Bøger af Iris Long

"Showered By God's Love" details my trek through a spiritual wilderness that at times proved to be physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausting. When people and circumstances changed around me, affecting my peace and my steps, blessings and love from heaven sustained me, strengthened me, and renewed my focus. The Holy Spirit enabled me to continue one more day after one more day, culminating in another week, another month, another year. I began to understand how King David wrote the Psalms--soaring in victory and praising the Lord of the Battle for victories one day, and then seemingly crying from the depths of despair the next. Traveling through these pages, you may recognize a similar yo-yo pattern in your journey for more of Jesus. I share the steps I have traveled as encouragement from a co-laborer in seeking Christlikeness. I believe this is an ongoing goal in the lives of believers until we enter eternity.

I woke up on my birthday in 2005 with the realization that my life was going to change for the better. I did not hear an audible voice or receive a cryptic message; rather, my entire being--mind, soul, spirit, body--was filled with this revelation. Despite my subsequent faith failure, God brought an incredible man into my life in the fall of 2006, and I experienced love far beyond my hopes and dreams. We married in 2008, and every day was bliss. I had not known this kind of love existed outside of fairy tales. Quietly and without warning, my love moved to heaven in the early morning hours on March 22, 2011. Through the grief and tears that followed over the next few years, an intimate relationship began with God, bringing healing of all the losses in my life and the pain of the past. He has changed my mind, my heart, my hopes and desires, through His amazing love and grace, and in the process He has given me a beautiful love story to share.