Thoughts from God's Favorite Child

FOREWORD: A few years ago, I started referring to myself as “God’s Favorite Child”. My family knows this. My co-workers know this. My church members know this. EVERYONE knows this. It all came about from a random conversation I had with a friend as we were driving back from lunch one day. We were talking about the goodness of God and how He blesses us with wonderful, marvelous things - in spite of ourselves. I made the comment that His blessings were always specific to me and how I wished I had a t-shirt that said “I am my Heavenly Father’s Favorite Child”. That following November, for my birthday, she presented me with my T-shirt - personalized with my name on the front! I took it and RAN with it! Now, I know you are probably sitting there thinking, “Ok, she’s crazy, because I am His favorite.” You can think that, but do you have a t-shirt to prove it? Yeah…probably not. On March 27, 2008, I began my blogging experiment with a blog entitled THOUGHTS FROM GOD’S FAVORITE CHILD. The book you hold in your hand is a condensed version of that blog. The entries have been edited, revised and re-arranged in a way that makes a little more sense than the randomness of the original blog. At least, that is my hope. I have written about ... well, everything. Personal struggles and accomplishments. Random views on current local, national and worldwide events. I have expressed my thoughts and opinions on everything from holidays, love, and my relationship struggles with family, friends and God. Sometimes I’ve written with great gravity and tears behind the writings, but for the most part, I have tried to inject some laughs and humor along the way. Most importantly, I strive to write so that most of my writings point to my Heavenly Father, because it is because of Him that I am who I am – His Favorite Child. Finding topics to write about hasn’t always been easy. This fact constantly surprises me because I ALWAYS have something to say about something. However, I have found that, in an effort to be aware of my audience, and to make sure that feelings aren’t hurt or that what I am saying is not misinterpreted: I sometimes have to shift, adjust and change what I TRULY want to say. Some days, it is easy to write: I wake up and the thought is fully developed in my head and all I have to do is put it down on paper. Sometimes, I think I know what I am going to say, but I’ll start writing and it takes on a life of its own. And then there are the days when I got nothing. I boot up the computer and the cursor just blinks at me – waiting, waiting, waiting. In the past, the waiting cursor would discourage me and I’d walk away and just not write – some times for days or weeks on end. In times of great stress or grief or trial, I have found that I would just shut down and could not put the hurt and pain to paper. Looking back, I found that this was probably not the best way to respond to the challenges I faced and I wonder about the lessons learned that were not shared with others. I am praying that God will guide my steps as I continue this journey. I am confident that my words are not going out into a vacuum because the feedback I get from my readers tells me that someone is reading and listening to what I am rambling about. I pray every day that someone is blessed by something I write. And as I write, I pray that I grow closer to my Father as He shows me His love for me. Thank you for showing an interest in this book. I pray that you are blessed by what you find within the pages. I pray that it points you to God, because while I am His Favorite, you are pretty darn special to Him too. The website for the blog is www.godsfavoritechildspeaks.blogspot.com. Now that this book is done, I can get back to blogging!