Facing Detours

This summer I had a chance to speak at my church on the topic of facing detours. I was also blessed to be able to talk about my devotional book- Observations at the Bird Feeder. i’ve even been able to go to 3 events to sell that book. But as I look back at my summer I noticed that I have had a few more detours.

As I noted in my talk, when you face detours try to learn what you need to as you go through these trying times.

I started out writing fiction when I was 13. At 70 I found I was now well equipped to write my devotional book. As a newspaper reporter, photographer and editor I learned to write to a deadline, be observant and take photos. When I went from my doctorate, I learned how to research. I used all of these skills for writing my book. You never know what lies ahead or why you go through detours. But God does.

The day I was taking my husband to have a medical procedure. I found out that my agent had passed away. The last we had talked, she had said that she had sent my manuscript for a historical fiction book proposal to a publishing house. Now it seemed I would have to start all over. More time wasted. Or maybe not.

God’s time is not my time so when I found out the name and contact person of the publishing house, I emailed them. They were glad to accept my book proposal and novel. So now I’ll wait and see what happens next. In the meantime, I’ll try to figure out what I’m supposed to learn next.