What was happening when I was praying? Amazing!!

Here's a testimony of Gods love that will hopefully amaze you…. it certainly amazed me!
It happened late last year, I was in my kitchen and I had a strong urge to cry out to God.  I, by faith, stepped in through the veil and ascended up into the heavens.  My spirit was standing before Papa God and I was pleading him to help me with my book.  I said "GOD…. I want to thank you for these amazing people I've been meeting from around the world and I know that they come up here too, and I was wondering if the next time my friend in England is talking to you, if you could please tell her to share my book with her church?" I continued to stay in his presence for a while and when I came back there was a message on my phone.  Someone had shared my book….. Oh yes, thats right!!!  the very lady I'd been praying about less than 5 minutes beforehand had just shared my book on her church webpage!  But… it gets better…. that night as I lay in bed thinking how amazing God is and how quickly he had answered me I thought it would be nice to thank this friend by message.  What I hadn't realised was there was more to the story.  She had been in bed (I'd completely forgotten that lunchtime in australia is midnight in England) and had been sleeping on and off. The holy spirit had put me on her mind and she got up, went to her computer and shared my book on her church webpage.  Can you believe it???  I was praying on one side of the world and God was answering my need on the other side of the world!!!  I want to encourage you today, God hears all your prayers!

Heavenly Treasure - The Introduction

Hey there readers,

This is the introduction for my book, "Heavenly Treasure"

I hope you are enticed to read more!!  You can find the book on my webpage storiesaboutheaven.com

 Something I have always believed in is the silver lining theory.  When I lost my best friend at the age of 31 I was so grieved, that to me, there was no sign of anything good belonging to it.  Melissa was 8 months pregnant when it happened, a baby no one was blessed to hold.  Her two daughters, Keira and Ellah, also lost their short lives that day.  Melissa left behind two older sons, a devastated family and many friends.  

How could there possibly be an upside to this tragedy?  And there, lies the reason for the girls story to be told.  If I can reach into the minds and hearts of the younger generation and plant in them a picture of what heaven is really like then this tragedy has a light of day.    If I can recall pictures painted in my imagination from books read in my childhood then I have a responsibility to the younger generation to do the same for them.  

I have two young girls of my own that are encouraged to believe in the deeper mysteries of God.  God is not boring!  Heaven does not consist of sitting around playing harps all day.  When I started writing this book I asked God, how on earth was I going to write a book on heaven when I had never been there?  He kindly opened it up for me every time I sat down at my computer.  There would be times when I would be in my bedroom and he would prompt me in my spirit to go and write.  I would say ‘but I don’t know what to write‘ and as I obediently sat down at my desk I would start to type and he would show me exactly what to write.  Heaven opened up in the screen of my mind and I could get lost there for hours.  There was an occasion where I tried to write without him and the pages disappeared from my screen.  So, even though this book is classed as fiction I believe what I have written to be true.  I have watched those two beautiful girls grow and I hold them so close in my heart.  I believe as you read this book it will come alive for you, bring healing where needed and paint an awesome picture of the marvels and mysteries of God and the heavens.    

http://storiesaboutheaven.com

Hold on tight to your dreams - God knows when you're ready

I'm excited to say I'm back to writing my blog!  It has been a few years now that I have stopped blogging to pursue completing my first book 'Heavenly treasure'.  So blessed to be sitting here with my book on a stand looking at me.  Apparently that's the easy part… getting people to buy it and read it… well, that's a whole other level of expertise that I need help with.  You see I'm a big believer in shooting for the stars and keeping my dreams as  unrealistic as possible.  My whole life I've been told that with God all things are possible so I need to dream big.  The hard part is holding on to those dreams and holding on…and holding on…. until when you're ready (and usually we're not straight away, even though we think we are) boom! fire works across the sky!
So, what I'm trying to say is, I really want my book to be a best seller over night with people lining up to interview me and I'm thinking "I'm totally ready for that".  But it hasn't happened and some days I feel like maybe it's not as good as I thought it was.  Or maybe it was only meant for a few people to read and it's had its day.  It's really easy to give up and lose hope that God has his hand on everything we hand to him, and in the right time when I'm mature enough to roll with it.. he will roll with it.  Have you ever felt like that? Tell me I'm not the only one!!  Faith in God becomes faith when we have to believe in him and wait on him, his timing is perfect.  I wonder how many people and angels he has working for me right now without me even knowing?  And I wonder how many demons are fighting against me getting the vision of heaven out to our children?  The words in my head telling me its all over before it even begins?  hmm…. I wonder where they came from?  Certainly not from my God who loves me and has big plans for my life.  So, if you're having an argument with someone in your head about not fulfilling your dreams because of this and that.. tell it where to go and 'seek first the kingdom of God', he knows where you're heading.  I'm hoping my destiny says 'reaches the nations teaching children about heaven'.  Time and faith will tell.
So, welcome back my blog readers.  I hope I've inspired you to hold on to your dreams and keep trying!  We all need encouragement, give yourself a pat on the back, you've got this far!
If you need extra support and prayer with following your dreams please feel free to email me.
shona@storiesaboutheaven.com

Webpage - http://storiesaboutheaven.com