Book Spotlight: Love is a Rose by Pamela S. Thibodeaux #eggcerptexchange

Welcome to Pamela S. Thibodeaux today. Pamela is sharing Love is a Rose.

Here’s she is…

Since Lent and Easter are very special to me, I’d like to focus on my devotional Love is A Rose for this egg-cerpt exchange so here again are the details….

Music is the magical entry into the spirit world; the golden gate into the Kingdom of God. But we mustn’t be of the mindset that God only uses Christian music to reach out and touch our mind, heart and spirit. God uses any and every means available to speak to His children.

Our job is to be open and receptive.

In this devotional, Pamela S. Thibodeaux shares how God opened her spirit to a deeper understanding of the abundance of His grace and mercy through the words of the song, The Rose sung by Country & Western artist Conway Twitty.

Pamela offers Seeds to Ponder and a prayer as she parallels the love of God and the Christian life to each verse of the song.

EGG-CERPT:  Introduction

The Bible talks of harps playing and choirs of angelic hosts singing. It also tells us to “make a joyful noise unto the Lord.” The Israelites were ordered to send

the praise and worship team—playing musical instruments, dancing and singing—ahead of the soldiers into battle. So there must be something

special and powerful about music.

Music is an intricate element of worship, an aspect of praise that brings you into intimate proximity with the Lord. Music lifts you physically (fatigue

disappears, pain is forgotten), mentally (your mind is filled with it, erasing everything else), emotionally (you are saturated with joy and peace) and

spiritually (your spirit soars on the wings of His); opening your heart and mind to receive more of God’s presence, more of His truth.

Music is the magical entry into the spirit world; the golden gate into the Kingdom of God. But we mustn’t be of the mindset that God only uses Christian music to

reach out and touch our mind, heart and spirit. God uses any and every means available to speak to His children.

Our job is to be open and receptive.

Nearly every Christian song I hear touches my heart in some way, urging me into a closer walk with God and bringing me a truer knowledge of Jesus. Amazingly

though, the one song that really opened my spirit to a deeper understanding of the abundance of His grace and mercy wasn’t a Christian song but a Country one.

I’ll never forget the morning in 1995 when The Rose as performed by Conway Twitty came to me in its entirety with Bible references or Scriptures

correlating to every verse…

I immediately sat down and wrote the ensuing compilation paralleling the love of God and the life of a Christian to the words of this song.

Why do you suppose God used a country song to teach me about Himself?

I believe God was using a means familiar to me to show the depth and power of His love for me.

It is my prayer the words contained herein will do the same for you.

Before I begin, let me answer a few questions about myself. I am not a minister or even a candidate for the ministry. I have no degree or doctorate in psychology

or anything resembling either. I am simply a Christian housewife and mother who’s been blessed with a talent for writing and who desires to glorify the

Lord of my life with that talent.

As I said in my opening statement, the Lord led me to write this analogy so the words in it (and I’m sure He also led the songwriter to write such a beautiful

song) are His, guided through me by the power of the Holy Spirit to speak to you. So, let’s begin.

 

Love is A Rose can be Purchased at:

Amazon in Print and for Kindle

Barnes & Noble in Print and on Nook

Smashwords for E-Readers and Deeper Shopping!

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http://pamswildroseblog.blogspot.com

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Thanks for letting me share!

 

Pamela S Thibodeaux

“Inspirational with an Edge!” 

 

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