I've heard Christ calling me to love Him more since I was five or six years old. But I was stubborn. I was afraid of Him. I didn't love Him. And so I resisted Him. But Jesus never gave up on me.
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Finding My Story
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Like C.S. Lewis, it wasn't until I was older that I truly began to love Jesus Christ.
People are often surprised to find out that even though I was raised Cradle-Catholic, I didn't start caring about my faith until I was eighteen. And I didn't understand who Jesus was until I was in my twenties. I don't think I truly started loving Him until later. I'm thirty-three now, and still striving to be the person He wants me to be.
Growing up, I thought that following God's will meant being miserable. As it would turn out, accepting His story, His Will, would lead to more happiness than I could ever have thought possible. I always thought that following God’s Will would lead to obligation. But I didn’t understand, then, that God just wants us to be happy. And when our hearts belong to Him, He will lead us to amazing joy.
Now, I want to share my joy with you.
I love writing. It's my passion. It's such a part of who I am. When I look back on my life I realize that, like Jesus, it was always there. I would write stories, fan fictions, create scripts to act out with my friends. I've always best expressed myself through words on a page. Just as Christ has always been there without me knowing it, so has being an author. It wasn't until I accepted Him that I was ready to accept that part of myself.
Which leads me to The Aletheian Journeys.
The Aletheian Journeys, above all, is a love story.
It's a story of the love that Jesus Christ has for his people. But it's told in such a way that you can enjoy the book whether you're ready for that or not, or whether you believe in that or not. It's a story of adventure, friendship, salvation, betrayal, redemption, of not judging, of accepting and loving everyone. It's a story of friends who face impossible odds, who have to fight for their lives, who struggle to do what is right. It's a story of humanity.
And it's my story.
There is so much of me in these books. My hopes, my fears, my love of people, my failings, my relationship with Jesus. When you read this book... you are reading me. It's deeply personal to me. And it's my gift to the world, in hopes to make it a better place.
My story, my journey of being an author, is only beginning. I humbly ask you to journey with me. I hope that within the pages of my books you’ll find a good read that will make you laugh, give you a case of the feels, inspire you, touch your heart and, above all, help you understand more deeply that Christ loves you more than you’ll ever know.
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About the Author
Lisa Mayer loves Jesus and his people very much. She takes to heart, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself."
She loves her husband Rich and her furbaby, Scooby. She loves her family and friends. She loves writing. In her free time, you'll find her curled up in her superhero pajamas binge-watching her favorite TV shows or movies, catching up on her reading list, or playing Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. She loves bike-riding, adventures and traveling. She crosses something off my bucket list every year.
She’s a total nerd and not afraid to be different. She has anxiety and OCD and is a proud mental health warrior who wants to break the stigma of mental health.
She writes because she loves it, but most of all because she loves Jesus and her readers. She hopes her books will reflect who she is: someone who wants to inspire others and make a difference. She hopes they give you a serious case of the feels, and that they make you laugh. Most of all, she hopes they help you know just how much Jesus loves you.
She is the author of The Aletheian Journeys: The Arrow Bringer, which will be released by Write Integrity Press, LLC on 3-19-19.
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