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Get to know me
I’m not going to try and impress you with a long list of degrees. Why? Because I have none. I’m not college educated. Shocking, I know!
As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world's interest in me has also died.
~Galatians 6:14 (New Living Translation)
Who am I?
I hail from a family of Gulf Coast, Florida fishermen—on my mother's side—and a proud tradition of military service on my father's side. I enjoyed many good days in the piney woods of Florida; fishing, hunting, swimming in the cool, blue-green springs and roaming barefoot beneath the oak jacks and pines. I also spent a bit of time working the fishing boats with family. In short, I worked hard, and I played hard, loving every moment of my Florida life.
Now I’m a farm wife and mother living far from those whispering pines. But I recall my childhood in the Florida backwoods and along the beautiful Gulf Coast with fondness.
I spend my day-to-day life in devotion to my family, which consists of my husband, two beautiful daughters, a barmy bunch of animals, and a happy mocking bird. I teach Sunday school, because it blesses me to see the light of understanding sparkle within the eyes of the children. I also enjoy working as a church musician. And I sing gospel songs that glorify my Lord Jesus Christ.
I love to garden and landscape our large yard. We began with nothing. We pioneered our home (which we built ourselves) from a muddy soybean field over a period of 14 years. I thank God for granting us the ability and strength to complete this task. God walks with us through each step of life!
My Writing
I do not seek a career in writing, although I write every free moment I find. I view my writing as a ministry more than a career. I trust God to lead me along the path of authorship.
Do not misunderstand. As any writer, I hope one day to see my works published through more prestigious, traditional publishing houses. But if God wills for me to continue with small press publishing, then I do so with a glad heart. After all, this publishing business is about sharing the love of God with my readers, not assuaging my ego. How can I share the love of God with readers if I refuse to publish when the opportunity presents itself? So I publish now through small presses, instead of hiding my light under a bushel, so to speak.
I pour my soul into each story I spin, hoping my words, through the power of God’s regenerating Holy Spirit, affect good in the hearts of those who read my work.
If God led you to my Web site, trust that you arrived for a purpose. God loves you and wants to do a marvelous work in your life. Why not let him make pearls from the gritty parts of your life?
God slowly, ever so slowly, makes pearls from the gritty parts of my life!
God bless you, dear readers.
Stephanie Boles
And we know that in all things God works
for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
~Romans 8:28
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
~Colossians 3:17
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
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Trust that you arrived at this Web site for a purpose. God loves you and wants to do a marvelous work in your life.
How to Accept Jesus Christ as Your Savior
First, admit you need God. You can never live a peaceful life by your own understanding, your own wisdom. We all need God’s direction.
Believe that Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead for everyone, not just a few good people.
Invite Jesus into your life through prayer. You can pray similar to the prayer below.
Dear Jesus,
I know I’m a sinner, and I need your forgiveness and guidance in my life. I believe you died for my sins. I want to change, to turn away from my sins. Help me, Lord. Come into my heart and change my life. Create in me a new heart. I accept you as my Lord and Savior. I’m a new person!
In Jesus’ name,
Amen
Now what? Tell someone that you accepted Jesus Christ as you Savior. Next, find a spirit-led, Bible believing church. For more information follow the link below.
"How to Become a Christian"
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
~John 3:16
9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
~Romans 10:9-10
The Motivation Behind my
Called to His Purpose Series
In the fall of 2007 I slipped on ice and fell off my porch. The porch is several feet off of the ground. My body slammed into every one of the 5 steps, attached to the porch, as I went down. The subsequent injuries I suffered put me out of commission for the better part of 4 months. One of the doctors that saw me after the accident said, "You look like you've been in a car wreck!"
I was at my wits end as I lay around with cracked ribs and an injured jaw, face, neck, shoulder and arm. I had often written in the past for pleasure, because I love to write. But I had always been too busy to sit down and complete an entire book.
The cracked ribs forced me to sit down! The fall was a defining moment in my life. By the fall of 2008, I had begun to write with the notion of completing a manuscript and seeing it published.
One night that winter, I was reading in Romans, and the 28th verse of chapter 8 became more real to me than ever before. I realized that the book I began would be the first in a series of 5 books about the Rousseau Saint Day family. I named the Rousseau Saint Day series, 'Called to His Purpose'.
And although I suffer residual effects from the accident-neck disc injury-God wrought good in my life not because of that fall but in spite of it.
And we know that in all things God works
for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
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