Attitude of Gratitude

First of all, I hope Thanksgiving reminds us of all the things we have to be thankful for, especially God's love.

Okay, so many stores have started "Black Friday" deals early this year.  I am going to do my own thing!  Here's the plan for getting free Kindle downloads of my newest books:

"Black" Friday, 11/27 - "When the World Grows Cold"
Small Business Saturday, 11/28 - "Beyond the World"
Cyber Monday, 11/30 - "Where All Worlds End"

With all the 'birth pangs" the world is having (See Matthew 24), I felt the need to look into my own 'what if's' about the End Times.

Remember the Lord's main instructions to us were to "watch" and "be ready".

Hot Deals for a Cold Day

Today's the day-a hot deal for a cold day. Free KINDLE download of the first book in my new trilogy, which I have titled "Beyond the Peaks". This book is an updated version of what used to be "Book Four" The book's title is "When the World Grows Cold"--sure fits our current weather. If you don't have a kindle, there are free apps of it for smartphones, pc's. and even for other ereaders.
I hope you will check it out. It's also available in paperback! Either from Amazon or directly from the author--me!

Everything We Need

This was written by the husband of my Aqua Motion instructor, Carol.  His name is Dan Kinneburgh.  With his permission I am putting this wonderful expression of God's love for us on my blog.  He really expresses the verse, "My God shall meet all your needs in Christ Jesus, our Lord." Phil 4:19

"I like green olives and chocolate chip cookies, but not at the same time. I see God in many different forms and yet He is perfect in each one. When I am hurting physically I see Him as a perfect Comforter and Healer. When I don't know which way to turn, I see Him as a perfect Counselor. When I enjoy the beauty that surrounds me I see him as the perfect Creator. When I am looking for the answers to life, I see Him as the perfect Teacher. When I need protection I see Him as the perfect Defender. When I need deliverance from the effect of sin, I see Him as the perfect Defense Attorney. When I desire to have a perfect government I realize that it won't happen until we have God as our Lord of Lords and King of Kings. He is everything I need when I need it and He is Perfect."

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Free Kindle downloads are just around the corner for my newest books!

"Where All Worlds End" on Nov. 1
"Beyond the World" on Nov. 14
"When the World Grows Cold" on Nov. 20

And there are more to come!

Ordinary People in Exttraordinary Times

People sometimes get the wrong Idea when I say my stories are part-sci-fi and fantasy.  They don't tell about aliens and great galactic battles in the sense of Star Wars.  Maybe a bit more like Star Trek, but even more 'down to earth' than that.  I think today's blog title best expresses it.  I write about Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times--like what we may see as the End Times approach--and who hasn't wondered about that recently, with all the stuff in the news?

Just this week, my newest books have all been updated and are available on Amazon, either as E-books or as paperback. Check them out by searching my author name - M.F.Erler--or by the titles:
"When the World Grows Cold", "Beyond the World", and "Where All Worlds End". You don't need to read my first trilogy of books to read these! There will be free-download days in the Kindle store soon. I'll announce them here.

 Or you can contact me directly.  If the news is making you nervous, I hope my thoughts expressed in a fictional way may shed some light and hope.  That's my prayer.

Looking at Things in a New Way

In one of my book Forwards I say:  I hope that others who are searching and struggling (like I was) will pick up the ‘Rock called Christianity’, turn it over and see something unexpected—beyond the world’s assumptions of the Christian faith—and that they will think:  “What a surprise!  I’ve never looked at it that way before!”

God is the only one who can truly speak to hearts and change people.  So I just pray that He may perhaps be able to use my stories (humble attempts) to help someone else, too.  They have been a help to me, and that in itself is a good thing.  This has been especially true of the sixth book of the Peaks Saga, "Where All Worlds End"--it comes out this summer.  Writing this book has been a journey for me as well as for my characters.

Turning the Corner

Looking back over the past couple of years I am thankful to many people who have helped and supported me.  The Lord has used many ways to draw me back to Him.

Now that I don’t always see myself as ‘inadequate’ I can stop being defensive:

1   1)  It’s easier to apologize for mistakes.

   2)   I can forgive others more quickly, knowing they’re just human, too--and say things in the heat of the moment that they don’t really mean—like I do!

   3)   I can see the good things in my past, especially family relationships, that are no longer colored with the negative.

   4)  It’s a bit easier to keep saying the ‘long good-bye’ to my mother who has Alzheimer’s.

   5)And most important – I can see that the Lord doesn’t send bad things (or even migraines) to punish me.  I used to always ask myself, “What did I do wrong now?”  Instead I see now that the bad comes from the Prince of this World (Satan).  But the Lord can even turn these bad things around for good.  (Like when Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery.  In the end, he could tell them: ‘You meant this for evil, but God meant it for good—to save many people.’)

These are all things I’m trying to communicate in my writing, and two things have happened: One is that I have learned these things for myself so the writing has been therapeutic.  The other thing is I hope and pray that I can be a help to others as they read my stories.

I don’t want to ‘give advice’ or ‘fix-it cures’ –but hopefully just by sharing my own journey I can help others who may be struggling.  I have not physically experienced all the things my characters have, but the emotional impacts of things in my life I’ve translated into fictional physical actions.