Guest Author: Denise Weimer

Denise Weimer
God is Near and Ever Faithful
Both the modern heroine in my new novel, Witch: Book Three of The Restoration Trilogy, and the historical character from its Colonial-era back story, have gone through something very hard that left a stain of darkness on their lives. Both women question if not only might the men they love abandon them, but God Himself.
We all go through times where our faith feels weak or dry, we can’t hear God’s voice or feel His presence, or trials just keep hitting us. Sometimes sin in our lives can separate us from God. Any of these things can make it feel like God is far away. But there is no sin or circumstance that can separate us from God’s love and forgiveness. All we have to do is cry out to Him. Even in times when we don’t feel like He is close, He is. Our faith is NOT based on our feelings. It is based on the truth God gives us in Scripture, and here is what He says:
Lamentations 3:22-23: “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”
1 John 1:9: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Deuteronomy 31:6: “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
James 4:8a: “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”
Romans 8:38-39: “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

About the Books:
Introducing The Restoration Trilogy: When Jennifer Rushmore accepts a brooding bachelor’s job offer to act as coordinator for the restoration of his family’s historic doctor’s house (White), apothecary (Widow) and log cabin (Witch) in a rural Georgia community, little does she know it’s her own heart that will undergo the greatest renovation. Three stories. Three centuries. Three lessons on the healing of the heart. And one buried mystery that threatens their redemption.
Witch :Having restored Michael Johnson’s ancestors’ house and apothecary shop and begun applying the lessons of familyand forgiveness unearthed from the past, Jennifer Rushmore expects to complete her first preservation job with the simple relocation of a log home. But as her crew reconstructs the 1787 cabin, home to the first Dunham doctor, attacks on those involved throw suspicion on neighbors and friends alike. And while Jennifer has trusted God and Michael with the pain of her past, it appears Michael’s been keeping his own secrets. Will she use a dream job offer from Savannah as an escape, or will a haunting tale from a Colonial diary convince her to rely on the faithfulness of his love?

About the Author:
Denise Weimer holds a journalism degree with a minor in history from Asbury University. A former magazine writer, she is the author of romantic novella REDEEMING GRACE, The Georgia Gold Series (SAUTEE SHADOWS, THE GRAY DIVIDE, THE CRIMSON BLOOM, and BRIGHT AS GOLD - winner of the 2015 John Esten Cooke Award for outstanding Southern literature) and The Restoration Trilogy (WHITE, WIDOW and WITCH). Denise is a wife and swim mom of two daughters who always pauses for old houses, coffee and chocolate!