Hi friends!

If you're new here, I'm Audrey! I'm a (twenty-something-year-old) author, an author virtual assistant, and I work in full-time ministry at a church located in the 417 area code of Missouri! I have a cat named Izzy who demands lots of snuggles (featured below, sitting on her favorite pie plate like the weird gal she is), a busy social calendar, and I recently added a wonderful man to my very full life. With all that in mind, I'm entering the month of December with a touch of anxiety in my chest, but overall a grateful heart that I get to do so many things that I love and I get to love so many wonderful people. Whether this is your first time hearing from me or you've been here since the beginning, welcome to my crazy! I'm so glad you're here.

I kicked off my Christmas season at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, where my six-month-old niece was in awe of the lights. It felt like experiencing Christmas all over again, watching her take it in with eyes so wide. At the top of the park that scales up and down the hills of Branson, they light up a Christmas tree to music as soon as the sun sets, one of which is Michael W. Smith's song Christmastime. I've been listening to it on repeat this week, replaying the sight in my head of my niece not being able to look away from the beauty of it all. As I've thought of that, I've reflected on how there are seasons of life when I look at Christ in the same way, in awe of his beauty, glory, and grace.

For our Christmas Eve Services promo video this year, I had the honor of writing the script, and it's been the reflection of my heart so far and my prayer that I would not forget this year what is most important and the reason for it all:

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, the days of darkness and silence.

The days when God’s people were more tempted to lose hope and forget the promises of God than they had ever been…came a child, born to save His people from the darkness and from their sin. The light of the world burst forth in humility and grace to walk among his creation and redeem something deeper than their poverty, their illness, their political strife, or their wars. He was born to redeem and forever change their hearts by his all-sufficient merit. The King of the Universe, born to die, to rise and to reign, finishing once and for all our slavery to sin.

Today, we worship and place our hope in this King, the one who walked among us, knelt to wipe the tears from our eyes, gentle and lowly in heart, and suffered our punishment on our behalf. Today we place our hope in this one true King, who, even now, is eternally on his throne in the fullness of glory and grace. 

And still today, we yearn in our hearts with that refrain of hope and promise, Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus. 

On another note, I want to make sure you know about this promotion going on, the Christmas Book Stocking Promo, where you can stock your e-reader with free books!

Christmas Book Stocking!

Guest Author Spotlight

Wendy May Andrews' A Lady and A Scholar

Genre: Clean Historical Fiction

𝐆𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.

After her rich husband's sudden death, Lady Evangeline refuses to remarry for convenience--especially not the handsome but cranky mathematician helping her gain financial independence. Sean Smythe has good reason to hate all things English, especially ones with titles. But when the lovely lady asks for his mathematical help with her economies, he can't help but say yes.

But when Evangeline’s in-laws start a fight over her inheritance, they fight dirty, even dragging Sean’s history into their scandal. Despite her wish for quiet independence, her sense of justice won’t allow her to let Sean fight the battle for her.

As her alliance with Sean grows deeper, Eve is forced to choose between newfound wealth or one last chance at the happiness and love she never realized she craved.

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦, 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒.

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That's all from me! Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!

Love,

Audrey

But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by name, you are mine.