FEATURED AUTHOR
had a lot of grace He needed to pour into
me. I was a wounded spirit.
The hard things in life God used to make
me teachable. Only when I came to the end
of myself did I realize God really is
everything He claims to be—and much
more. I am thankful for those dark, fearful,
waters almost thirty years ago. Without
them, God couldn’t give me the books He
wants me to write today.
I am working on the third book in the
Seventh Dimension Series – The Castle,
where a young Jewish boy is confronted
with a scandalous secret hidden from his
people for two thousand years.
The process of writing puts me in the
seventh dimension – where God reveals
Himself to me in ways I don’t understand.
LORILYN R
OBERTS
T
wo days before my thirtieth
birthday my ex-husband left me
for another woman. The house
was cold and empty and I thought I would
never be happy again. I didn’t want to live
anymore and seriously considered ending
my life.
God too small. We try to create Him in our
image and then when our puny dreams
aren’t answered, we’re disappointed.
Maybe we ask with the wrong motives at
times, but more often than not, God wants
to give us something better.
However, life keeps moving forward just as
God’s kingdom advances unceasingly. I
now have two beautiful internationally
adopted daughters, I work at home
providing broadcast captioning for
television, and I just published my seventh
book as an indie author.
I just returned from a mission trip to Nepal
with my younger daughter, Joy. We
delivered a hundred pounds of books to
orphans. God renewed my spirit on the trip,
giving me a more positive attitude toward
life and hope that no matter how wicked
the world seems, His kingdom is moving
forward. The gates of Hell will not prevail.
Never give up on your dreams—commit
your ways to God and He will give you so
much more. If anything, I believe we make
God put writing on my heart at a very
young age—but without great grace, we
can’t have great redemption. God surely
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“The mystery of God
keeps me from making
God too small.”
If we don’t have hope that God can give us
our ultimate dreams, then we have made
God a stingy God. My hope, satisfaction,
and supreme joy are wrapped up in my
Lord and Savior. If ever I start to doubt
God’s grace, I’m the one who has moved,
not God.
I returned to college at the ripe old age of
fifty-six and received my Master of Arts in
Creative Writing. In the last three years, I
have won almost a dozen awards for my
writing.
My prayer now is to be able to write full
time and make a living from my books. In
the meantime, I’m thankful for all the
opportunities we have to get our books into
the hands of readers.
- Bio by Lorilyn Roberts