Journey with Norma L. Brumbaugh to Lookout Point as she speaks with God. Because of an inner need for healing and peace, N. L. Brumbaugh spent one year making weekly one-hour visits to her meeting place with God. Her visits to the lookout became a vital absorbing of the natural world while in earnest she sought God through prayer and contemplation–with thoughts rich in tone and texture.

“I got up early to watch the sunrise, remembering back to a year ago when my sorrow began, regret in my thoughts; and my child’s custodial battle compounding my sadness. I climbed the creek bank and then walked in the driveway, speaking out loud to  the God I love. Songs started running through my head one right after another. I sang their words while looking up at the trees, melodies, and refrains, thinking of the meaning implied in each son’s words: ‘Morning has broken, like the first morning, blackbird has spoken, like the first dawn …’

Here is N. L. Brumbaugh’s (my) book. An inspirational writing that takes you to a place of comfort, help, and healing. It is an intimate walk with God that is a descriptive account of sorrow turned to triumph. Join with me as I  view the beauties of nature, share my heart, and speak in intimacy with God. This book is a powerful meditation on life, nature, and God. It has healing strength in its words.

“Something happens when brokenness stains our spirits. Secret, unresolved, or lingering hurts leak into our everyday lives, filtering into everything we think we know about who we are. We tend to question our value and meaning. We feel unimportant, ‘less-than’ or ‘not good enough.’ And we fall silent.”
Everyone needs to read this book. It’s the real deal!
The stories of brave women stitch this book’s pages together in one tightly bound universal voice of praise. Jo Ann Fore weaves her personal story with the experiences of several women who have overcome the shadows of past hurts. The author shows us many who have found and experienced the freeing grace of God. In this book we find what happens when a wounded person seeks their own healing, finds freedom from their inner pain, and reaches out in love to other women by telling her story to the sisterhood. An excellent read: gripping, painful, energizing, reflective, full of hope–with a message that speaks. I purchased this book for my Book Dinner ladies and for my Bible study ladies. They were blessed and motivated through its message and to the point gut honesty. Something here for everybody.
This is what we need to become “real.” There is so much pretending . . . because we’ve been hurt, and the church isn’t necessarily a “safe” place for hurting, vulnerable, heart-stained people. Jo Ann Fore has lived this–walked this habit of silence. Sharing her own personal story as well as the inspiring stories of others, Jo Ann guides you on a journey that leads to freedom and purpose. The content helps open up the dialogue, the conversation we need to have in our churches and places of spiritual leadership.
“An important book for anyone who wants to mine the past, heal like crazy, and find joy today.”  Mary DeMuth, author of The Wall Around Your Heart.