SistahFaith Blog Book Tour
By APOOO • Feb 12th, 2010 • Category: Virtual Book Tours •
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SistahFaith – A Revolution of Restoration
Daddy’s Girl
by Carlean Smith
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying fear not I will help thee.
~Isaiah 41:13 KJV
When I read this scripture I was reminded of a time as a small child of five I went on an outing with my daddy. We reached a road with two lanes of traffic moving in both directions. This was the mid sixties and there was no flashing red hand warning you not to attempt to cross or icons letting you know it was safe to move forward. As we reached the center of the road the cars started rushing toward us in both directions. I said to my daddy, “I’m scared.” He just held my hand even tighter and said “Don’t be afraid all you have to do is stay on this yellow line.” I looked down at the yellow line; it did not look like much protection to me. I closed my eyes to the oncoming traffic. In those days there were no small compact fiberglass cars. They were heavy steel with big buck eyes that set to far apart and made them look mean and crazy with a grill that looked like big ugly teeth waiting to get close enough to devour you whole. With my eyes closed tight I waited to feel the pull of my daddy’s hand letting me know it was safe to cross.
With my earthly daddy I felt protected. I knew he would never allow one of those big menacing automobile to attack me. How much more our heavenly Father? I take great comfort knowing our heavenly Father want to hold our hands. I like holding hands. Holding hands is intimate and personal. It says I desire to be close to you and protect you, you are special to me and if you close your eyes I will lead you.
When the automobile of life comes plowing at you, whether it’s those ever mounting bills, loss of a job, loss of a love one, a broken heart, your child on drugs, college tuition, our heavenly is holding your hand saying “fear not I will help you. I still close my eyes when I’m afraid, but now it’s not teetering on thee edge of irresponsibility it’s real faith. I close my eyes to doubt and unbelief and trust that my heavenly father will help me. Faith never sees but trust.
ABOUT CARLEAN SMITH: Sistah Carlean is a native of Detroit, Michigan where she started a ministry for woman from abusive pasts called “Women for Christ,” a ministry dedicated to restoring woman to wholeness in Christ after emotional, physical, sexual and drug abuse. Carlean has one son, three grandchildren and lots of laughter and love. She now lives and works in Daytona Beach, Florida. She is working on her first novel. Visit Carlean at her blog: http://fearlessreflection.blogspot.com
ABOUT THE BOOK
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? (Jeremiah 8:22, NIV)
Twenty-five women, including Bunny Debarge, Sharon Ewell Foster, Stanice Anderson, Claudia Mair Burney and Marilynn Griffith, tell their stories of coming full circle from tragedy to triumph. Each contributor keeps it holy, keeping it real in these raw, relevant tales of redemption and restoration. Think of it as Prozac for the Christian Woman’s Soul!
A twelve week study is included for churches and book clubs. Instructions provided on gathering your own SistahFaith circle.
Join the network of sistahs at http://sistahfaith.ning.com/.
Check the tour schedule at http://bit.ly/SistahFaith
SISTAHFAITH CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
- MARILYNN GRIFFITH (Editor)
- STANICE ANDERSON
- TANYA R. BATES
- CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY
- WANDA J. BURNSIDE
- ROBIN CALDWELL
- SHELETTE CARLISLE
- LADY CATHERINE
- ETTERLENE “BUNNY” DEBARGE”
- DEE EAST
- SHARON EWELL FOSTER
- DORIEN HAGE
- GAIL M. HAYES
- DR. NAIMA JOHNSTON
- DELORES M. JONES, MSW, LMSW
- STEPHANIE L. JONES
- CARMITA MCCALL
- LAVONN NEIL
- CARLEAN SMITH
- DAVIDAE “DEE” STEWART
- SONYA VISOR
- LITTLE SALLY WALKER
- ROSALYN “ROS” WEBB
- ROBIN R. WISE
- KISHA WOODS
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Nicely done Carlean! Thank God for another Sistah showing herself so that another can be healed! This project birthed by Marilynn is going to reach a multitude and for that I am so thankful for these women of courage.
Thank you APOOO for allowing us to tour here on your wonderful site! Thanks Ty for the wonderful video.
It’s so wonderful that Apooo is highlighting this important project. Marilynn has really gone the extra mile to make sure that it reaches the hearts of women in all places and stages of life. Sistah Faith, Congrats on the book and a job well done!
Thanks so much for hosting us today and introducing Sistah Carmita McCall to your readers. She is truly amazing! Thanks again for all you do for readers and writers.
blessings,
marilynn
.-= Marilynn´s last blog ..This blog is SO not about Whitney Houston…Okay, maybe a little bit. (Redux) =-.
Thank you, Yasmin! I appreciate you hosting SistahFaith today.
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Hello, my sistah. Thanks so much for hosting SistahFaith.
I am blessed to be one of the contributing writers. Two of my life stories are included: Confession Is Good For The Soul which is in the form of a letter I wrote as an adult to my dad divulging my long held secret. The 2nd story is Amazed by Grace which is about another secret that I survived while in college.
Both secrets were at the root of my later life hopelessly addicted to heroin. Hopeless, that is until one night i heard a miraculous message that changed my eternal destiny and set everything in motion that led me to be set free from the bondage of active addiction.
I am a strong proponent of Revelations 12:11 which my sistahs here shared on the blog before me. “We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony.”
In SistahFaith, I was given the opportunity to share my voice amongst the voice of others who understand and live in that scripture. 4Real sistahs and brothers, bold and solidly bonded to Jesus. Marilynn, Dee, Sharon, Carlean, Claudia, Melodie, Wanda, and the list goes on and includes my 12-step sponsor for over 20 years, Dorine P, and my son, Mike (let the children lead them) –let me tell you–they are “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!”
There is power in telling our life-stories. While secrets grow in the dark; they die in the light of exposure. Spiritually, we come to believe that we are not alone—that we are more alike than different. We come to understand that with faith we can overcome anything and go on to do great things.
My purpose and passion lies in helping others develop amazing faith that overcomes low-self esteem, doubt, and inertia—an empowering faith that frees us to discover and live our best lives.
Together, we can do what I could not do alone.
SistahFaith is a movement that begins and ends with God. At least this is the way, I’m experiencing it.
I pray that God’s extreme favor saturates your life and the lives that APOOO touches.
God is blessing us, right now!
Stanice Anderson
SistahFaith Contributor, Author, Inspirational Speaker, Performance Artist (by God’s grace)
.-= Stanice Anderson´s last blog ..The Masks Must Go =-.