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    Living in the Blessing: Simply, Inspirational, Thoughts and Stories
    Living in the Blessing: Simply, Inspirational, Thoughts and Stories
    Living in the Blessing: Simply, Inspirational, Thoughts and Stories
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    Living in the Blessing: Simply, Inspirational, Thoughts and Stories

    By G. Stephen Hughes

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    Living in the Blessing





    Many of us get on our knees and pray each night. We ask that God bless us with this, or that. We repent of our sins and ask forgiveness. I still pray each night and from time to time Ill find myself asking for a blessing. I usually find that God has already answered it because He knew what I needed before I did. I askthat God watch over those that are not as fortunate as I am. I know that people prayed for and are praying for me, so I feel that its only right that I pray for others. I was thinking, which can be dangerous, as I was driving my new car. Gods favor must be with me because I was able tobuy itwithout a down payment, or giving a pint of blood, orlosing an arm or a leg. I realized that I had just received a blessing, or should I say another blessing.


    I had been asking and praying for a blessing or some kind of sign from God. I had been asking for His favor and until that moment I hadnt realized that I had been LIVING IN THE BLESSING all along. I was alive and alert, I have family that loves and cares for me and not to put Him last, but I had The Lord. My life is good and I am living in a continuous blessing. What a blessing it was to find myself in a blessing. Some of you know just what I mean, others will find out soon.


    God does not forget or forsake His chosen people. We are those chosen people, you and I. Hallelujah this is why I write and praise the Lord the way I do.


    G. Stephen Hughes

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 5, 2010
    ISBN9781449015381
    Living in the Blessing: Simply, Inspirational, Thoughts and Stories
    Author

    G. Stephen Hughes

    I am G. Stephen Hughes and I thank you for allowing me to share these poems and short stories with you. It is my pleasure to do so because I am serving the Lord. I am sharing my feelings for what He has done in my life. I have gone through a great deal of "Life" as many ofyou have, and I am not going to try and convince you that my life has been more heartbreaking or more challenging than yours. I am going to say that with Jesus I have been able to overcome them. I had a long addiction to drugs and other things which kept me in bondage. Those things finally left me homeless, helplessand feeling hopeless. I got to the point that Ifell to my knees andbegged forGods help. I told Him I was ready to do what ever it takes. Everything has completely turned around since then. It hasnt taken place over night and there have been some slippery places and I have stumbled once or twice, but I have never gone back to what or where I was. My new book is entitled Living in the Blessing. We all find ourselves praying for this or that kind of blessing to come about I our lives, but if we take a few minutes to look closely, we will see that many times we are already living in the blessing we were asking for. I have Phase 4 Metastatic Prostate Cancer, and in 2005 I was given18 monthsto live, but I go by a Higher Authority and I KNOW PRAYER WORKS.

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      Living in the Blessing - G. Stephen Hughes

      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2010 G. Stephen Hughes. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or

      transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 2/3/2010

      ISBN: 978-1-4490-1538-1 (ebk)

      ISBN: 978-1-4490-1537-4 (sc)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2010901485

      Printed in the United States of America

      Bloomington, Indiana

      Contents

      A Note From The Author

      About The Title

      Acknowledgements

      Just A Few Quick Facts

      A Beginning Thought

      A Thought To Consider

      The Line Of Life

      A Crazy Thought

      Cool Cloudy Days

      A Beautiful Painting

      Man In A Garden

      Alone In The Darkness

      Before You Go!

      Come Tell Your Troubles

      Do I Please You Lord?

      Don’t Wonder Why

      Rain Drops Or Tear Drops

      Eight Miles In

      Fathers You’re Best

      Frozen Wonderland

      One Christmas

      Stars In The Night

      The Soul Potter

      Rolling Along

      Thank You

      On The Road Of Life

      You’re Not There

      Nailed To A Cross

      Clouds

      I Think You Forgot!

      Your Children Lord

      Gods Awesome Vision!

      I Once Believed The Lie

      Heavens Thunder

      Let Jesus In

      Thank You

      For Those Still Lost

      You Always Knew Me

      The Next Time

      Without Jesus

      Wish

      Don’t Forget Me Father

      Verse On A Slab At

      A Cathedral In Germany.

      Believer

      The Radio

      The Boxer

      My Dream

      The Freeway

      Born Blessed

      Let Go Of The Mallet

      Swimming In The Ocean Of Life

      Love Is The Healer

      The Prisoner

      Are You There Yet?

      The Power To Change Is Ours

      We Must Fight As One

      Let’s Try Something New!

      What Can We Do!

      Let’s Get This Party Started !

      About The Author

      This is a book dedicated

      as a work to Praise and

      Thank the LORD.

      I remember to praise HIM for all of HIS blessings in my life, past, present, and future.

      I praise Him for the blessings, seen and unseen, known and unknown.

      I express my gratitude for my answered prayers and prayers others have prayed for me.

      A Note From The Author

      First let me thank you for purchasing this book. I sincerely hope that you enjoy it’s contents and enjoy it throughly. I hope you read it again and agian. Each time you read it, I pray that it will bring a new tingle to your soul and that the light bulb of your minds eye will glow with excitement.

      I invite you to join me on a peaceful path of praise and stories that express my gratitude for the Lord. We’ll be Swimming in the Ocean of Life and traveling on The Freeway to Heaven. There will be a brief stop at A Quiet Pond to ask ourselves what life would be like Without Jesus, and ponder why He Took Me In. We’ll end up as The Prisoner for a short time, but someone will come along and turn that whole situation around.

      So please share with me the wonder of Gods’ Glory and infinite Mercy. His ultimate gift, His only son Jesus, who gave himself as a sacrifice for all sin, for all time, for all people. Allow the Holy Spirit to fill you, and create within you a feeling of love, peace and happiness that everyone around you can see and feel. Above all, give praise to the LORD, and know that you are, Living In The Blessing.

      ABOUT THE TITLE

      Living in the Blessing

      Many of us get down on our knees and pray each night. We ask that God would bless us with this, or grant us that. We repent of our sins and ask forgiveness. I still pray each night and from time to time I’ll myself asking for a blessing. I usually find that God has already answered it because He knew what I needed before I did. I also ask for God to watch over those that are not as fortunate as I am. I know that people prayed for are praying for me, so I feel that it’s only right that I pray for others. I was thinking one day, which can be dangerous, as I was driving my new car. Gods favor must be with me because I was able to drive off the lot without a down payment, or giving a pint of blood, losing an arm or a leg, or promising to do a favor. I realized that I had just received a blessing, or should I say another blessing.

      I had been asking and praying for a blessing or some kind of sign from God. I had been asking for His favor and until that moment I hadn’t realized that I had been LIVING IN THE BLESSING all along. I was alive and alert, I have family that loves and cares for me and not to put Him last, but I had The Lord. My life is good and I am living in a continuous blessing. What a blessing it was to find myself in a blessing. Some of you know just what I mean, others will find out soon.

      God does not forget or forsake His chosen people. We are those chosen people, you and I. Hallelujah this is why I write and praise the Lord the way I do.

      G. Stephen Hughes

      Acknowledgements

      First and Foremost to my Lord God Almighty and to His Son Jesus by whose sacrifice for my sins I was made alive again.

      To my father and mother, Willie and Ruth, who have always been there for me. Encouraging me, helping me and sometimes painfully watching, as God worked and shaped me into what He wanted me to be.

      To my sister Lisha and my beautiful nieces Yvette and Rachel, thank you for the smiles and love.

      For Monica, my daughter, Ryan my son-in-law and my wonderful grandchildren Jamie Alexia, Logan Gregory and Rylee. They keep a light burning in my heart and a future of laughter and love on my horizon.

      To my extended church family in Carmichael Ca. at Gethsemane Lutheran. I thank you for all of your prayers and support. Thank you Pastor Kay. Thank you First United Methodist, in Sylacauga Al.

      And to all of rest of the angels and no-so-angels that have helped me to grow in faith and experience the challenges I needed to face to become who God wanted me to be.

      Just A Few Quick Facts

      This will not be an easy story to write. First I want to ask you not to feel pity for me, I don’t. Please don’t cry for me, and don’t feel sorry for me. Please do feel sorry those for the people that lost everything in Katrina, or those that go hungry everyday, or the men women and children that are homeless. If you cry, cry for those who watched their homes and everything in them burn to the ground, in the Southern California wildfires. If you pray, pray for the parents who sit in hospital waiting rooms as their children slip away. Pray for those who suffered the greatest loss, that of a loved one in a far away country while serving ours. There are so many more people out there that are in much worse condition, and deserving your tears and prayers. Those of you that do choose to pray for me,I thank you. God always answers prayer. I don’t want to write this story in a whiny way, but in a way that gives the facts and lets you know my situation.

      It was hard to decide which was more difficult, writing this story, or trying to walk out of the doctors office without bursting into tears in February of 2005. That was the day he put a face on the beast of death, my death. After a battery of tests, procedures, and a painful surgery, this was the visit that brought the world to a halt, and drove a deafening silence deep into my life and sucked the air right out of my lungs. Panic and disbelief overwhelmed me. This was

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