Dear
Readers, Patsy is in a Ladies’ Life Group that I visited earlier this year.
When I found out about her book, it really caught my interest. I knew I had to
tell y’all about it.
Welcome,
Patsy. What would you like for our readers to know about you personally?
I love to have fun, play
games, eat good food, spend time with family and friends, and team up with God.
Tell
us about your family.
I met my husband, Mike,
when I was attending college at Tulane
University . We’ve been
married for 46 years now—hard to believer—and have three amazing children. When
my children married, our family expanded to 6 children, because I consider my
new in-law children to be as amazing as my biological ones. We have 6
grandchildren—2 boys and 4 girls. With the oldest being 7, they are truly
inspiring, unique, and challenging!
Have
you written other nonfiction books?
No. This is the maiden
voyage.
Do
you have any other books in the works right now?
I’m thinking about it. God
continues to give me these one-liners, and so far I’ve compiled almost enough
for another book. I am very open to the idea of another book and to blogging.
Good.
What kinds of hobbies and leisure activities do you enjoy?
I love to landscape,
remodel, build, decorate, cook, and travel.
Why
did you write the featured book?
Well, Lena ,
I never set out to be a writer. I was an art major and then got my Masters in
education administration. Life brings challenges, and I was desperate for
answers. I didn’t have to be a brain surgeon to realize that God knew more than
I did, and He had all the answers, so I started asking Him questions. My Mom
always encouraged me and my siblings to ask questions and to speak up. Well, I
started getting these one-liners because I guess God knows that I’m a
bullet-type of person—a bottom-liner. With these revelations from God, my life
changed and became rich and full. As I would share them with others, I would
always see their eyes light up, and then their lives started to change for the
better. I got a lot of encouragement from friends who kept telling me that I
needed to write these in a book. I knew that I needed to share them with a
larger audience, and voila! The book!
God
will use other people to nudge us to do what He wants us to. What do you want
the reader to take away from the book?
I want them to know how personal God is, and
how much He loves each and every one of us. He wants to be our friend, to talk
with us and us with Him, to walk with us through life, to give us peace and
joy, purpose and destiny. These One Liners from God helped me in
that process and on my journey. I know they can help others in their process
and on their journey.
Is
there anything else you’d like to tell my readers about you or your book?
Yes, read the book and reread it. I find that over and over again, the
truths that God gave me brought about personal transformation, more than just
more information. I know that by becoming more and more familiar with the
profound simplicity of what God shared with me, our emotions will begin to
default to the truth that’s in our heads.
Please
give us the first page or two from the book.
Employment with Benefits
Times were tough for our
family of 5 in the 1980’s. We not only didn’t have an abundance of money, but
we were in a cash flow crunch as well. I remember having to put two weekly
paychecks together to make our house payment of approximately $425.00. The $300.00
my husband brought home every Friday was his gross salary. No income taxes and
no social security were deducted. During the week (from one Friday to the next
Friday) we could spend no money other than use our gas credit card if we needed
to fill up the cars. Health insurance? What was health insurance? We didn’t
even know we needed health insurance!
It seemed that there was
always something that the kids just wanted to get when we went out shopping. I
remember dreading the inevitable “lane of death.” That would be the section of
the grocery store that surrounds you and pulls the very life out of mothers as
they wait in line to check out. The zone where the imaginations of children run
wild with the expected tastes of candy, the latest cheap toy that falls apart
when you look at it, and the pencils and pens with “Cinderella, Bugs Bunny, or
The Incredible Hulk” on top, all brightly colored and embellished with feathers
and “gems.” I would always tell them that we “couldn’t afford it.” To sum it
up, I had a fear of lack, and I was afraid to dole out one penny that we didn’t
need to spend.
Years dragged on with not a
lot of change in sight. Thank God that my husband was the one who decided to
faithfully tithe. We held onto the fact of “Give, and it shall be given unto
you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall
men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you mete withal it
shall be measured to you again” (Luke 6:37-39). We may not have had carpet in
our house for awhile, but all the kids in the neighborhood enjoyed skating on
our cement floors, and we never missed a meal or a mortgage payment. God was
faithful, but the true sense of God’s richness and prosperity I had not yet
experienced.
The Lord in His wisdom
began to show me that my fear of lack was like a net that caught the blessings
that were continually coming from heaven, to be diverted from me. He also began
to show me that it was the Provider, and not the provision that was important,
and as the years went by, there was a change in my life from knowing “about
God” to really beginning to know Him as a person and my best friend. My focus
became one of connection with Him instead of the manifestation of His
provision. I started to diligently seek to be one with the Lord and to live in
the moment with Him.
Over time things began to
change. Our marriage began to be enriched, our children began to get
established in their lives and their own relationships with God, and the
monetary provision just kind of crept in on the coattails. It was through
experiencing God Himself that our lives became rich in all areas. After all,
where God is, there will also be the true riches of life which are embodied in
Christ (Ephesians 3:8).
And so I found myself
driving back home from Houston
after helping a dear friend with her daughter’s wedding. I didn’t just think it
would be nice to help; I was compelled to make the trip to assist her. I knew
that’s where God was, and what He was doing. We (God and I) were one in this—a
team so to speak. Noticing that I was low on gas, I pulled into the service
station and prepared to fill the tank. As I swiped the credit card at the pump
not thinking about the money that it took to make the purchase, I remembered
the times that we could barely make ends meet monetarily. At that moment I was
so overwhelmed with the goodness of God, and His faithfulness, for He had
indeed blessed us beyond measure.
“Oh Lord,” I said, “thank
you so much for providing the money for the gas so that I could make this trip
to help with the wedding!”
Immediately I heard this response,
“I always pay my employees’
expenses!”
I
love that, Patsy. Where on the Internet can the readers find you?
They can find me at http://patsymathieumoore.com/
Thank
you, Patsy, for sharing this with us. I’m looking forward to reading the whole
book. I have it, but I’ve had a couple of really busy weeks. Things are
settling down now, and I’ll start it tomorrow.
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12 comments:
Thank you both for sharing. GOD has blessed. Praise and thank HIM! From Waurika, OK.
This sounds like a lovely book. Thank you for sharing.
Connie from KY
cps1950(at)gmail(dot)com
I look forward to reading this book. Patsy and I went to school High School together. I know her strong faith and good humor will be enriching to my life and others who read it.
Winnie
Jackson, Mississippi
I love what Patsy chose from the book to share. I'm there now. I'm disabled from a medical error. Sometimes I don't know if I will have enough money to pay bills or enough food at the end of the month. Her book sounds fantastic!
Barbara Thompson
West Monroe, LA
barbmaci61@yahoo.com
This book sounds delightful. Please enter me.
Amanda J. from FL
Thanks for your comments, Cleda. How true they are!
Patsy
Hi, Connie from Kentucky. My husband's family was from Kentucky. What a beautiful area of the country! Thanks for your kind comments. Hope you enjoy the book and that it enriches your relationship with God!
Patsy
Hey, Winnie, It's been a long time. Still remember the great slumber parties you had at your house after we all had bad blind dates!!! Hope you enjoy the book, but I hope the words that God impressed on my heart bring you much joy, freedom, and peace!
Patsy
Dear fellow Louisianian Barbara. Thank you for your comments. Believing God for provision was a hard one for me. I guess because a poverty mentality set up in me somehow, but when he said those words to me, they were etched on my heart. I hope that the words of my book become etched on your heart to give you a fuller, richer life! There is no way to fathom or to measure God's love for you!
Patsy
Amanda,
Thanks for your encouraging comments! Good luck with the drawing!
Patsy
Enter me!!
Conway SC.
Good luck to you too, Sharon! Hope you enjoy the book!
Patsy
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