There’s an account of a meeting between Elijah the prophet and God , where the prophet is hiding in a cave, worn out and defeated. When God confronts him saying, “What are you doing here Elijah?”, he replies with a tale of woe and discouragement, asking the Lord to end his life.

While I haven’t been exactly hiding in a cave, I have been doing some end of life thinking in the recent past, especially after major heart surgery last fall. Specifically, I took my book off the market so that no print copies would be on the market, and later took it out of the digital market as well. I stopped blogging regularly, and even considered getting off WordPress entirely. The only thing that prevented me from taking that step was the loss of some good friends and followers (and those I follow).

But then I got to thinking about why God saved me through heart surgery. It was like, “So now what Lord?” Then, our church library in a routine change of featured books on display, put my book right there in plain view.  The librarian and another woman talked to me, saying that they wondered if most of the  people in the congregation even knew I’d written a book. One even suggested that I should offer to do a study using the book. I responded that the book was no longer in print.

When Elijah finished his whining, God told him to get up and, “Go, return on your way…” He gave the prophet a whole list of things to do because the Lord was not finished with him yet.

The back cover of my book, “Aimless Life, Awesome God” shows a recent photo of me and begins with the question, “Why am I still alive?” It’s one of the reasons I wrote in the first place, because I couldn’t figure out why God had intervened in my life so many times. I wanted to document how the Lord kept me alive, and fenced me repeatedly, when I had no clue as a very ordinary, undistinguished, and somewhat “aimless” kind of guy.

So, the book is back, and it’s available in both Kindle and paperback versions here with spiffy new covers. (And no, I-m not asking my friends to buy another copy, although I’m trying to come up with a way to make autographed copies available.) However, if you have found the book interesting, I’d appreciate a review, and your recommendation to your friends and audiences.

And I will try to post more often. And I’ve been mulling over another book. ‘Cause I guess God is not done with me yet.

Peace

1 Kings 19:9-19