Christian devotional with 90 stories based on the author's experiences of finding God every day.
Ninety devotionals including an experience from the author's life, a relevant Scripture, and a prayer. The book may be used as a daily devotional for three months or read as a series of stories.
Excerpt
Doing All Things
I was the first person in my family to go to college, and I was in a work-study program to help pay for my education. I was assigned to the library, and when I showed up to find out what my job would be, the librarian took me into a tiny office.
"Your application said you took typing," she said. "You'll type the catalog cards for us."
There was a problem, however—and I'm really dating myself now! The small high school I’d attended owned only one electric typewriter. We each got to type on it once during the year; the rest of the time, we used the old manual typewriters. We didn't even get to turn on the electric one—the teacher turned it on for us and just let us type a few paragraphs.
To my shock, the typewriter in the college library was an electric. I immediately panicked. I envisioned myself being kicked out of school because I couldn't do the job, humiliating myself and dashing my family's dreams of having a member with a college education.
I had no idea what to do, but God gave me the answer.
I took a deep breath and asked, "Do you have a manual for this machine? I'm not familiar with this model, and I'd like to read up on it to save time when I start."
The librarian handed me the book that held the secrets to this challenging piece of equipment. I took it back to my dorm room and read it, re-read it, and studied it. The next day, I reported to work and turned on that typewriter just as if I'd done it a hundred times before.
I don't know if the librarian ever realized I didn't know what I was doing. She never gave any indication she did, and in a few months, she started giving me the most complicated jobs in the library. She was also the faculty secretary and even had me type the minutes and correspondence for the faculty.
If God provided the answer to my ignorance about an electric typewriter, He can provide the answer in any situation. He may not always solve our problems, but He always gives us the strength to get through.
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. ~ Philippians 4:13
Heavenly Father, too often I rely on my own strength, and it's not enough. I will lean on You, knowing that You will either solve the problem or give me the strength to get through it. You are always with me, lifting me up when I am weak. Thank You that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. In His name. Amen.
Professional Reviews
Where's God?
“Where’s God” is a question everyone asks, particularly when life brings heartaches and difficulties. Lillie Amman answers the question by pulling back the curtain, allowing us to see and feel her personal struggles to find God’s presence in the good, the bad, and the ugly of daily life. Her message: we too can find God when we stop, look, and listen.
Lillie writes with passion and emotion; she allows us to walk beside her and see her discovery of God in her daily life. Her stories are so real and compelling the book is hard to put down. Each chapter includes two items from her experience: a Bible verse showing God does show up and a prayer.
Where’s God, you ask? He’s here with us; we can find Him in our daily life when we look. ~ Ben Ferguson, Adopt-a-Chaplain
Read and be blessed
You have within your grasp a key to 'Finding God in the Everyday’ or you would not be reading these sentences. Know this, and be prepared for its impact: this little book may be God’s way to help you do just that—to find God in the everyday. That said, as my friend Lillie helps us learn (though she never says it quite this way): the fact is we don’t really need to find God. Nor does He need to find us. He knows right where we are. If we are honest, we know right where He is, too. If we open our eyes, we can see Him. If we open our ears, we can hear Him. If we open our hearts, we can know Him, for “He is not far from any one of us, for in Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:27b-28). Every day. When I read this book by a friend I have known for almost 20 years, a friend with whom I have worked closely on many occasions and on many important projects, I was surprised by so many details and stories I had never heard. I was also blessed to learn “the stories behind the stories” that I already knew. Whether you know her or not, I think you will find the same thing; and, in the end, I think you, too, will think of her as a friend. The faith and stories shared in these pages are not only inspiring, they are instructive. They are helpful. They are down-home. They are everyday. And they are otherworldly. Read and be blessed. Welcome to the life of knowing God in the miraculous, other-worldly, plain ol' life of every day. ~ Fr. Jerry Sherbourne
Pithy, direct, and easily understood
I’ve been privileged to be Lillie Ammann’s priest for 13 years. She’s like an onion…lots of layers of wonderful experience, wit, humor, and talent. And God has used those layers in her devotional book.
It in, you will find “Miss Lillie”—pithy, direct, and easily-understood. That comes out, as we would have said in my military career, “loud and clear.” Some other things come out: faith, perseverance, and a lifetime of learning at our Master’s nail-scarred feet—things money can’t buy.
Miss Lillie has applied the narrative of her diverse life to one point—growing in the Grace and Love of Jesus Christ. She’s literally taken her life and given it to us to share what she’s learned at each juncture. It’s a rare gift, and certainly one that will better our world, as she shares her hope in Jesus through the vehicle of her remarkable perspective.
Read this and grow in Him Who is our Hope. ~ The Venerable Father CB “Chip” Harper++, Anglican Archdeacon Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas
When two men hit the reset button and decide to go out looking for the good in the world, they not only find it but also a lot more.
P.S. The title is listed on Amazon under Look for Something Good by Robert Drews (not by Robert H. Drews)
Reflections and Nature Watercolors is a collection of Margaret's spontaneous positive thoughts in celebrating and reflecting on life and her nature watercolors.
