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    Words of Worth: Meditations to Enhance Your Faith
    Words of Worth: Meditations to Enhance Your Faith
    Words of Worth: Meditations to Enhance Your Faith
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    Words of Worth: Meditations to Enhance Your Faith

    By Sandra H. Meyer

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    Are you sitting on the mountaintop with Jesus or down groveling in the mud puddles? Words of Worth travels both places. Sandra Meyers spiritual journey through life resembles that of many others, and she writes from her familiarity of both the good and hard times.

    Practical ideas to help you grow come from ordinary activities, nature, and experience. Often Christians march forward, only to take a slow ride downhill, unaware until weve already lost ground. Biblical people experienced the same frustrating situations, showing us through their examples how to get up and advance again. Sharing her defeats as well as victories, Sandra has e-mailed her meditations for several years and has responses like those below. Some topics discussed in Words of Worth include trials, trouble, and temptations; discipline; contentment; and intimacy with God.

    Wow! Karen Davis suggested the title Words of Worth because when I read Sandra Meyers meditations, I usually say Wow! and they are worth so much to me.

    Melvin Gordy says, When I had to have an operation I found that by reading articles like the ones Sandra Meyer writes I got relief. That is the real reason I wanted to see Words of Worth published.

    Rhonda Baronne tells, I am in a nursing home ministry. We have shared the meditations with the residents, and they were truly blessed. Sandra Meyers writings are very uplifting and encouraging. Just the right word at the right time.

    See why Sandras meditations earn such enthusiastic endorsements, and learn how you can enhance your faith as you read Words of Worth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInspiring Voices
    Release dateJun 25, 2013
    ISBN9781462407309
    Words of Worth: Meditations to Enhance Your Faith
    Author

    Sandra H. Meyer

    Sandra Meyer loved God from the time she was a small child, growing up in a Christian home and accepting Jesus as her personal Savior and Lord from an early age. As a senior adult she loves Him even more. Sandra has written Christian poems and meditations for many years and had a few published in different devotional guides and magazines. In the 1980’s Sandra wrote three-minute meditations for her church and recorded them for use on a dedicated telephone line. Later she edited a newsletter and had a devotional column in it each month. For several years, emails have conveyed her new spiritual thoughts to 175 people weekly. After encouragement from several friends, Sandra felt God lead her to publish some of those meditations. Besides teaching adult Sunday school classes and leading Beth Moore Bible studies, Sandra has led other studies that she wrote. For the last few years, Sandra’s goal has been to reflect God to others and to help her readers learn to do that also. Be inspired as you share Sandra’s heart and love of our great God. Sandra and Alton, her husband of over fifty years, live in La Marque, Texas near the Gulf Coast. Even though the families of their four children are scattered around Texas and outside Atlanta, they gather every year at Thanksgiving or Christmas.

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      Words of Worth - Sandra H. Meyer

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      References

      A New Year

      The Children God Seeks

      In The Beginning God…

      My New Year’s Prayer For You

      Christian Lifestyle

      Joy Returned!

      How I Found God

      Socks

      The Hungry Squirrel

      Three Pecan Trees

      What Song Are You Singing?

      Where God Chose To Live

      You Are Holy!

      Your Words, Your Advertisement

      Christmas

      The Christmas Season

      Are We Preparing For Christmas?

      A Christmas Present For Jesus

      God Became Human!

      Contentment

      No Labels For God

      A Bite From This Fig, A Bite From The Next

      Half Full Or Half Empty?

      Discipline – God Will If We Don’t

      The Waters

      A Big Fish – Or What?

      My Legacy

      How Does God See You?

      The Flip Side

      Easter

      Do You Ever Think About Jesus?

      Preparation To Celebrate Easter

      Hallelujah! Christ Arose!

      Are We Still Celebrating Easter?

      Faith

      The Captain

      Scientists Discovered What God Said Long Ago

      The Choice

      When Believing God Is Hard

      Forgiveness

      Unshackled Wings

      God’s Vacuum Cleaner

      Let Go Of Those Chains!

      The Ever-Blooming Flower

      What Is A Pardon?

      Where Is Your Heart?

      Guidance

      The Merry-Go-Round

      Does It Take A Donkey?

      Look At My Eyes

      The Profound Becomes Simple

      What Are You Doing Tomorrow?

      The Two-Seated Bicycle

      Learning About God’s Rest

      Intimacy With God

      The Anointing

      Grace Is Not A Blue-Eyed Blond

      My Heart Longs For You

      The Clay Dish

      Praise And Worship

      Worship The Lord

      An Aggie Or A Buckeye?

      The Songs We Sing

      Prayer

      The Edge Of The Pit

      A Watermelon-Sized Pecan

      The Dirt Dauber

      The Attic

      Salvation

      Foolishness

      I Did It My Way

      Please Come Home

      What If You Are Wrong?

      Thanksgiving

      God Is Faithful

      A Time To Give Thanks

      Always Thankful?

      Trials, Trouble And Temptation

      Just Then

      How Close To Temptation?

      In Times Of Trouble

      Pity Party Guests

      I Will Rejoice!

      The Believer’s Eternal Destiny

      Welcome To Your New Home

      I Came Home on Sunday

      My Destiny

      About The Author

      Preface

      A number of years ago I heard a statement that goes something like God whispers to you in the good times; talks out loud in the ordinary times and shouts in the hard times. I felt God was definitely shouting, but I didn’t recognize why. Let me explain: On February 1 of 2012, I fell on a brick floor, breaking my right arm where it joins the shoulder. This resulted in surgery inserting a plate and nine pins. That August 30 I had a total right knee replacement. On December 30 severe pain started in my back at the waistline. About three weeks later an MRI revealed a swollen vertebrae pressing on a nerve. About the end of March 2013, the pain lessened enough that I could function without medicine.

      During the recovery from the knee, I thought of the saying about how God speaks to us and started asking Him if there was something I needed to see that I wasn’t. By the time doctors had discovered the cause of the back problem, I had confessed every sin I thought I might have committed and checked to be sure I didn’t have any relationship problems. I believed God was trying to get my attention about something but didn’t know what. Probably the reason was that I really did not want to hear what He had to say, though I did not recognize that.

      Please note, I’m not saying God makes us unhealthy so we can hear Him. I don’t think God causes cancer or that He pushed me down so I’d break my arm. However, we live in a sinful world and different problems come to everyone. I do know that God can use what happens to us for His glory and our eventual good. I was hearing from God at the time in different areas. I know He is the One who gives me ideas for meditations and guides my writing. All during this time, I was emailing new weekly devotionals. In my spirit, though, I knew I was missing something God wanted.

      After a while, I discovered what my Lord was saying and looked back to see how that word had played out in my life. Over a period of about two years and every few months, my friend Melvin Gordy encouraged me to publish the meditations I’d written and emailed. From the beginning I saw reasons not to. First he encouraged me to submit to Guideposts. While I’d rejoice to have something in their magazine, the events in my life simply didn’t seem to fit their usual storyline. Inspiring as they are, I felt that wasn’t the way my life unfolded.

      During that two years, several others also encouraged me to get my meditations published, and again I didn’t recognize God’s voice in their words. I’d consider this to be the talking out loud in the ordinary times part of the statement mentioned above. By the time of the second incident with my health, I began to wonder what was happening. When the third problem happened, I felt sure God was trying to get my attention about something. While I kept praying and got no answers, I kept on hurting physically, so I got more persistent in my asking. I also questioned my motives for not publishing the meditations and didn’t like what I saw. Basically I did not want to make the commitment of time and work involved to do this, although it has turned into a joy for me.

      I began to wonder if God was telling me to publish, not just my friends. Finally Melvin emailed me an ad from Inspiring Voices Publishers, and I felt that was a confirmation from God that I was to publish the meditations. I investigated that company, along with several others, and immediately felt encouraged by their representative. I prayed more and continued checking with other publishers until I was sure this was the right one for me.

      Would I still have had the health problems if I had tried to publish the work right away? I have no idea, but at least the knee replacement probably would have happened anyway because of arthritis that resulted from surgery on that knee in 1981. I definitely would have rather kept my health during that time than to have felt like I’d lost it. I still would not say if God’s preferred timing was two years previous or when I did. Certainly some of the meditations included in Words of Worth were not written, though I have a number of others not used. Yet, God spoke to me in my weakness to surrender to the idea of submitting a manuscript to a publisher.

      If some of these inspirational pieces seem to be beyond where you are at this point, that’s alright. Many spiritual mentors far beyond me contributed to my life, even though most of them did through the written word. God sometimes gives me an understanding for a place I only visit but don’t yet live there. Other areas I have practiced for years. My goal is to always walk in the ways I describe, but I often fail. We’re all on a journey in life, hopefully growing wiser and more godly as we grow older. Sometimes we do fail – all of us. Sometimes we need help in getting up. And sometimes we’re able to help others. I pray Words of Worth will bless you as much as our Father blesses and teaches me in writing meditations.

      Your sister in Christ,

      Sandra H. Meyer

      Acknowledgments

      Thank you to my friend Karen Davis for suggesting the title for the book and emphasizing the first letters of the title. When I discovered the name I’d planned to use was already taken, I asked my Bible study group to suggest a name. Karen submitted Words of Worth, saying When I read your meditations, I usually say WOW! They are worth so much to me. How very humble that makes me feel!

      Next I’d like to give a big hug and thanks to my granddaughter Calli Meyer who designed the graphic for the book cover. Calli is a sophomore at Cal Tech this year studying electrical engineering, like her dad.

      Ron Judd and his wife Dianne have been friends for many years. Some time back Ron emailed me his poem Do You Ever Think about Jesus? When talking with Dianne recently, I asked if Ron had a poem about Thanksgiving, so he emailed me God Is Faithful. I so much appreciate his letting me use them in Words of Worth.

      Melvin Gordy is the friend mentioned in the Preface who kept on encouraging me for about two years to submit the meditations for publication. Without his enthusiasm, I might never have done this.

      Several other friends also suggested that I publish the meditations, and I thank each of them because together they helped me know God was pointing in this direction.

      Without the great people at Inspiring Voices, I’d have been lost. I acknowledge gratefully how much they did to make this project become reality. I thank Stacey Roberts, from publishing services, for her help. Stacey’s friendly demeanor and helpfulness truly represented the others in the company that I met later. Maggie England and John Osredker, my check-in coordinators, did everything possible to guide me through the maze of preparing my manuscript for publication. I would also like to thank Ryan Carlberg, Publishing Services Associate, for his help in getting my book ready for printing and Brian Martindale, Marketing Services, for his help in promoting my book.

      My family has always supported me

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