Which Way Is Up?: A Shack/Come, Sit

By Miss Mary

A wise old preacher once told his congregation to prove him. In other words, think and decide for yourself. Miss Mary's twin volumes beg her readers to do the same.

A Shack, based on the author's personal experiences, grips the handle of the wringer and runs your heart right through it.

Come, Sit: Let's Solve the World's Problems invites the reader to join chatty West Texan MeMaw, Tomasa, and her silent friend DeAngelic to come over and solve the world's problems around a quilting frame.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9781638819943

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

A Shack

Tell Me

Blurry Images

Brainwashed

Mom

The Lady

Grandpa Died

My Comforter

Please Send Someone

My Best Friend

Never Was a Virgin

Just a Girl

Shame

The Room

Nobody

The Window Overlooking the Street

He Catches Each Tear You Cry

Breaking Point

La-La Land

It Ain't Over

Because I Said

The Great Escape

Lies

Sins

Muscle Car

Eye Candy

Face-to-Face

Wife

Fairy Tale Romance

Monster

Abuse

Jesus

Too Pretty

Let Go of That Bone

My Fair Share

That Girl

Everything

Frightened Little Girl

Marks

Monster Eyes

For My Baby

Your Robe

My Strength to Leave

LYLS

True need

My friend

Letting Go

Nobody Wants This Woman

Satan

What Do You Do with the Hate?

Your Love

Broken

Picking

My Love

Forever Man

Praise You

Be Not Afraid

I Am Nothing

Help Me Forgive

On My Knees

Give Me, Give Me, Give Me

Are You Ready to Come Home?

Help Me

In Everything, Give Thanks

Little Green Things

Change Their Hearts

No Angels

Oh, Ye of Little Faith

I Don't Know These People

Memory Lane

It's Okay

Big Brother

It Still Hurts

Pursuing Peace

Are You Saved?

Answered Prayer

Please Forgive Me

The Battle

Paralyzed

Wretched Woman

My Guilt

I Will

The Light

Throne of Grace

I Have Been Trying

I Know that I Know

Use Me

Thank You

He Is Risen!

Pack Your Bags

Give God the Glory

A Shack

Come, Sit

Let's Solve the World's Problems

Morning Prayer

Come, Sit

The Great Divide

Two Ladies

It Doesn't Matter

We Gotta Get Their Hearts

Take a Moment

The First Stone

Freedom

1976

Lie Detector

The Phone Call

Are You a Racist?

Evil Will Do Evil

Him

A Sin Is a Sin

Dear Mr. John

You Become What You Hate

Pure-D

The Train

Twenty Poor Souls

AIDS

Not My Job

Why

It Don't Cost Nothin'

Our President

Really?

Complaining

Dazzle Me

Grace

Every

Crickets

Baby Parts

Just go!

Shouts Can't See

Listen!

It's All So Sad

Mend the Fences

When for Them They Come

I Don't Have Ms.

Please, Jesus

Abortion

Why, Jesus?

Kids

That's It!

The Lump

In the Blink of an Eye

He Done Did It!

Sick and Tired

A Six-Car Garage

Buildings of Steel

Give Me a Quilt

Homebody

Hunger Pains

Shhh

Eating Crow

Wouldn't It

Now I Have to Pray for You

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Which Way Is Up?

A Shack-Come, Sit

Miss Mary

Copyright © 2023 Miss Mary

All rights reserved

First Edition

NEWMAN SPRINGS PUBLISHING

320 Broad Street

Red Bank, NJ 07701

First originally published by Newman Springs Publishing 2023

All scripture is taken from The Holy Bible, King James Version: public domain.

ISBN 978-1-63881-993-6 (Paperback)

ISBN 979-8-89061-936-5 (Hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-63881-994-3 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

To my Lord Jesus Christ

To everyone who sent up prayers and helped make my dream come true, a thank-you doesn't seem to be enough.

To Sue.

And to everyone else at Newman Springs Publishing. Thank you for putting up with me.

To the wonderful people in West Texas, thank you for teaching me your dialect. I couldn't have written Come Sit without all y'all.

When life gets so hard, all I can do is grab Your robe and let You get me through.

A Shack

The stories in this book are inspired by real-life experiences but are nonetheless fictional and presented with the purpose of advancing the story rather than reporting historical events.

Tell Me

Tell me it's going to help one child

Baring my soul

Telling my secrets

Jesus, please tell me it's going to help

One little child

To show he's not alone

That others survived

What she's going through

Tell me it's going to help

Tell me You want me to do this

And give me Your peace

Tell me You're not abandoning me

(Hebrews 13:5)

Blurry Images

Oh, those blurry images

They're my nightmares in stages

My Lord softly sends them to me

Jesus wants to set me free

So I must face what they are

No matter how very hard

It's so very hard at times

Facing the past that's mine

No one to help me through

That's why I turn to you

Help me obey Your will

I'm very scared and still

Don't know how I'd survive

Without You by my side

Painful pasts, not just mine

Face my fears while there's time

Jesus here to help me stay

Trust and obey what He says

Jesus knows what's at stake

Knows how much I can take

Need to trust in His word

He shows what I should do

Wish I could walk away

Need to be strong today

I just can't leave this be

Lean on Him and obey

Brainwashed

It was all my fault

That's what I was told

It was all my fault

That's what I believed

That he touched me like that

She hit me when things went wrong

Shoved me away when I leaned on her

She let that man dance with me

I believed all those lies

I didn't know any better

I did think it was all my fault

I could not change me

I was only a little girl

I could not change what was happening

I could not change what my family said

What I can change is me now

I can accept Jesus as Savior

I can let go and let God

I can leave it all at the cross

And let Jesus take over

Mom

She was the mother of mine

In all, she had nine

She loved them all except one

Unfortunately, I was that one

Why couldn't she love me?

I just don't know, could it be

I was different from the others?

I was born amongst my brothers?

I loved the chemistry lab

Not the home economics pad

My sisters watched their soaps

While I was more into sports

Four girls, two boys, then me

Born between the boys two

Told I was the odd one, true

The girls didn't want to see me blue

Light skin and eyes of blue

Looking nothing like my dad, true

Grandma loved my eyes of blue

Grandpa loved me too

Okay, Jesus, here goes. Where do I begin to praise You for all You have done? Words really cannot describe what all You have done. I can tell others about what You have done in my life. I guess I need to begin with the lady who introduced me to You. How old was I? Four or five? It doesn't matter. You sent her, and I am so very thankful.

The Lady

A lady came to my side of town

To pick me