Happy Thanksgiving

God is good and deserves our praise and thanksgiving.

This is my favorite Thanksgiving hymn. It reminds me that I need to “give thanks in all circumstances” (I Thessalonians 5:18).
 

Thanks to God for My Redeemer

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Thanks to God for my Redeemer, Thanks for all thou dost provide!

Thanks for times now but a memory, Thanks for Jesus by my side!

Thanks for pleasant, balmy spring-time, Thanks for dark and dreary fall!

Thanks for tears by now forgotten, Thanks for peace within my soul!

 

Thanks for prayer that Thou hast answered, Thanks for what Thou dost deny!

Thanks for storms that I have weathered, Thanks for all Thou dost supply!

Thanks for pain and thanks for pleasure, Thanks for comfort in despair!

Thanks for grace that none can measure, Thanks for love beyond compare!

 

Thanks for roses by the wayside, Thanks for thorns their stems contain!

Thanks for home and thanks for fireside, Thanks for hope, that sweet refrain!

Thanks for joy and thanks for sorrow, Thanks for heavenly peace with thee!

Thanks for hope in the tomorrow, Thanks thru all eternity!

 

What are you especially thankful for this year?

Surprised by God

Has God surprised you lately?

Ephesians 3:20-21 says, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”

Exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think! Isn’t God like that?

When my husband and I wrote and published Baby Bible Board Books: Stories of Jesus, a collection of four board books for infants and toddlers, I never envisioned these books being published in another language, in another country.

I had my plan. My plan was to sell as many of these books as we could in the United States and Canada. So, I was pleasantly surprised when a distributor picked them up to sell in Australia.

God had even greater plans. His plan included foreign rights for these books. He wanted them published in Asian countries.

When the books were first released, we were approached by a publishing house in Central America that wanted foreign rights to publish the books in Spanish. However, after the initial contact, the publisher dropped the conversation and so this agreement never materialized. Since foreign rights were not in my plan, I wasn’t bothered by this and didn’t continue to pursue this avenue.

Then out of the blue, last year, God brought a foreign rights agent to us through Christian Small Publishers Association. This agent wanted to show our books to his publisher contacts in Asia. We said, “Yes!” The agent showed the books. As a result, we have received contracts for Baby Bible Board Books to be translated and sold in Korea and Indonesia.

Exceedingly abundantly above all that I asked or thought! God is good!

Has God done something exceedingly abundantly above all that you have asked or thought in your writing or publishing endeavors lately?



Create a Facebook Page for Your Book

Have you created a Facebook page for your book yet?

A Facebook page is a great way to publicize your book and stay connected with your fans.

One of the best things about Facebook is that it is free. Creating and maintaining a Facebook page only costs you your time.

Not sure how to create a Facebook page for your book? Watch this step-by-step tutorial produced by the University of Michigan on how to create a Facebook page and learn how.