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Inspired by Love: Living Life with Faith offers personal spiritual reflections on everyday life that are humorous and poignant by turns. In this collection of essays, author Anne Goodsell Love weaves together insights on the nuances of life and the magic thats all around ushighlighting it for you to see in your own life. These essays about relationships, parenting, courage, change, and love offer messages for everyone. By combining her essays with Scriptures and prayer, she provides an inspiring way to start or end your day. There are lessons to be drawn from everything that we do in our daily lives, from meeting a child for a chat after school to being present and following the rules of the road. Love weaves each story with a moral designed to make us think about how our actions impact others and what spiritual implications they hold. Inspired by Love: Living Life with Faith provides insight into situations we encounter every day and considers how we can respond to them in a spirit-filled manner. For more inspiration go to: inspiredbylove.me

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Publié par	Inspiring Voices
Date de parution	08 juin 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781462401628
Langue	English

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Inspired BY Love
Living Life with Faith
Anne Goodsell Love

Copyright © 2012 Anne Goodsell Love

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

All scripture citations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Inspiring Voices books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

Inspiring Voices
1663 Liberty Drive
Bloomington, IN 47403
www.inspiringvoices.com
1-(866) 697-5313

Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

All images are by Mark Berkley, used with permission.

ISBN: 978-1-4624-0163-5 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4624-0162-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012939310

Inspiring Voices rev. date: 06/05/2012
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Being Loving
Extravagance
E-cards and Greetings Cards
Comfort
Being Like Luna
Civility
Making The Bed
Being Courageous
Luna
Telling My Story
Show Up
Being Patient
Amarylis Or Oak Tree?
2,200 Acorns
Stop Lights
Asking For Help
The Parental Juggling Act
God Is My Co-Pilot
Asking For Help
Being Present
Focus!
My To-Do List
Running In Front Of The Wave
Just Doing It
Being Playful
Luna And The Loons
Playing Pinochle
Not Too Old For Songfest!
Being Positive
One Turn At A Time
The Pot Luck Dinner
Detour Ahead
Salt
Sunrise Reflection
You Are Not Alone
The Tow Pound
Love Is Like A Life Raft
Reeling In The Big Fish
Missing You
Fear Not
I Want Answers

Acknowledgements
Many people have encouraged me along the way to publishing this book; I thank them from the bottom of my heart. My sons, Conor and Garrett, are a source of joy and inspiration. My parents, Millard and Irene Goodsell, have been cheerleaders for me all my life; thanks Mom and Dad! Friends Leslie Kantor and Carol Van Der Karr were the first to encourage me to start a blog. Susan Watson helped me to create the title of the blog. Jeremiah Tanious, my writing buddy, has “been a stand for me” to follow my desire to write. John Van Der Karr is a constant source of joy and love.
Inspiration and ideas come from my participation in the life of Prospect Presbyterian Church, which is led with tremendous talent and love by Rick Boyer, Rita Boyer, Jason Asbury, and a large cast of other “church family” members. Other friends are a source of strength and laughter—thanks to Chris DeMarco, Caroline Farnsworth, Rick Noll, Candace Snyder, David Snyder, Stacy Mevs, and Robin M. Similarly, many co-workers have been instrumental in giving me confidence and sharing their lives with me - Ruta Shah-Gordon, Maddy Sliger, Dina Assante, Candy Pucci, Camille Cook, Ann Giarratano, Dorine Trivelli, Margaret Echanique, Natalie Johnson, Victoria Crispo, Tulin Aldas, Mary Zanfini, Cass Freedland, Curtis Wright, Sabrina Slater, Sara Klein, Letty Romero, Richard Guarasci, Devorah Lieberman, Sofia Pertuz, and Catharine McGlade – thanks and love to you all. Thanks to Mark Berkley for following his desire to capture the beauty of nature with his photography, and for sharing his work in this book.
And thanks be to God from whom all blessings flow.
Introduction
“Welcome to Inspiring Voices!” said Caleb, the publishing consultant. “We’ll get you all set up and give you access to the Writer’s Resource Room, which includes over 500 articles and resource items so that you can fully step into the world of being an author. It’s a great collection of material and I’m sure you’re really going to be excited to see what’s in there!” Clearly, he is excited about offering me this resource, and he thinks I’m going to love it. What I’m thinking is, Holy cow! I have to read 500 things in the process of writing this book?! This is going to be a lot more complicated than I thought.
So began the publication process for this book. The writing process started a few years ago, with a desire to write about the small joys and wonders of life. I am a college administrator and the mother of two teenage boys. I had been reading inspirational essays and daily devotionals for many years, but I started to hear myself composing my own essays in my head as I was gardening, walking my dog, or driving to work. I wrote “Sunrise Reflection” and sent it to a few family members and friends who liked it and encouraged me to write more. After writing a few more, friends suggested that I start a blog and gradually I added to it. A fellow coach in a Landmark Education course, who was starting a writing project of his own, proposed that we have weekly check-in phone calls to hold each other accountable for the goals we were setting, and that combination of structure and encouragement prompted me to keep on writing.
I get ongoing encouragement from my church family at Prospect Presbyterian Church, and from family, friends, and co-workers. I also get encouragement from the writing process itself, and from the close connection I feel to God when I truly let down my guard and allow myself to feel God’s presence. Exploring my feelings—joy and sadness, courage and fear, laughter and tears—has sharpened my sense of connection to other people and to God. Having grown up in Connecticut, born to and raised by loving Yankee Protestants who live by the motto of “less talk, more action,” I never thought I would profess my faith outside of the walls of my church, but the fiery furnace of a divorce made me realize that I need to follow my dreams, and be bold and powerful in the process.
I invite you to explore your own life as you read these reflections, and I encourage you to capture your thoughts, hopes, and dreams in writing before they swirl away in the face of fear, uncertainty, or doubt. Be courageous in declaring actions you will take, connections you will make or renew, new directions you will explore. We have one life to live, and while I am all for careful planning, preparation, and decision making, at some point—if we want to live a life of fulfillment and purpose—we have to take responsibility for our own future and take steps toward it. We won’t move forward every day, and sometimes we’ll take steps back or to the side, but I believe that over time, a slow and steady forward march wins the race.
Being persistent, having faith, clinging to hope, facing our fears—these are the ways to keep moving forward. As a person of faith, I have the assurance that I am not alone in my journey, and the confidence to say that neither are you. I pray that you will find inspiration and motivation in these pages. Dream big, act boldly, reach out to others, and rejoice often!
Being Loving
Extravagance
“EVERYONE SERVES THE GOOD wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk.