to question what makes the latter activity safer than the first.
When I see leaders step up in the church who are willing to work with the youth or teens, being criticized for teaching the Bible and standing on it's principals while not backing down, while the ones criticizing were themselves not willing to step out of their comfort zone and rely on God to equip them to do the same job...I have to shake my head in disbelief when these things happen.
When I see a new believer make the smallest of mistakes and seasoned Christians pull away and shun them instead of going to them in love and compassion and disciple them...teach them... and grow them... as Christ does with us...giving them encouragement....and a resource of accountability...walking along side of them helping them mature in Christ...I have to honestly say this is one of the things that puzzle me the most.
These are the things...the questions...the things that should not be that grew my desire to write. My writing is fictional as are the story lines. But, the questions that prompt the story lines are oh so real....This is what my writing is about...
The lady in the grocery store who mentions how high the price of grapes is going and not knowing how she would buy all she needed if things keep going the way they are - Why didn't I take the time to tell her that God always supplies our needs if we just put our trust in Him?
The man at the gas station that smiles from the other side of the fuel pump who declares that God has given us such a beautiful day...Why didn't I ask him to share with me exactly where he was placing his trust in order to get to heaven?
Other questions plague my mind...like...
When a teenager knocks at my door selling items for their school fundraiser...Do they knock on doors in the community with youth leaders in order to learn how to spread the gospel of Christ....and if now....why?
When I hear parents at church say that evangelism at a local street fair or prayer walking or door knocking is just too dangerous to let their teenagers do, and the next statement that they say is they let their teenager along with a couple of their friends drive three hours on a busy highway to go to a concert with thousands of other teenagers in attendance whom none of them knew and then drive back home again in the middle of the night...I have to question what makes the latter activity safer than the first.
When I see leaders step up in the church who are willing to work with the youth or teens, being criticized for teaching the Bible and standing on it's principals while not backing down, while the ones criticizing were themselves not willing to step out of their comfort zone and rely on God to equip them to do the same job...I have to shake my head in disbelief when these things happen.
When I see a new believer make the smallest of mistakes and seasoned Christians pull away and shun them instead of going to them in love and compassion and disciple them...teach them... and grow them... as Christ does with us...giving them encouragement....and a resource of accountability...walking along side of them helping them mature in Christ...I have to honestly say this is one of the things that puzzle me the most.
These are the things...the questions...the things that should not be that grew my desire to write. My writing is fictional as are the story lines. But, the questions that prompt the story lines are oh so real....This is what my writing is about...
September 13, 2012
Flicker or Flood
As we walk through our life...our Christian life...it is easy to say such comments as, "God is good", or "God's timing is always perfect", in order to convey to others we are people of faith. But, how easy is it to sit down with friends and co-workers and tell them our own personal story or where we were and how our faith in the saving grace has brought us to the point we are now? Do we let them see us as we show them the raw emotions, sometimes filled with tears, showing them just how real our salvation experience was? Do we show them the brokenness and place of surrender we were at..at the very moment of asking Christ into our heart?
Does the joy that has filled our hearts since that day come shining through as just a flicker of light or does it flood the atmosphere of the room so much that it draws them in...closer to Christ?
These are some of the questions that fill my mind as I write the characters in my manuscripts. Each saved character relates to their day of salvation as either the flicker of light or the flood of light. I wonder....which character are you?
Does the joy that has filled our hearts since that day come shining through as just a flicker of light or does it flood the atmosphere of the room so much that it draws them in...closer to Christ?
These are some of the questions that fill my mind as I write the characters in my manuscripts. Each saved character relates to their day of salvation as either the flicker of light or the flood of light. I wonder....which character are you?
