The Former Things
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I've already lived most of my life. That is to say, according to statistics, my age indicates I'm on the downhill side of life here on planet earth...which is not all bad.
There are bad things about being on the downhill side - my hair is thin, my body is thick. Parts I never knew I had hurt sometimes and my mind doesn't always cooperate with me. But oh there are so many more good things about the downhill side!
Some of those good things are my priorities are straighter. I don't "sweat the small stuff," and sometimes I don't even sweat the "big stuff" either. Another good thing is I have learned that there is something we can take with us when we die...relationships. Relationships are eternal and, therefore, the most important things in which we can invest our time, energy and resources.
The most precious good part of this time of life is I have a history of experiencing God's faithfulness in my life. I have a well full of evidence of His faithfulness from which to draw when my faith becomes dry. I remember the "former things" and those memories remind me that He is the same yesterday, today and forever. That He is the Master, the Creator of all things and there is nothing too difficult for Him.
So, like any other older person, I have stories. My favorite stores are the ones of His workings in my life. The other day I was sharing one of these stories with some friends and one of them said, "You should write these down. They would be a great encouragement to people." I prayed about it and so here I am. All these stores are true - they are not embellished one bit. I pray that Jesus will use my life stories to encourage and bless you.
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About the Book
Did you ever think in your heart, “If there is a God, where is he?” I did, a lot.
As a child I started on a search for what I began to call the God of the Old Testament, and what I meant by that was the God who actually showed up and did things, the God who was personally involved in our lives.
My search took me down many paths. A child of the sixties, my paths included sex, drugs, rock and roll, and the occult. My search ended one night when, in pain and desperation, I threw a Bible I had been trying to read at a wall, shook my fist at the ceiling, and cried out, “I don’t know if you are real or not, but if You are real, You better do something! I don’t care what You do, but do something!”
I didn’t know, as I sobbed myself to sleep that night, that God had heard my heartfelt cry and that I was about to meet the One for whom I had been searching—nor did I know that He was far more than I ever imagined.
About the Author
Although Vicki L. Hellmund is retired from years of work in the business world, she does not consider herself retired, but rather refired. She spends her “refirement” recording God’s creation through her photography and sharing God’s love through her writings and encouragements. A mother of three sons and grandmother to one granddaughter, she treasures her family and friends. Vicki’s desire is to wear out rather than rust out, and she enjoys every day in harness with Jesus.