My Stones

By Sharde Curry

In storms, memories of God's grace seem fleeting. We forget about the last storm we just survived because the new one feels lost and uncomfortable again. In this book, I attempt to lay stones in the midst of one of the hardest seasons of my life. My faith was tested, my plans shredded, and my emotions were all over the place. It is through this stone-laying process that I began to see the light I was walking toward without even realizing it. From funny stories depicting God's humor to stories of blind and frustrating paths, every adventure is a test to God's grace in my life.

So many times, God would perform a miracle in my life, and I didn't even know who to tell it to. I figured that no one would believe how these events could possibly happen. Then, instead of going through my contacts and be concerned with their opinion, God told me to tell my story to the entire world as a way to inspire anyone who needs it.

Read a short story when you are lost and you need proof that God will also save you from whatever you are facing. Start to lay your stones.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9781639038442

Book preview

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I Am Not an Author

In 2020, God told me to write a book. Like most people who hear a divine message, I completely ignored him. Not because all his other directions haven’t worked in my favor, but because I didn’t feel like writing was my lane. So I went back and forth about it in my mind, tracking all the reasons why I couldn’t do it. Just like Moses when God told him to free his people, I had a page of excuses. I am not an author. Business owner? Yes. Mom? Yes. Sister, wife, and daughter? Sure. Do I love books? Yes. By the end of the year, I began to play around with the notion but on my own terms. (That sounds ridiculous to even type, huh?) I decided that if God wanted me to write a book, then I would decide what it would be about. Naturally, I picked a children’s book. It would be impactful, short, and sweet, based on my three-year-old Ari. That’s so easy, and since it would be less than fourteen pages, no hard judgment would come from it. So I spoke to some people on how to get going. However, I never felt the sense to write it. I saw the ending but couldn’t fill in the details. So here I am doing what God told me to do—hopefully to benefit you, my curious reader.

My main concern about writing this book for you was that I didn’t know how to put all these pieces together. I had just finished watching a sermon about the twelve stones of Jordan and how they symbolized the children of Israel walking on dry land to their promise from God. I thought I needed a beautifully woven novel that would have my readers escaping to some magical land. However, as I sit here, this book did not become that. When I grabbed my phone to start this process, a river of stories came out—stories of hope, fear, frustration, sadness, grief, and abundance. None of them connected to each other. They don’t make some masterpiece. However, each story had a common thread of provision. Then I realized that maybe God doesn’t want a flowing story. Maybe this book isn’t even for me anyway. When I moved my notion and thought process out of the way, I saw that this book is for you. As an avid reader of books, I also know that you may read this book and think, Wow, God really loves her. It’s great that he did all that for her, but I don’t know if that would happen for me. If you feel this way, I challenge you to start keeping up with your own stones as you read mine. God knows each of us and can connect with us in a unique and individual way.

Each chapter in this book is a testament of God’s grace in my life. None of them particularly connect. Each one has its own jewel in it, thus making this book a treasure chest. Read one chapter a day—maybe two. When you feel lost, pick a chapter to use as a flashlight when you can’t see a way out.