The Dream
Chapter 1
Concluded.
Later, sitting alone in the dark feeling small and defenseless, Linda places her burdens at the throne of God. Her heart is heavy with grief and she knows His is the only relationship that can impart the protection and peace she needs. Overwhelmed with the avalanche of accusations that threatens to engulf and bury everything she has strived to accomplish in all her years of ministry, she cries out to the Lord. Only He can understand her pain and frustration:
“Hear my cry, O God;
Attend to my prayer.
From the end of the earth I will cry to You.
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
For You have been a shelter for me.
A Strong tower from the enemy.
I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;
I will trust in the shelter of Your wings.”
Psalm 61:1-4 (NKV)
In the midst of constant turmoil and confusion, when every earthly support appears to have been removed from our presence, we are not alone. When those whom we have loved and trusted betray us, there is one who remains steadfast at our side. He is the one who understands our every trial and disappointment, whose heart aches for us in the tenderest sympathy; our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. In the midst of Linda’s crisis, it was the love of Jesus that gave her the courage to persevere. As she lifted her voice in prayer, it was the Lord who gave her the strength to stand fast in the face of her accusers.
For a moment she imagines herself again as small child of six sitting at the feet of her Savior, as a familiar childhood melody fills her thoughts, “Jesus loves, me this I know. For the Bible tells me so...” Exhausted, Linda falls into a deep slumber. A beam of moonlight falls gently across her bed through the open window. In it’s illumination her face takes on the innocence and vulnerability of a child as she lays there quietly, cradled in the love of her Lord and Savior.
End of Chapter 1
Sister, here's my book review. Your stories are very imaginative but are too biased, partial, overly dramatic, emotional, and sensational to be taken seriously. Sentimental drivel and vilification verging on the cornball and ridiculous such as this will never be published by a legitimate publisher or publishing house within Adventism or without. Pickle publishing is probably your best and only option. They are also fictionalized accounts designed to murder Danny and 3ABN's reputations and character, while uplifting Linda as some paragon of virtue to the point of idolization which should cause anyone reading to feel uncomfortable and question your motive and intent while also questioning their own in regards to reading your continuing and viscious gossip and libel. Here's something else for your readers to consider.
Messages to Young People p 272
"Satan knows that to a great degree the mind is affected by that upon which it feeds. He is seeking to lead both the youth and those of mature age to read story-books, tales, and other literature. The readers of such literature become unfitted for the duties lying before them. They live an unreal life, and have no desire to search the Scriptures, to feed upon the heavenly manna. The mind that needs strengthening is enfeebled, and loses its power to study the great truths that relate to the mission and work of Christ,--truths that would fortify the mind, awaken the imagination, and kindle a strong, earnest desire to overcome as Christ overcame.
Could a large share of the books published be consumed, a plague would be stayed that is doing a fearful work upon mind and heart. Love stories, frivolous and exciting tales, and even that class of books called religious novels,--books in which the author attaches to his story a moral lesson, --are a curse to the readers. Religious sentiments may be woven all through a story-book, but, in most cases, Satan is but clothed in angel-robes, the more effectively to deceive and allure. None are so confirmed in right principles, none so secure from temptation, that they are safe in reading these stories.
The readers of fiction are indulging an evil that destroys spirituality, eclipsing the beauty of the sacred page. It creates an unhealthy excitement, fevers the imagination, unfits the mind for usefulness, weans the soul from prayer, and disqualifies it for any spiritual exercise. " Source: Bestselling Author - Ellen G. White -