FAY ROWE | ChristianAuthor

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Winner

"But you, oh Lord, shall endure forever, and the remembrance of your name to all generations" (Psalm 102:12).

Excerpts

From page 3:

"I'm not praying for them any more. I don't care if they go to Hell!" ... The words tumbled out of my mouth early on a dull, misty morning...not unusual for January deep in the heart of Texas...as I drove my husband to the university where he was in the second year of his doctoral program. I was one of two fourth grade teachers at a Christian school near the university and I was talking about two of my students. Glenn and I usually prayed for the boys as we drove to work in the mornings, probably more for my sake than theirs, but today I didn't want to. I had given up.

    I loved teaching and I especially loved teaching fourth graders. ... They were more often than not enthusiastic, creative, open-hearted, and generally pleasant. I found it great fun, for the most part, to spend my days with them.

    But for some reason--and I've never been able to pinpoint a good one--these boys were too much for me to handle. The sad truth was they got on every nerve I had. "Ten-year-olds-from Hell" I called them on my worst days. I felt as if they were the source of all my troubles.

From page 4:

Glenn went ahead and prayed while--yes, I'm ashamed to admit it--I sulked.

    In minutes we were at the university and I sat alone in the car.

    But not quite alone. There was God.

    Suddenly and painfully aware that he'd heard what I said, I back-peddled. "Lord, I'm really thankful for my job," I offered piously, and then couldn't resist this whine, "...but do you realize what a great year I'd be having if I didn't have those two terrors in my class?"

    Not really expecting a response, I clearly heard this gentle thought, "Where would you have me send them?"

    The hairs on my arms stood straight up even as my heart sank, God had sent them to me?

    Now I was ashamed--ashamed I'd complained, ashamed I'd been unable to help them, and probably most ashamed because I still didn't want them.

Comments

"Proverbs tells us that he who wins souls is wise. In order to do that, one must be able to tell His stories well. Excellently written, this book will inspire anyone, as it did me, to do just that."

Jay Jayaraman; Pastor, Word of His Power Church

London, ON

"Fay Rowe has done it again! Having grown up under testimony-keepers, I understand the beauty of her new book, Keepers of the Testimony. Fay inspires and challenges us to keep the oral tradition of story telling, reminding the next generation, through our own experiences, that God does love us and is a deeply involved Father who keeps his promises."

Donna Fawcett

Author, Thriving in the Homeschool

and Donna Dawson novels: Redeemed, The Adam and Eve Project, and Vengeance

"Keepers of the Testimony is an apt title for Fay Rowe's new book. With candor and an occasional dose of humor, Rowe vividly recounts stories of testimony-keepers from this century and centuries passed. Her in-depth perception of what a testimony is will cause the reader not merely to tell of a "happening" but rather to glorify God in the telling. A wonderfully uplifting read, Keepers stirred in me the desire to once again verbalize my own testimony."

Mary Haskett

Author, Reverend Mother's Daughter and Because We Prayed