I've been studying the life of King David and Solomon for my upcoming Christmas story. I ran across several interesting facts, so I thought I would share them with you this week. Historians believe that David was born in Bethlehem sometime between 1040-1030 B.C. David was probably around 10-13 years old when Samuel anointed him as the next king of Israel. David was probably 15-17 years old when he slays Goliath. His youth is probably one of the reasons that Saul delayed giving his daughter to David as a wife like he had promised to the man who would kill Goliath. Jonathan was much older than David. King David made his sons Royal Advisers in Jerusalem when they were probably between the ages of 14-18. This apparently caused them to become prideful judging by their actions. King David is one of the most amazing Biblical examples of God's grace. Though he sinned many, many times even murdering the husband of the woman he took in adultery, yet because of his repentant heart, God called him a man after God's own heart. (I Sam 13:14, Acts 13:22) What is your favorite story from King David's life?
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Welcome Ada! Tell us a little bit about yourself. I have been writing for Christian publications since age 15 and spent much of my life as a daily newspaper reporter. I have a B.S. degree in Mass Communications and worked most of my career at The Pueblo Chieftain in Colo., where I spent the last seven years as a medical writer. After moving to Springfield, MO in retirement, I continue to free lance for Christian publications and write non-fiction and fiction books. I am critique group leader of Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers. How did you discover your calling to be a writer? I was the youth leader in our church and had lots of ideas for unusual services so I sent them to the Assemblies of God’s youth leader’s magazine and they were published. Then we moved to the Utah desert to a town of 100 and no church. God did a work in me and I began writing, both for Christian publications and as a newspaper correspondent. What books have influenced your life most? The Bible (it still amazes and thrills me); The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond; Catherine Booth’s biography; Luther’s biography. Fiction: Nightmare Academy by Peretti; Desert Rose series by Catherine Palmer, and many other great writers. If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor? My first editors, Richard Champion and Robert C. Cunningham. By example and teaching, Janette Oke, Janice Thompson, Davis Bunn, and many others. What is your favorite time in History? Now—2013—because God is working powerfully throughout the world despite great wickedness and the Lord could return to catch away the church at any moment. For my reading, I love historical set in the 1850s to the turn of the 20th Century. I hope to write a novel someday set in the 1950s because I lived then and my husband was a railroad telegrapher. What was the most outstanding thing you learned while researching for your book? For Imagine the Future You, I enjoyed learning the history of amplification and the first bass guitar, a great illustration of how an ordinary person can create amazing things. Another was a true event that illustrated the seriousness of bad habits. Someone leaned a bicycle up against a young sapling tree and left it there for years. The tree grew around the bike and in order to remove it, the tree would have to be cut down. Of course they left it there as an oddity. Please tell us about your book. Imagine the Future You should be released in a few weeks. I just received a proof. Will you be the person you dream of being—or someone from your nightmares? Today is the time to IMAGINE and to create an action plan for your future. · How harnessing your will can make you a champion · How to make valuable deposits into your mind, detoxify harmful substances in the brain, and avoid brain washing · How to look and be your best · How to connect with Someone who will make a difference in your life · How who you marry changes everything · How to avoid traps that jeopardize your future · Where you want your name to appear · Why you can believe God is there and interested in your future · Examples of people who grabbed their future and held on This book will show how to make the right connections, how to grow you talents, and how to begin believing in yourself and things greater than yourself—for a wonderful Future You! What do you want readers to take away from your book? Determination to do and be their best as they work toward the future with faith in God to take them to heaven for eternity. Any fun tidbits about you you'd like to share with us? I was the eighth child in our large financially destitute family. Yet because my parents and older siblings came to the Lord about the time I was born, I was rich in love and joy. Every one of us became achievers and a large percentage made a positive impact on a portion of the world and their commitment is extending into the next generation with doctors, attorneys, musicians, pastors, missionaries, church workers, business men and women, writers, high-level educators and much more. Our house vibrated with live music because we all sang and played instruments. One day as my friends and I washed dishes, just for fun we started a trio with each of us singing at the top of our lungs in a different key. I don’t know how my mom kept from running out the door with her ears plugged. What is the next project you're working on? My historical novel, The Lady Fugitive, is written and should be on the market in three months. How can readers find you on the internet? Joe the Dreamer: The Castle and the Catapult http://buff.ly/XeqTvH Swallowed by LIFE: Mysteries of Death, Resurrection and the Eternal: http://amzn.to/Jnc1rW Confessions of a Pentecostal: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088OP460 Blog: http://inkfromanearthenvessel.blogspot.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/AdaBrownellWritingMinistries Twitter: @adellerella Blog: http://inkfromanearthenvessel.blogspot.com Stick to Your Soul Encouragement Amazon Ada Brownell author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001KJ2C06 Thank you so much for being here with us today, Ada! |
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AuthorAmber Schamel was born in Littleton, CO and has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and the Holy Land. She was raised in a family of 11 children, home-schooled through education and currently works with their 10 family businesses. Amber is a multi-published author and currently lives with her family outside of Colorado Springs, CO.. Archives
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