You Said It & I Believe It

By Sarah Lunsford

A new book with a fresh perspective on a daily life with God, “You Said It & I Believe It, Stories from an everyday walk with God” by Christian writer, Sarah Lunsford, is a collection of stories that draw uncommon insights about spiritual life from everyday experiences.

“I decided to start writing about my everyday experiences and how some of them are tied into the truth found in Scripture,” Lunsford said. “Too many times we think there is nothing that applies to our modern lives from the Bible, but when you see how many times their experiences reflect our own, it makes the Word come alive.”

This collection brings the reader a fresh perspective on the everyday. Some of Lunsford’s random musings about everything in life will make you smile, while others will stop and make you think. Either way it’s like eating a little slice of the cake of life in all its various colors, textures and shades with every story you read.
“I think many times we forget that God can, and often does, talk to us in the everyday,” said Lunsford. “All we have to do is stay focused on Him and pay attention.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sarah Lunsford
• Release date: Oct 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466189126

Sarah Lunsford

Sarah Lunsford has been an instructor of global studies for Liberty University Online since 2010. She studied at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (MA, MDiv, ThM) and at Columbia International University (PhD) and served as an international church planter with the IMB. Sarah and her four children (Abigail, Elysa, Zachary, and Emilia) live in the metro-Atlanta area.

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You Said It & I Believe It

By Sarah Lunsford

Cover Design by Valerie Davidson

Copyright 2011 by Sarah Lunsford

All rights reserved.

Smashwords Edition

1. You Said It & I Believe It

2. You Ask Him

3. God’s Delight

4. A Crushed Can

5. Memorials

6. The Land of the Living

7. The Unexpected

8. Rebuilding

9. Gather Manna Daily

10. You Remind Me of A Cloud

11. Splenda

12. Cookies

13. Broken Hearts

14. Goldfish

15. Sticky Notes

1

You Said It & I Believe It

I am not a huge fan of snakes. Not because of the whole Garden of Eden thing, but pretty much because anything that slithers around quickly, sticks out its tongue and hisses is more than just a little creepy.

In most parts of the world, snakes are a general part of life. But, be that as it may, I would guess that most of us who live with snakes, or the possibility of snakes, don’t like to think about the proximity of the creature that’s not winning any award for most popular animal.

And who does like to think about them? If we were worrying about running into one snake, or another, we’d be constantly looking at the ground before we take a step, or up in the trees if that’s where the snakes in your neighborhood tend to hang out.

But, looking at the ground for snakes, or one snake in particular, is exactly what I’ve been doing recently.

Not too long ago, my son and I were leaving for work early one morning. As I was walking towards my truck – also known as the Blue Beast -, I happened to look down into a little rock garden in my yard when I saw this foot and a half long neck decorated with neutral patterns of black, tan and brown. It was topped off by a head with black beady eyes that was looking into another part of the yard.

Seeing the snakes profile and also seeing that it didn’t sense me at all, I started to back up. All the while I kept my eyes on it to see if it was going to move and also try to figure out where the rest of its body was.

My son came out behind me, and, I immediately told him to slow down because there was a snake in the rock garden. Because it has been drilled into his head that there are a lot of rattlers in our area, he too began to back up towards the house.

How are we going to get to the truck? I heard him ask