God is so Faithful

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

It has been an amazing journey, creating the book, publishing the book and now selling the book, I sometimes feel less deserving of God's greatness, I do not consider myself inferior but when I look at the faithfulness of God, I am in awe, I never in a million years would have ever imagined my life this way, later-alone the title of "Author", I planned a California trip to just relax.......(so I thought) packed up all of my clothes and left all of my books and materials in the Midwest and headed to California, that very same day that I arrived I went with my mom that evening to the intercessory room in which we prayed for a good hour and we prayed for my book with the other prayer warriors, when I was leaving the room one of the members asked if I was going to sell my book at their church and funny enough I had not planned for it because in my mind I had left the "Author" in the Mid west and "Memory" just wanted to spend time with family but instantaneously  I suggested if the Pastor allowed for me to I would sell some copies, so my relaxation in "California" was short lived, it was back to business-God's business, before I left St Louis, I had received different quotations from publicists, and I tell you none of the price quotes where cheap and at that point I really felt like I needed a publicist, but this is how faithful God is:

I bought my airline ticket in the summer with no intentions of promoting my book but all the intentions of hanging out with the family because at that time the book was not published, usually I spend two weeks on average with the family in December as our company  shuts down for 2 weeks, this time around, I did something I had never done before, I did not take any time off during the year, so before I bought my ticket I added my vacation time onto the last two weeks of December that we are off which meant that I got a whole month! bare with me now on God's work!, I spent $350 on a round trip ticket, that money I spent on the ticket has also added my value of being in California as a published Author, even though I had not planned on  being an Author for the month of December-God had other plans, I can not began to explain to you the doors that have opened up since I have been here, the opportunities of presenting my book, signing and selling it! funny thing was, I was not even aware that it will happen like this, I am being invited to banquets, churches and events to talk about my book.....when I actually received money for the first copy I sold, my face was priceless!! I was just that much in shock, that it is really happening!!!

The moral of the story is: I realized that God has had a purpose of writing over my life, the fact was I tried to give myself a break for the month of December without consulting God, God still had work for us to do and where else but California!!!, I am always in tears of everything that is happening because I know for a fact this has always been God's vision for me, when I started to write God kept reminding me that He will never forsake me and when all said and done He will bring people my way that will help me out, all my stress of searching for a publicist were out numbered by my main publicist which is God!, God has brought more people into my life to help with the vision than money could buy, if I begin to tell you the kind of people I have been in contact with- you would not even believe it!, that is how I know it is God.

Brothers and sisters, God is doing a great and marvelous thing in our life, understand it is always going to be His time over our time and when His time comes, He rewards faithfully, love you and be blessed!

P.S. I received great news today, my recipe book has won its official Gourmand Award for the section it was representing which was Zimbabwe in the African portion I officially get my stickers of international approval and certificate, now it will be moving to the "world best" category....God is faithful