One of the lines in the book in Chapter 5 says, What type of legacy will your fruit produce?

That line in the whole book hit me the hardest as I was writing this.

I've been saved for years now, living for the Lord as best as I could. At least I thought so. A couple of years ago, I was challenged in what I read. Now, if you need to know anything about me it's that I love to read (mainly fiction), and I love to be creative. Reading is typically a good thing but when you're reading books that don't glorify God but also fuels your flesh, it eventually becomes visible. Even though I wasn't physically doing anything wrong, these books changed my demeanor, attitude, and spirit. They became an idol in my life. I clearly remember The Lord telling me it was time to give them up and I wasn't ready. I was enjoying myself or at least my flesh was. One Sunday, there was a series we were learning about where my pastor talked about masquerading. He talked about what living for the Lord looked like vs the facade of how the world gives permissions that the Word of God does not. I remember going home and saying Lord I don't want to be doubleminded anymore. Deliver me from this. He did, of course, but I had to walk it out. 

What do I mean by walk it out? I had to delete every book one by one. Yes, one by one. As I was doing so, I was genuinely in tears. My prayer while doing The Lord's will was, what do I do now? The desire for reading isn't gone so what do I replace that with? My first thought of course was Christian fiction. Surely, there's some good books that can still glorify God through a story. Well, if you have found some that don't talk about demons, ghosts hunting, and just plain morbid, let me know. I felt the same way reading these particular ones as I did with the books I was already reading. Finally, Holy Spirit gave me the idea to write my own which I shied away from immediately. Day after day until I said yes, I would get these story lines and plot developments that sounded awesome enough for me to say that might actually be good. 

These books The Lord is creating through me has come from the testimony of how Christ delivered me from myself. He is using what I've read and learned, to help someone else who wants to follow Christ wholeheartedly but likes to read too. I pray you enjoy it and share it with others.

Love and Blessings,

S L Gandy