Audio Available This past spring was a turbulent time for me. I experienced a variety of strong reactions to events in my life. This has made me stop and consider how awesome the Holy Spirit is to my mental health. Several times, an overwhelming feeling of fear and dread left me with the kind of …
Author: patriciagunnhall
LOOKING FOR FRUIT
Artist Credit: G. Rodo Boulanger, 2009 Audio Available I don’t know about you, but when a person says they’re a Christian, I quietly watch them And how they treat others. That goes for social media, too. I also study God’s Word, so no one can twist Scripture and mislead me. Knowledge of His Word is …
CHOOSE KINDNESS
Aesop said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” My dad used to read his fables to us every night for bedtime stories. The above quote pertains to, “The Lion and the Mouse.” In a nutshell, the lion decides to let the mouse live instead of eating it. Soon after, the …
LORD, WHO AM I TO YOU?
(Audio available.) Sometimes it’s dark when I walk to the chicken coop and close them up for the night. Several times we have discovered chicken snakes or possums inside with them. I shine the flashlight around to make sure they’re safe. That alarms them, so I softly tell them it’s okay. My voice calms them, …
ROCKY THE RESCUE
One day my husband called me from work and said he wanted to adopt a fighting rooster. The county had confiscated eighteen roosters and they were going to be destroyed at the animal shelter. Out of all those roosters, only one didn’t attack a stick that was placed in the cage to test them. The …
KATIE’S QUEST FOR TRUTH
Patricia Gunn Hall The following is an excerpt from my third book. My character is a girl of fourteen searching for God. She needs to know beyond a shadow of doubt that He is real. She is also trying to reconnect with her mother and understand a friend’s jealousy. This fictional novel is for young …
BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS
Patricia Gunn Hall The following is an excerpt from my fifth novel. Eighteen-year-old Abigail and David, her eight-year-old brother find themselves alone in the wilderness. She struggles with panic attacks, while clinging to her faith. Her prayer is answered in a bittersweet way, but God was working on her future long before she prayed about …
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN
Patricia Gunn Hall In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths. The following is an excerpt from my first novel. It is a story about making plans and discovering that God is already directing “thy paths,” as Proverbs 3:6 states. My character buries her grandmother beside her grandfather and mother. She …
BENEATH HIS WING
A Novel by Patricia Gunn Hall The following is an excerpt from my second novel. My characters fall in love and experience marriage as ordained by our Creator. I want to honor God. I seek His approval in all that I do, so I leave the spice up to you and your imagination. This novel …
THE GOD I KNOW
A few weeks ago, I heard a delightful hymn by Elohim Songs, The God I Know. It begins with a verse of Scripture. "And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent." John 17:3 The words touched my soul. I hear it playing …
Searching for God 