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| Pamela S. Thibodeaux |
Pamela
S. Thibodeaux, welcome to Overcoming With God.
We appreciate your willingness to share your testimony of overcoming
with our readers. It's been nice getting to know you over at Pelican Book Group!
Thank you so much for having me visit today! I
absolutely love sharing my testimonies (yes, God has blessed me
so abundantly I have more than one).
Would
you tell us about the most difficult thing in your life you have had to
overcome, with God’s help? Answer:
When I look back over my life and all of the things
I’ve overcome…insecurity, shyness, abuse, low self esteem, financial hardship…the
most difficult thing I’ve had to deal with and overcome is grief over the death
of my husband. We all lose things we love (people, pets, jobs, homes, etc.) and
I’m no different. But his death was the hardest thing I’ve endured to date.
I’ve often said it is a pain I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Alas, God is
faithful and although I’ll miss my husband and carry him with me forever, I am
now looking forward to the future with a new love.
What
passages in the Bible have been most helpful to you in those times?
For a long time after my husband passed away I
couldn’t even pray. So I created a mantra: I don’t understand, Lord, but I
trust you. This got me through the worst part, then, Jeremiah 29:11 was brought
to my remembrance and has since become my favorite Scripture… “For
I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Disability
friendliness: Is this latest release available in audio format or do you have
any other works available on audio? Do
your e-books have audio capability? Do you have any in large print?
No books in audio but all are available for E-reader
which enable the reader to increase the font size. My Tempered series, The
Visionary, Circles of Fate, and Love is a Rose, is printed in trade paperback
with 12 pt. font which is larger print than most mass market books.
In
this latest work, do you have any topics useful for bibliotherapy, or
therapeutic influence through reading about a disorder or situation?
Not in my latest work, Circles of Fate. However
my novel Tempered Dreams deals with
domestic violence and the healing process the heroine must undergo and The Visionary deals with healing of
adult survivors of child abuse. I also have a devotional titled, Love is a Rose that parallels God’s love
and the Christian life to The Rose song lyrics.
Question
you’d like to ask readers:
What does it take for you to try a new or previously
unheard of author? Is it the cover or back blurb on the book, content,
reviews….What?
Title: Circles of Fate
Blurb: Set at the tail end of
the Vietnam War era, Circles of Fate takes the
reader from Fort Benning, Georgia to Thibodaux, Louisiana. A romantic saga, this gripping
novel covers nearly twenty years in the lives of Shaunna Chatman and
Todd Jameson. Constantly thrown together and torn apart by fate, the two are
repeatedly forced to choose between love and duty, right and wrong, standing on
faith or succumbing to the world’s viewpoint on life, love, marriage and
fidelity. With intriguing twists and turns, fate brings together a cast of
characters whose lives will forever be entwined. Through it all is the hand of
God as He works all things together for the good of those who love Him and are
called according to His purpose.
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Title: Love is a Rose (NF Devotional)
Blurb: Music is the magical entry into the spirit world; the
golden gate into the Kingdom of God. But we mustn’t be of the mindset that God
only uses Christian music to reach out and touch our mind, heart and spirit.
God uses any and every means available to speak to His
children.
Our job is to be open and
receptive.
In this devotional, Pamela S
Thibodeaux shares how God opened her spirit to a deeper understanding of the
abundance of His grace and mercy through the words of the song, The Rose sung by Country & Western
artist Conway Twitty.
Pamela offers Seeds to Ponder and a prayer as she
parallels the love of God and the Christian life to each verse of the song
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Deeper
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Title: Tempered Dreams (book 2 in Tempered series)
Blurb: Dr. Scott Hensley
(introduced in Tempered Hearts) has built a wall around his heart since the
death of his wife and parents. Katrina
Simmons is recovering from scars inflicted on her as a battered wife. Can dreams be renewed and faith
strengthened? Can they find joy and
peace in God’s love and in love for one another?
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Title: The Visionary
Blurb: A visionary is
someone who sees into the future Taylor Forrestier sees into the past but only
as it pertains to her work. Hailed by her peers as “a visionary with an
instinct for beauty and an eye for the unique” Taylor is undoubtedly a
brilliant architect and gifted designer. But she and twin brother Trevor, share
more than a successful business. The two share a childhood wrought with lies
and deceit and the kind of abuse that’s disturbingly prevalent in today’s
society. Can the love of God and the
awesome healing power of His grace and mercy free the twins from their past and
open their hearts to the good plan and the future He has for their lives?
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Author bio: Award-winning author, Pamela S. Thibodeaux is the Co-Founder and a lifetime member of Bayou Writers Group in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Multi-published in romantic fiction as well as creative non-fiction, her writing has been tagged as, “Inspirational with an Edge!” ™ and reviewed as “steamier and grittier than the typical Christian novel without decreasing the message.”
Links:
Website address: http://www.pamelathibodeaux.com
Face Book: http://facebook.com/pamelasthibodeaux
Twitter: http://twitter.com/psthib @psthib
