Food for Thought: Yes….You’Re Hearing from God! ~A Book of Teachable Moments~ Volume 1

By Kim Y. Johnson

As a child growing up one of my fondest memories was reading at the end of certain storybooks, The moral of the story is."
With the richness of moral value etched within my character at such a young age. I believe now, even as an adult, that its of great importance to continue to share this fundamental nature which will help lead the way for future generations because so many have fallen off the path or never known the essence of morality.
At the end of each chapter the reader will see, The moral of the story is., in order to meditate on and apply in their daily walk with God. While, each moral is not all inclusive, its a guideline to help the reader be introduced to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
I pray that each readers life will be transformed by the renewing of their mind in Christ Jesus!
Be Blessed!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493111688

Kim Y. Johnson

KIM Y. JOHNSON is a woman who loves to encourage and help others spiritually by reaching them through the love of God. Through her own personal relationship with Jesus Christ and with her optimistic personality, she’s been able to find “the good” in life’s diverse challenges that have come along her way, and loves to help others to see things from God’s perspective as well. She delights in her growth as being a novice voice-over actor, and takes great pleasure in being an active servant within her church community. Kim is also the devoted mother of a young adult daughter in whom she absolutely adores!

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Copyright © 2014 by Kim Y. Johnson.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Rev. date: 02/17/2014

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Contents

• Thanks for Lunch!

• Caught Off Guard

• Growing Pains

• Are You Teachable?

• Letting Go Of the Fantasy

• Good to See You!

• Two Shall Become One

• The World’s Fast Pace

• Delivered!

• Urgency of Prayer from the Holy Spirit!

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my lovely daughter Taylor-Symone` Romero. She’s been such a guiding force of inspiration to me. I’ve always told her, As long as you put God first, you can do anything you set your heart and mind to do!

The table has turned now that I’m an empty nester. I’ve picked up my dreams from off the back burner and wrote this book, and my biggest cheerleader has been Taylor-Symone’ who’s now telling me those very words I always said to her.

Thanks Beautiful One for all of your love and support!

Mommy loves you!

Special Acknowledgements

My acknowledgement, first and foremost always goes to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I can do nothing without Him, but can do all things through Him!

To make it more personal, I would like to say, "Abba, it’s because of your unfailing love and faithfulness towards me that I’m able to accomplish what you’ve called me to do in life: helping others to know of the great love you have for them too!

A special acknowledgement also goes to one of my dearest friends Novelle Burks, who has been a bevy of support since I first met her in junior high school. Novelle, thank you for being my accountability while I worked on finishing this book. With each deadline that I had along the journey you helped to keep me focused. You gave love and support to make sure that I was receiving the best of the best in every step of the process of fulfilling my dream and that will forever be appreciated. Your friendship is priceless!

To my wonderful cousin and photographer, Jocelynn Only who made the back cover look FABULOUS with the photo we chose: Thanks for the fun we always share when we spend time together. Between you and Novelle, I need to bottle you both up and carry you around for the instant fun and laughter you always give. I had a great time with both of you on the photo shoot!

In addition, I would like to thank all of my family and friends for their never ending love and support! With each one of you, I share special moments and memories that have helped along this journey called being ME! Thanks for being a constant source of love and encouragement! I did it ya’ll… I’m on the path of living my dream of being a published author!

The moral of the story is . . . .

Moral by definition in the American Century Dictionary (A Time Warner

Company) p. 374: /mor el. Adj. 1a. Concerned with the distinction between right and wrong b. Concerned with accepted rules and standards of human behavior 2. Virtuous; capable of moral actions. 3. Founded on moral not actual law. 4. Psychological rather than physical (moral support)—n. 5 Moral lesson of a fable, story, or event, etc. 6 (pl) Moral behavior or standards.

Thanks for Lunch!

Joanie and Katie were somewhat typical stay-at-home moms who scheduled daily play dates for their daughters in the neighborhood park. Joanie’s daughter, Jillian, was 2 years old, and Katie’s daughter, Madison was 3.

On one particular sunny day, Joanie didn’t show up. This was alarming because in all their years, there wasn’t a day when she failed to arrive. Katie decided it would be of some value to stop by Joanie’s house, after Madison had finished playing with the other toddlers at the park. She gathered all of her child’s things, put Madison in