I have been humbled to tears by the support my readers have given me the last few days. I woke up to a beautiful review on my face book page. Knowing that my story has an effect on other people is my beauty from all those ashes. It's such an honor.
Yesterday, Ghost No More was #9 in Amazon's non-fiction. I mean, WOW! It's sinking now, but I am completely thrilled for the rating it achieved. It's already toppled any goals I ever had for it, and I am incredibly grateful.
I poured out in this book, hoping to encourage other readers that nothing any one has ever said about you that was negative is true. You are worth love, and you are loved! You might not see that right now, but you will one day. You are needed in this world.
God loves you. He has seen your pain. He has a plan for a way out. He has a plan to give you hope and a future.
((((((((((((((big hug )))))))))))))))))))))
Monday, May 26, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
I just returned from the Grand Canyon. Wow... words can't describe what I saw. It was so massive it sent zings down my spine every time I looked into it. I had to look away to give myself a break every few minutes. I've never seen a picture that comes close to representing how amazing it is.
The platforms were crowded with people, but all the sounds were muted because the canyon's depth just swallowed up noise.
The colors were incredible. Layer after layer of brilliant, contrasting colors woven like a Native Indian blanket.
Across from my platform where I clung white knuckled to the metal fencing was a huge peak. Below it was another peak that was really the top of an enormous mountain.
The fence was secured right at the edge of the canyon cliff. When the other tourists leaned over it to look down I had to look away. A few spots on the edge are lined only with huge, flat boulders. My husband wanted to take my picture while sitting on one. I perched on the edge like a bird, ready to fly off, while feeling whiffs of the canyon breeze at my back.
Amazing.
Have you ever been there? What famous places have you visited?
The platforms were crowded with people, but all the sounds were muted because the canyon's depth just swallowed up noise.
The colors were incredible. Layer after layer of brilliant, contrasting colors woven like a Native Indian blanket.
Across from my platform where I clung white knuckled to the metal fencing was a huge peak. Below it was another peak that was really the top of an enormous mountain.
The fence was secured right at the edge of the canyon cliff. When the other tourists leaned over it to look down I had to look away. A few spots on the edge are lined only with huge, flat boulders. My husband wanted to take my picture while sitting on one. I perched on the edge like a bird, ready to fly off, while feeling whiffs of the canyon breeze at my back.
Amazing.
Have you ever been there? What famous places have you visited?
Friday, May 9, 2014
Wow, when it rains it pours. Even with good things! Thank you Leslie for your blog book review of Ghost No More. I'm so happy you loved it, and saw the beauty from all the ashes.
Sorry for posting again, it's just so exciting!
http://www.lesliegnelson.com/book-review-ghost-no-more/
Also, Ghost No More can be borrowed for free for Amazon prime members. If you are a member, and want to check it out, here's the link.
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-No-More-CeeCee-James-ebook/dp/B00IJ0AKRQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399658188&sr=8-1&keywords=Ghost+no+more
I'm planning on having a sale the third week of May (.99), so if you want to purchase it, you might want to wait until then. You can read the first 4 chapters for free with the "sneak preview." If this book is something you feel like could help you, and you can't afford it, let me know. I will see what I can do!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Sorry for posting again, it's just so exciting!
http://www.lesliegnelson.com/book-review-ghost-no-more/
Also, Ghost No More can be borrowed for free for Amazon prime members. If you are a member, and want to check it out, here's the link.
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-No-More-CeeCee-James-ebook/dp/B00IJ0AKRQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399658188&sr=8-1&keywords=Ghost+no+more
I'm planning on having a sale the third week of May (.99), so if you want to purchase it, you might want to wait until then. You can read the first 4 chapters for free with the "sneak preview." If this book is something you feel like could help you, and you can't afford it, let me know. I will see what I can do!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Saturday, May 3, 2014
My first blog review of my book, Ghost No More! Thank you Debbie!http://debbieloseanything.blogspot.com/2014/05/ghost-no-more-by-cee-james.html?spref=fb
Monday, April 28, 2014
This is going to be a different post than usual.
Tonight I am sitting in my living room praying. It's one of those prayers that doesn't have to do with a specific need or desire. It's deeper. It's about needing Him.
Because I know myself. I know how I fail others. I know how I can judge, and get frustrated. I know how I am not as patient as I should be. I see how selfish I can be.
Tonight I heard a pastor speak about the prodigal son. He talked about how he was always thinking that he was either one son or the other. Either he had it kind of together, and was the good son, or he was a total failure, and was the bad son.
So, tonight, I was praying specifically about that. I can relate.
Now, mind you, I know we can't earn our way to heaven. I understand it's a free gift from Jesus. But, even after all these years of being a Christian, I am still learning what it means to be loved, covered, and wanted despite my many flaws.
To make up for my flaws, there is a part of me that feels like I should be doing "something." And that "something" looks a lot like acting perfectly.
When I have a good week, I feel like am doing that "something." I feel like I am starting to get my act together and figure it out.
When I have a bad week I feel like I'm never going to "get it right" no matter how hard I try.
Tonight, as I prayed I felt like the Lord highlighted to me (and I am not saying, "thus sayeth the Lord." This is just the feeling I got) that the father in the prodigal story was equally close to both of his sons. The father was just waiting for both of his sons to turn and see how loved they were.
Because, in the story, the "good" son has moments of resentment when the "bad" son returns home. The father rushes down the street to grab the "bad" son up in a hug. The "good" son doesn't feel appreciated, and the father tells him (paraphrased) "Don't you realize all I have is yours?"
And the "bad" son returned home feeling overwhelmed with guilt and desperation, and was also completely unprepared for his father's love.
I don't get it yet, but what I felt was that God isn't expecting me to be good. He is expecting me to turn to him, and let him be my covering, because he loves me. This is why it's good news.
Sometimes good news can be unbelievable. I remember when I first found out I was pregnant, I couldn't believe it. Sometimes, rather than believe good news I worry that it will get yanked away somehow. For example, if we planned a trip I'd worry it would get rained out, or delayed.
Good news can be hard for me to accept. I'm thinking that instead of worrying if I am doing it "right or wrong" I might just try to keep my eyes on the one who says this.....Romans 8:31-37 (So amazing. I am trying to grasp this!!)
“For your sake we face death all day long;
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any
powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be
able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Tonight I am sitting in my living room praying. It's one of those prayers that doesn't have to do with a specific need or desire. It's deeper. It's about needing Him.
Because I know myself. I know how I fail others. I know how I can judge, and get frustrated. I know how I am not as patient as I should be. I see how selfish I can be.
Tonight I heard a pastor speak about the prodigal son. He talked about how he was always thinking that he was either one son or the other. Either he had it kind of together, and was the good son, or he was a total failure, and was the bad son.
So, tonight, I was praying specifically about that. I can relate.
Now, mind you, I know we can't earn our way to heaven. I understand it's a free gift from Jesus. But, even after all these years of being a Christian, I am still learning what it means to be loved, covered, and wanted despite my many flaws.
To make up for my flaws, there is a part of me that feels like I should be doing "something." And that "something" looks a lot like acting perfectly.
When I have a good week, I feel like am doing that "something." I feel like I am starting to get my act together and figure it out.
When I have a bad week I feel like I'm never going to "get it right" no matter how hard I try.
Tonight, as I prayed I felt like the Lord highlighted to me (and I am not saying, "thus sayeth the Lord." This is just the feeling I got) that the father in the prodigal story was equally close to both of his sons. The father was just waiting for both of his sons to turn and see how loved they were.
Because, in the story, the "good" son has moments of resentment when the "bad" son returns home. The father rushes down the street to grab the "bad" son up in a hug. The "good" son doesn't feel appreciated, and the father tells him (paraphrased) "Don't you realize all I have is yours?"
And the "bad" son returned home feeling overwhelmed with guilt and desperation, and was also completely unprepared for his father's love.
I don't get it yet, but what I felt was that God isn't expecting me to be good. He is expecting me to turn to him, and let him be my covering, because he loves me. This is why it's good news.
Sometimes good news can be unbelievable. I remember when I first found out I was pregnant, I couldn't believe it. Sometimes, rather than believe good news I worry that it will get yanked away somehow. For example, if we planned a trip I'd worry it would get rained out, or delayed.
Good news can be hard for me to accept. I'm thinking that instead of worrying if I am doing it "right or wrong" I might just try to keep my eyes on the one who says this.....Romans 8:31-37 (So amazing. I am trying to grasp this!!)
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If
God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but
gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us
all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It
is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus
who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and
is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or
sword? As it is written:
we are considered
as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Happy Resurrection Day! Happy Easter! This day is the reason I have hope.
Because of what Jesus did for me I am free from guilt and shame. I am completely forgiven.
Romans 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
*and my favorite promise...*
Hebrews 10:14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
We all screw up, but he sees us as his precious children; someone worth dying for.
He loves me.
He loves you!
Because of what Jesus did for me I am free from guilt and shame. I am completely forgiven.
Romans 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
*and my favorite promise...*
Hebrews 10:14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
We all screw up, but he sees us as his precious children; someone worth dying for.
He loves me.
He loves you!
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Sunday is winding down, a new week is starting.
It's a gift.
And you are a gift to it.
Somehow this week, someone will be affected positively by something you say or do. You might not even know when you do it. It might be a smile you give, or letting them merge ahead of you on the highway, or holding open a door. It might be something completely accident, that happens just because your you.
You are made for great things. But great things don't always look great, sometimes they look small, insignificant, and unnoticed.
Like a mustard seed, which eventually grows into a tree. Or any seed for that matter. Something great often starts in the tiniest ways.
So if you don't see your mark this week, don't worry. You're still planting seeds. :) :)
It's a gift.
And you are a gift to it.
Somehow this week, someone will be affected positively by something you say or do. You might not even know when you do it. It might be a smile you give, or letting them merge ahead of you on the highway, or holding open a door. It might be something completely accident, that happens just because your you.
You are made for great things. But great things don't always look great, sometimes they look small, insignificant, and unnoticed.
Like a mustard seed, which eventually grows into a tree. Or any seed for that matter. Something great often starts in the tiniest ways.
So if you don't see your mark this week, don't worry. You're still planting seeds. :) :)
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