Yesterday I was in a U.S. Post office substation in a Hallmark store mailing some packages of Personal Prayer Power DVDs and guidebooks when the woman behind the counter saw my return address and said, “Are you Karen Barber, the Daily Guideposts writer?”  I answered yes and then she said, “And how is your son who’s overseas in the service?”
I told her that our son Chris was due to come home hopefully in early November. Then I realized that she was talking about the devotional that’s in the 2007 edition of Daily Guideposts where I wrote a piece on how I found the strength to get through Chris’s deployment to Afghanistan, which occurred several years ago.
The woman went on about how when she reads Daily Guideposts she can nearly tell who wrote them because our readers get to have small glimpses into our lives year after year. In a way, they feel like they’re our friends and part of the family, too.
I explained to the delightful postmistress that Daily Guideposts devotionals are written a year or two before they’re seen in print. In fact, right now I’ve gotten the notice about the deadline for my 2009 devotionals!Â
If you’re not familiar with Daily Guideposts, it’s an anthology of inspirational thoughts from about 40 different writers. I have about 5 or 6 devotionals sprinkled in throughout the year. When I write my devotionals, I go back over my journals and put sticky notes on different things that happened in my life that taught me a spiritual lesson. It’s a wonderful way to review how God has been at work in my life during the last year. I’m not sure if Daily Guideposts is one of the most read devotionals, but they do sell about 750,000 copies a year and I know that in my house, my husband Gordon and I both read it.
In my next blog post I’ll include the devotional about “mountain moving faith” that helped me whenChris was deployed to Afghanistan. In the meantime, if you’d like to know more about Daily Guideposts log onto www.guideposts.com Â
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