My guest today is Author Miralee Ferrell. She shares how God led her and her dh through a difficult period. And some about her new book, Love Finds You in Tombstone, Arizona!

A number of years ago our family hit a very hard place financially, just like my heroine Christy Grey did in my recent book. Her home and family were in jeopardy and she went through a lot of stress before she finally realized her hope came from the Lord, not from what she could provide. Sometimes we have to come to a place of total release before we’re able to see the mighty hand of God work on our behalf.

My husband Allen and I were in trouble and we knew it, but nothing seemed to be working. We’d hit a lot of financial hurdles in the past few years, but this one brought its own truck load of stress and it felt like we were about to be buried under it.

We’d had our house on the market three different times over the past four years, with no success. We weren’t sure we could hold on much longer as our business was struggling in an economy that had flattened. Housing sales were beginning to strengthen, but ours hadn’t attracted much attention, even with major renovations to the house and its location on thirty beautiful acres.

I was nearing desperation and made the commitment to pray until I sensed a break-through in my spirit. Allen and I also decided to give a generous “break-through” offering that we couldn’t afford, following the scriptural principal of giving over and above our tithes, and asking that the windows of heaven would be opened for us. We prayed about our gift and felt the Lord directing us in the amount as well as the recipient.

Two weeks passed and we continued to press into the Lord, asking Him to provide a buyer. One evening I hit a low, something very unusual for me, and began to cry out to God, asking for mercy and hope.

I began to praise Him and then settled into a time of listening with my spirit….then heard, very softly the following words… “It’ll be sold in one week”…  What? Could I have heard the Lord? I’d heard His voice many times in the past, but this seemed too good to be true. One week? We didn’t even have anyone looking. Maybe He meant that within a week, someone would view it, and we’d start the process…Maybe…a ton of scenarios flooded my mind but that voice persisted…One week.

Two days later a friend called. Their relatives were flying in and looking for a house…he believed our place in the country was just what they wanted, could they come in two days? Of course, I replied. Husband and wife, semi-retired, spent several hours walking the property and talking, then returned for another visit the following day. That evening, they called with an offer and the next day we signed earnest money papers. A total of six days had passed from the time the Lord spoke. Our long wait had finally ended, our place closed on schedule, and God opened doors of possibility from that sale that we’d never imagined….but that’s an entirely new story!

Book Summary:
Love and second chances aren’t easy to come by in a town named Tombstone. When Christy Grey receives an urgent summons to Tombstone, Arizona, she reluctantly leaves her new life in California. The trip goes from bad to worse when four masked men hold up Christy’s stage. She finally arrives in
Tombstone to find her mother ill and her brother trapped in a life of gambling. Desperate for money to support her family, will Christy bow to pressure from the local saloon owners and return to the life she thought she’d given up for good?

Nevada King has problems of his own. He’s been dodging bullets for years and wants nothing more than to settle down and get married. But he’s on the run from outlaws bent on revenge, and the one woman who captures his interest recognizes him from the stagecoach holdup. Will Christy turn Nevada in to the authorities, or will the outlaws on his trail catch him first?

Miralee Ferrell is multi-published author with two contemporary women’s fiction and three historical romance, with a sixth book releasing August 1, 2011. She serves as president of the Portland, Oregon, chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers and belongs to a number of writer’s groups. She also speaks at women’s groups, libraries, and churches about her writing journey. Miralee and her husband Allen have been married 38 yrs. They live on 11 acres in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge in southern Washington State, where they love to garden, play with their dogs, take walks, and go sailing. Miralee also rides her horse on the wooded trails near their home with her grown daughter who lives nearby.

You can find out more about her and her work at her web site or blog:

Web Site: http://www.miraleeferrell.com
Blog: http://www.miraleesdesk.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/miralee
Love Finds You in Bridal Veil, OR, 4 ½ stars and Top Pick Romantic Times
Finding Jeena, Kregel Publications
Love Finds You in Tombstone, AZ, Summerside Press, 4 ½ Stars

Miralee certainly tested God just like Gideon. But did she really test God or her trust in him?–Lyn

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