Gay's Days, Veteran's Day 2014

 

 

Veteran's Day

November 11, 2014

 

 

 

Mr. Thomas Moore

 

 

This dear man was a POW in Germany during WWII. Shot in the right arm, the Germans captured and imprisoned him for six months before the British Army made their way to the site and freed the men.

 

He won't talk much about it.

 

Moore goes weekly to the Veteran's Administration each Wednesday here in Houston. A group of Vets gather to share their nightmares. Yes, after all these years, Tom still has them.

 

For years, this man who will be ninety-three on January 1, 2015, drove himself across Houston freeways for the weekly meetings at the VA. Just this past year, a neighbor began taking him.

 

You'll find Tom joining us each Sunday in Bible Study and Worship. He drives himself these shorter distances, and he's faithful. For three days this past week, Tom was hospitalized, but on Sunday, he arrived in his usual, early manner.

 

Tom is an avid reader, and prizes my books. In my first book, Sarah: A Mission of Love, I named the hero Tom.  I had Moore in mind. My character isn't similar, but the fictional Tom is a good man, and so is the real Tom.  The Warrior Angel in my series is named Tomas. I wish I could honor this faithful man in other ways.

 

I asked Mr. Moore if I could interview him and write his story. He thought about it and then declined. So many of these men refuse to talk about their experiences. Moore says a lot of Vets feel that we, the general public, won't understand.

 

We appreciate veterans who've served and are serving our country, but I'm sending a special thanks to Mr. Moore.

 

And one to my Dad who resides in heaven. He never spoke about his experiences either.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Gay's Days November 6, 2014

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Have you read Sarah: Laney's Angel?  If you haven't, you can now listen to the novel instead of reading it!  Check it out on Amazon Audible.  The reader does an excellent job.  I'm enjoying listening, and I wrote it!

 

 

Before I devoted my days to writing, I worked as an interior designer.  Some of my experiences made it into this book.

 

Chapter One starts off with Laney inside a vacant house with her samples. She's there to check measurements before she orders materials. Workers aren't around, and the area is secluded. When an intruder enters and finds a beautiful woman inside, he's thrilled and thinks he hit the jackpot.

 

I actually had this experience.

 

And it was scary.

 

No angels were present that I know of, but I've never prayed so hard in my life. When the guy touched me, I backed off and began talking as fast as I knew how.

 

In Laney's case, Tomas, the Warrior Angel, alerted her boss, and he decked the guy.

 

No human showed up to help me. Just the Lord and His unseen forces.

 

I left the house with the man following, got into my car, locked the doors, and then the thing wouldn't start!

 

More prayers.

 

Once more, I turned the key in the ignition, and this time, the engine purred to my relieved ears.

 

I never went back to an empty house again without the construction superintendent's presence.

 

Do you think Laney learned her lesson?

 

I hope you'll read or listen to find the answer to that question.

 



Gay's Days, November 3, 2014

Sunday, was a busy day.

Hubby had asked me two months ago to prepare a program on Fanny Crosby. I presented it in church yesterday.

Fanny Crosby was a brilliant, talented hymn writer. Born March 24, 1820, she died on February 12, 1915. During her ninety-five years, she wrote 9000 hymns. As a gifted musician, she played several instruments and also wrote melodies, but she felt her tunes were to complicated to be played.

Blindness failed to keep her from ministry in the slums of New York City. Fanny believed her lack of sight was a blessing and remained positive about it.  As an eight year old child, she wrote the following words.

Oh, what a happy child I am, 
Although I cannot see! 
I am resolved that in this world 
Contented I will be!

How many blessings I enjoy 
That other people don't! 
To weep or sigh because I'm blind, 
I cannot and I won't.

One of her songs, "Praise Him! Praise Him!" was written in 1869.  Just think, that was four years after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. She later heard that treason charges were dropped against former Confederate States president, Jefferson Davis.

To mention all major world events in her lifetime would take too long, but the news must have been an influence. The impact that electrified her life was her commitment to God. 

Many people dropped by her apartment to ask for lyrics to their melodies. More often than not, Fanny wrote them on the spot.

That fact amazes me. Most of us authors require a large amount of planning and plotting to produce a book. Crosby formed rhyming words instantly.

Here are the songs I featured yesterday. I told the stories behind the compositions.

To God be the Glory”                                                 

“Praise Him! Praise Him”                                                 

“Tell Me the Story of Jesus”                                             

“Rescue the Pershing”                                                      

“Blessed Assurance”                                                     

“I Am Thine” 

“Close to Thee”

“Near the Cross”                                                                

“Give Me Jesus”

"All the Way My Savior Leads Me”                                   

“He Hideth My Soul”                                                           

“Redeemed”                                                                      

“Saved by Grace”

"Pass Me Not"

 

The Bible tells us that our works follow us. Such is the case with Fanny Crosby