The best bit of advice I ever got was to write a letter to God. Why? Well, it got me started communicating with Him and by default with myself. I’ve written a letter to him almost every day
Sometimes I have help
since about 1970 or so. Some were short, most were several pages long. I learned from doing it that God is always there for me and he doesn’t care what I say or how long it takes me to say it. I’ve learned that He really loves me, and that to him, I’m a unique and special person.
Now some people just talk to him, and I admire that way of doing it, but it doesn’t work as well for me. Maybe I I can’t concentrate, or I get bored with hearing my own voice, or thoughts run away with me and I get distracted. But a letter? That’s different. It’s as if my whole mind, soul, and body gets into the exchange, and exchange it is because God writes letters to me as well, in many different ways. I’ll tell you about some of that later on. For now, though how about you? Are you a talker or a writer?
Do you have any kind of conflict when you talk about yourself? We love to do it, but we don’t like to get caught at it, because we’ve been taught that it isn’t modest. Modest or not, I know how I feel about the authors I love. I want to know things. I went to the town in Scotland where my favorite writer, D. E. Stevenson, once lived and I stood looking at the gray two-story house that was hers. In a shop, I bought a pair of argyle socks as a remembrance, and besides, my feet were cold. I asked if the shop girl had ever heard of my idol. She had not. Dorothy Emily died years before the lass was born.
I still have the socks, but alas, there’s a tiny hole in the heel of one, and the toe is about ready to pop through the other. I still wear them, though, with shoes that won’t let the holes show. So here, for better or for worse are my interviews, which I must say I did enjoy mulling over. As I revisited the places in my past, both tangible and intangible I relived again some of the things which have made me reading and writing so enjoyable. I hope you like them, and I hope you love my books half as much as I love Mrs. Stevenson’s. (Yes, Robert Louis Stevenson was her kinsman.)
The Story of Sacred Spring could have been written without the faith element. Why did you choose to include faith?
Could it have been written without the faith element? Maybe, but I couldn’t have been the one to do it. Leaving God out is like leaving out the sun, the moon, and the stars. Way before there was ever such a thing as a “Christian Book Market,” there were writers who included their faith in their work. A great story is paramount, but to my way of thinking any book that turns out to be worthwhile is made up of what is called “moral fiction.” Moral is good, but why not take it just that logical next step and let God join the party. He wants a part in everything we do.
A Florida Natural Spring
Read more of this interview as well as DiVoran’s blogs at Old Things R New
I’d have to say my favorite book is the best one I most recently read, which in this case is Sufficient Grace, by Darnell Arnoult.
Why hasn’t that down home woman written more novels?
What kind of music do you like?
As for music, I like many different kinds of music, but if I had to choose one type it would have to be classical-not too heavy, though, and with a great deal of variety.
Come sit with us on the potato couch, the seat of all inspiration, and friendship. Thanks for joining us. It was lovely to hear back from you. We appreciate the long and priceless association we have with you and look forward to getting to know you better.
I was twelve the first and only time I went to church camp. It was near Colorado Springs. We learned a campfire song: “It’s love, it’s love, it’s love that makes the world go round. Oh, we’re sailing over the ocean, we’re sailing over the sea, we’re sailing over the ocean and the deep blue sea.” Those simple words carry the meaning of our relationship with God and with people, and I decided to explore them to the best of my ability for the rest of my life. I have done so and it has been a delight to focus in that way.
We hope to share some of the love and joy we have in people, in writing and in prayer. Perhaps that is in reverse order, because to us, in reality it’s prayer that makes love move around. We will want to know what you think and we would love to hear your ideas about how we are doing with the website. Know that we will be praying for all our readers and friends and hoping that you will be praying for us too.
Here we are with our brand-new website. It’s like a new baby that we hope to rear to become a respectable, useful member of society.
My husband Bill and I have two grown children of whom we are proud in the best sense of the word. They have proved themselves, and we can only give God the credit for rearing them, so let’s hope our baby website fares as well.
We invite you to be part of Rebekah Lyn and Friends. We’re all nice people—humble too, as you can see. Some of us are technologically challenged (well, really only me) and others are blazing stars.
We love to write (most of the time) and we love to read, but most importantly we strive to live the most Christ-centered lives we possibly can—with the help of the Holy Spirit, of course.
I’ve been interested in creativity and studied it avidly for many years. Maybe someday I’ll mention books and authors and a few of the things I’ve learned from them. I like to play with my artist’s journal, too, and I’ve been invited to display some of the pages on the Rebekah Lyn and Friends website. I love it when people like my work because I’m not always sure how good it is. That. I know is one thing about creativity, everyone wonders about their own work from time to time. It’s natural.
So be our friend, be our family in the Lord, and come join us in this wild and crazy electronic age that has come to mean so much to so many people.
Here we are with our brand-new website. It’s like a new baby that we hope to rear to become a respectable, useful member of society.