When you were at the beginning of a new adventure that God is placing you on, it can be a little scary sometimes. What we need to do as we travel this path is to trust his plan and his leading. Today I am saying , “ Lord I’m ready because I know that you have a...
Worship the King
Worship the King In recent months, I have taken on a new roll. Worship leader. To give myself more knowledge on what the Word says about the subject, I have been doing a Bible study on my YouVersion app called “Seeking God in Worship” . Many of the topics I am all...
“Are you really keeping Christ in Christmas?”
It's was the week before Christmas and all through the house, not a Bible was open, not even roused. This is my own little take on a famous Christmas tale. I sat in my home the other morning, the sounds of "Frosty the Snowman" rang through the air, and a prick in my...
Transparency – Heartwings Blog
Good day readers! I realize that I have been blogging what would have been in my Melissa's Musings over at Heartwings Blog and I have not been sharing with you. I know many of you are not on Facebook so you do not see these timely and personal messages. Today I posted...
I need your help!!!
I put "I Know the Plans" on the back burner for a bit while I worked on my novelette for CelebrateLit's Spring Wedding set but I think I am going to pick it back up for November's NaNoWrMo 2016. What is NaNoWrMo? NaNoWrMo is actually "National Novel Writing Month". It...
Something Old, Something New, Some More Reading Just for You!
Something New September 19th, 2016 was more than just the important day for our daughter who turned 10 that day. I was also the day that I entered a contract with a new publisher. The company is not a new to you, though, as you have seen their logo on various blog...
Reader Appreciation
From time to time, I get in this mood where I feel like just giving something away. The fact that I have the ability to do so makes it even more exciting. I know that many of you like it when an author is feeling generous, so I think you might like this. It was around...
Upcoming Events
It is going to be a busy six weeks, so here is a list of what is coming up! Facebook event Celebrating "Finding Hope in Savanah" Aug. 26th, 2016 Finding Hope in Savanah is a year old this week. This book was my favorite to write, but that is only because I was able to...
Make Your ways my own.
Joshua 24:14 -15 (HCSB) 14“Therefore, fear the Lord and worship Him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship Yahweh. 15But if it doesn’t please you to worship Yahweh, choose for yourselves...
Something New
Hello, readers! I am writing you today to share with you the latest news in this crazy adventure God has me on. After my last "Melissa's Musings" blog post I was contacted by Joyce Graves over at Heart"Wings" blog about becoming a contributing blogger. God had placed...
Dance and Be Glad is LIVE!!!!
Birthing a novel I have heard many an author say that writing and publishing a novel is like giving birth and the nine months that it has taken to bring this book to light is proof of it. I started writing "Dance and Be Glad" in September 2015 and more than a quarter...
Is He really in control?
You hear it all the time from the mouths of Christians..... God is in control But do we really understand what that entails? We must allow Him to have the control for Him to have it. We have to say, "God, I entrust this situation into your hands. You do with me and it...