Thanks for joining me today as I welcome guest author Debbie Wilson as she shares about the Great Big God we love.

Plus, read through, because she's offering a giveaway to every reader.

Have you ever read a familiar Bible story from a different character’s viewpoint? When I wrote Little Women, Big God on the women in Jesus’s genealogy I looked at each woman’s story from her perspective. While many, even today, blame Bathsheba for David’s fall, the prophet Nathan described Bathsheba as a little ewe lamb that was slaughtered to satisfy David’s visiting lust. Imagine what it would be like to marry the man responsible for your husband’s murder.

Here is an excerpt adapted from a chapter on Bathsheba.

“Lust brought us together. We never should have married. I want a divorce.”

My client thought her conclusion was airtight. Divorce was the only solution to a marriage founded on such a flimsy foundation. But she hadn’t added God into her equation.

Many women have told me that even though they willingly participated in premarital sex with their husbands, they later felt used. They regretted their consent and wished their husbands had led their dating relationship in sexual purity. Guilt’s fangs now bit into their intimacy.

Thankfully, God is bigger than our failures and weaknesses. He took David and Bathsheba’s marriage, which began with adultery, murder, and an unwed pregnancy, and turned it into a partnership of mutual love and respect that produced kings in the lineage of Christ. He wants to redeem our bad starts, too.

Bathsheba’s challenges relate, in some degree, to all of us. Who hasn’t had to forgive? Who hasn’t battled self-defeating thoughts? Bathsheba’s drama can help us move from victim to super-conqueror in our own challenges.

David and Bathsheba show that marriages with poor beginnings can succeed. As both partners grow, forgive, and show preference to one another, the relationship transforms to reflect the individuals’ improved character. Change begins with repentance—a change of heart that leads to change of behavior. If the heart doesn’t change, then new behavior will be short-lived.

David’s cold heart had Uriah carry the letter that bore his own death sentence. David’s renewed heart led him to fast and pray for the life of his infant and write psalms to the Lord. Bathsheba witnessed David’s genuine brokenness and opened her heart to him.

God blessed their union with mutual respect and four sons. Solomon became Israel’s grandest and wisest king. He built God’s temple and wrote Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, and much of Proverbs. Jesus received his right to the throne through Solomon’s bloodline. Mary, the mother of Jesus, descended from Nathan, another of David and Bathsheba’s sons. God put two of Bathsheba’s sons in Jesus’s genealogy. No other woman holds that distinction.

God turned Bathsheba and David’s bad beginning into a glorious ending. Maybe you had a poor start in life, in parenting, or in personal development. Imagine how God might turn your inadequate beginning into a fabulous ending if you’ll trust him.

Do you believe God is still able to bring happy endings to messing beginnings?

Click here to get a free chapter. https://debbiewwilson.com/little-women-big-god/

About Debbie:

Debbie W. Wilson is an award-winning author, Bible teacher, and former Christian counselor who speaks and writes to connect fellow sojourners to the heart of Christ. Her books include Give Yourself a Break, Little Women, Big God, and Little Faith, Big God. 

She and her husband co-founded and lead Lighthouse Ministries, a non-profit Christian counseling and Bible teaching ministry. Connect with Debbie, find free resources, and learn about her books at debbieWwilson.com.

Getting to know Debbie

• What do you enjoy most about writing? Writing helps me shape my thoughts and capture the lessons formulating in my mind. I feel a deep sense of satisfactions when my thoughts come together into a cohesive whole.
• Do you have a dedicated place to write, or a nook or corner of a room, or the kitchen table? My kitchen table overlooks a wooded area and provides easy access to a cup of hot tea to fuel my thoughts. My two standard poodles often keep me company.
• What can your readers expect from you next? Little Strength, Big God is due to be released September 2023. It covers the men and women in the latter part of Hebrews 11 who became strong in battle. This book directly relates to the battles going on in our culture and shows how through weakness we can become strong when we follow our Big God and not shrink back from the battles set before us.

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