Words Whispered in My Ear

By Vanessa McFarlin

She is the second oldest of ten children born to Lesterine and Charles McFarlin. She was born and raised in a small country community called Gold Lake until they moved into the city of Conway, where she still resides and loves to spend her time playing with her grandchildren and great-grandchild.

She worked as a certified nursing assistant, a job she truly loved and truly misses, but because of injury, she can't do it anymore. She is the mother of four children and is most commonly known as Moma Nessa.

She is also a grandmother to eleven grandchildren and one great-grand. Vanessa has written for most of her life starting at the age of eighteen. She started this journey as a way to cope with ongoing things in her everyday life. She walked on a thin line between right and wrong for many years. That was until the day Jesus Christ walked in and changed her life for the better.

Vanessa would like to give thanks to her mother, Lesterine; her children, Roberto, Cassandra, Linda, and Victor; her sister, Tina (my girl); and her friend, Beverly, for always listening to her, and Vera Clay and Bettye Robuck, who always reminded her that they loved to read her words.

And last but not least, she would like to thank her publisher family, Christian Faith Publishing, for giving the time and believing in her to help pursue her dreams. She would like to thank every one of you from the bottom of her heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9781638748441

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Words Whispered in My Ear

Vanessa McFarlin

ISBN 978-1-63874-845-8 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-63874-844-1 (digital)

Copyright © 2023 by Vanessa McFarlin

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

Christian Faith Publishing

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Meadville, PA 16335

www.christianfaithpublishing.com

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Don't Judge Me

Jesus

Justice

Knocks Us Down

Knows Me

Our Brother, Our Father

Moma

Where Is My Father?

Where to Hide?

Only You!

On a Rope

No Understanding of Death

My Girl

God's Seasons

His Word

I Care

If You Want the Truth

Would You?

Time

Let You Go

My Life

My Helper

Blame

Perfect

Christ

Age

A Grandchild Lost

A Love Lost

Amazed

Another Day

As I Am

Aunt

Blessed

Beginning Loved

Broken

Call on Me

Celebrate

Chance

Change

Child Denied

Childhood

Children of God

Church

Created

Creator

Choices

Connection

Comfort

Continually

Covered Me

Decide

Dear Jesus

Faith

Felt

Forgiveness

Forget

Future

I Pray

I Was

April 17, 2011

Don't Judge Me

Don't judge me because

My skin tone is different

Don't judge me because

Of the texture of my hair

Don't judge me because

Of the clothes I wear

Don't judge me because

You have more education

Don't judge me because

My speech is slow

Don't judge me because

Of my age

Don't judge me because

Of the shape of my body

Were you there when God first created me, were you

Were you there when God first created me, were you

Were you there each time I went hungry

Were you there each time I was beaten

Were you there each time I was raped

Were you there each time I was laughed at

Were you there with each drink I took

Were you there with each drug I took

Were you there with each shame

Were you there each time I cried out to God, were you

Were you there when I begged to die

Were you there when I felt hell was okay

Because I was living in it anyway

Were you there when Jesus

Walked into my life

Were you there when he

Rocked me to sleep

Were you there when he

Wiped away my tears

Were you there when I found the

Reason for all the crip in my life

Were you there when he said all is well

Were you there when he said, I took you through, were you

Were you there to help protect me