BISCUITS, BUTTER AND BLESSINGS - Linda Kozar - One Free Book

This 90-day devotional is the third continuation to DaySpring’s bestselling, farmhouse-inspired, Grits to Grace and Sweet Tea for the Soul titles. Sweet servings of inspiration, these down-home devotions are chock-full of Scripture, Godly wisdom, and common-sense country wit. Each devotion begins with a thoughtful or witty title, a Scripture, an inspirational story or thought, a faith-check take-away, and ends with a humorous or thought-provoking tag. Like a hand-stitched and heartfelt gift, these faith-crafted pages will bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye.

Publisher: DaySpring, RELEASES August 6, 2018

ISBN-13: 978-1684085590

DaySpring has set up the code 5BISCUITS good for $5 off any purchase on DaySpring.com. Good thru 8/31/18.

Dear Readers, Linda Kozar is a dear friend of mine. She actually started the Along Came A Writer BlogTalk radio network. The Lena Nelson Dooley Show is on that network. Linda and I have spent time together a number of times, even though she lives in the Houston are and I’m in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. She writes both fiction and nonfiction. She is one of my most fun friends.

Welcome back, Linda. What would you like for our readers to know about you personally?

Ten Things You Never Wanted to Know About Linda Kozar

1. I like to put black olives on my fingers and eat them.
2. In July of 2013, I lost the diamond from my wedding band and prayed without ceasing. The odd thing is--I was incredibly chill about it--calm and confidant that God was taking care of the situation. Within a week, God answered! I found the stone on my kitchen floor of all places. Thought it was a crumb!
3. Waiter, waiter--there's a shoe in my soup! That's right. One Sunday after church, our family went out to eat, and a shoe landed in my soup! A little girl standing next to her family was kicking her leg back and forth and I guess her shoe was a bit loose . . .
4. My personal fingernails-on-the-chalkboard moment? I can't stand the sound of styrofoam rubbing against cardboard--unfortunate for me because almost every electronic item I purchase is packaged that way. 
5. On a canoe trip through the Honey Island Swamp, butterflies, attracted to my botanical shampoo thought my head was a designated landing strip. The top of my head was soon a-flutter with a gorgeous array of the colorful insects. If only I had a picture of my butterfly chapeau!
6. The day I gave my heart to Jesus, I was instantly delivered from nicotine! I never ever craved or smoked another cigarette or had withdrawals. God delivered my soul and took away my addiction to nicotine, and I will be forever grateful to Him.
7. My father was in Oschner Hospital in 1989, dying from a massive heart attack. As if the damage to the heart muscle wasn't enough, he had a leaking heart valve and an aneurism that could instantly end his life. Our family joined hands and prayed the night before his surgery. My brother felt moved by God to pray the prayer of Hezekiah and ask God for another fifteen years. So we did. And after Daddy's surgery, the surgeon pronounced the surgery a success. However, he couldn't figure out why the heart valve was no longer leaking and the aneurism had disappeared! And our father lived fifteen years to the day. The surgery was performed on Valentine's Day, 1989 and he died on Valentine's Day, 2004. God kept His promise and granted us more time with our beloved father.
8. I will tear you up in a game of Rummikubs! But I'm pitiful at Yahtzee, terrible at cards, and okay at Scrabble.
9. My mom has dementia and she's adorable! Wherever we go, whether to the grocery store or mall or on a walk, she spots things on the ground—coins, keychain charms, nails, gemstones, thimbles—you name it! So I keep a memory jar of all her finds. A collection of all the wonderful and quirky items she's amassed over the years. I labeled it "Mom's Little Treasures." Like I said, she's ADORABLE!
10. If I tell you I'm going to pray for you—I mean it. I WILL be praying for you and you WILL see the results of that prayer. My Father in heaven always hears my cries for you and He never fails to answer. If you don't expect a miracle, you'll never ever have one. 

I love the list. Readers, see I told you she was fun. Now, Linda, tell us about your family.

My husband Michael and I have been married for 29 years and we have two daughters. Our oldest, Katie is a psycho-therapist and is married to Dan, the youth pastor at First Baptist Church of Lufkin. Lauren is a social strategist at The Richards Group, an advertising agency in Dallas.

Have you written other nonfiction books?

Yes, Sweet Tea For The Soul (also Dayspring), Babes With A Beatitude (Simon & Schuster), Moving Tales, Doomsday Devotions.

Do you have any other books in the works right now?

Forget-Me-Not just published Calliope’s Kiss, a historical gothic romance set in New Orleans and it has everything a gothic romance should have. A creepy old mansion. A cemetery. Characters with lots of secrets. Suspense. Murder. More secrets. Romance. And a touch of insanity, of course.

I am presently working on another cozy mystery.

I want to feature the gothic romance on the blog. What kinds of hobbies and leisure activities do you enjoy?

When I’m not writing I like to paint. Either in oil or acrylic usually. But I sometimes dabble in watercolor, though I’m not very good at it.

Why did you write the featured book?

Dayspring asked me to do a follow-up book to Sweet Tea For The Soul, which is quite popular.

What do you want the reader to take away from the book?

Hopefully, they will read a daily devotion and go through their day feeling blessed. And maybe they will bake some delicious biscuits from the recipes included in the book, with a generous pat of butter!

Is there anything else you’d like to tell my readers about you or your book?

I write my devotions from notes I take during my daily time with the Lord. I open my Bible randomly every morning and read the passages on the open pages. And I am never disappointed. God always gives me something wonderful to work with and ideas to combine with scripture. I take a lot of time writing every devotion and making sure I choose the right scripture to go with what I’ve written. There’s a lot of love put into what I do.

Please give us the first page or two from the book.

  

Where on the Internet can the readers find you?

Website  | Facebook | Facebook Author Page | Twitter | Pinterest | Audible |

| Radio | LinkedIn | Bookish Desires Blog | Beatitude Blog | CAN Author Page | 

| Amazon Author Page |Podcasts on iTunes | Chat Noir Mystery and Suspense |

Thank you, Linda, for sharing this new devotional with me and my blog readers. I know what I’m going to be using for a devotional when it comes.

Readers, here’s a link to the book.

Biscuits, Butter, and Blessings: Farm Fresh Devotions for Hope and Comfort

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