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I Will Stand for God!

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I will stand for God! I am many things, and among them, I also know what I am not. I write, but I’m no Shakespeare. I am smart, but I’m no Einstein. I paint, but I’m no Rembrandt, which takes me to my next point. I am attuned to God speaking to my soul…to my heart, but I don’t claim to be an Elijah. A few months ago, something pressing and tremendous woke me up, but I knew that I was not to open my eyes because what I saw was being shown to me without my eyes. I felt the weight and importance of it before I recognized any meanings. I was standing in the middle of a road and before me was a huge cloud of dark, orange-colored dust barreling toward me. I recognized that I should be afraid. I understood that, as a human, I should want to run. But I also understood that I had a decision to make at that very moment. “Will you stand for God in the coming of the chaos and evil that is imminent, or will you run and try to spare yourself tribulations and troubles?” It was an unvoiced q
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Welcome to Illuminations!

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Welcome to Illuminations!  Welcome to my new blog! I am an author who writes Southern inspirational fiction. My author blog is Simply Southern Stories, and it focuses on writing and Southern life. This blog, however, focuses on the inspirational—the precepts in God’s words, the whispers in my heart that make me write, my ILLUMINATIONS. This blog has been brewing in my soul for quite some time now, especially in the light of the changes that are happening in our world and the increasing marginalization and persecution of Christians in our mainstream culture. I have no interest in succumbing to those pressures. In fact, they have propelled me onto a higher level of faith and resolve, and now I wish to share my illuminations with all who would listen. What the world purposed to silence and shame, instead, has fueled me to double-down—to stand immovable in the face of oppression and evil. I came to Christ in the innocence of childhood, and the first verse I was given in Bible School
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