Beverly ND Clopton
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When Beverly Clopton’s momma asked what job she was planning to get, Beverly replied, “I’m going to be a writer.” Not missing a beat, Beverly says her mom retorted, ” Writing is not a real job! You have to get a job that pays money.” The eldest of nine children, Beverly, obeyed her momma. She grew up in Dallas and completed her undergraduate studies in the great state of Texas before embarking on a 40-year calling as a professional educator in the Dallas, Denver, and Los Angeles public school systems.
Stepping into retirement offered Beverly the opportunity to return to her first loves—the written word and the Word of God. She has since published three books of devotions, including Heaven or Bust: Journey to Glory, Sonshine: Reflections of Faith, Surviving Pitfalls on the Path, Rigors of the Call, Until I Die, and her most recent book, Lingering in the Word.
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HUSH! This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel says, “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.” ~Isaiah 30:15
The word “hush” traces its etymology back to the mid-16th century as a command to “be quiet.” In its verb form it suggests that silence is the appropriate posture for whatever is going on in that moment. With that as its back story, HUSH! and Listen recalls the various times in the Bible when God speaks to us. These scriptures, the very words of God, require a deeper dive into what the author calls the “thus says the Lord” scriptures.
As we shut out the noise in times in which doing so is difficult, we quieten ourselves to hear “The Divine” speak those words we so desperately need to hear, in the hope that in the silence of listening we will be drawn even closer to the Trinity. As we set aside the untruths of the era, the Holy Words penetrate our souls and spirits, thus equipping us to better live the faith we profess.
Each devotion in this 40-day collection begins with a Holy Scripture, followed by Commentary and a Prayer. A Reflection section is included to provide you reader with an opportunity for meditating upon what you’ve read and its application as you continue on your spiritual journey, and a Faith Response section allows space for written comments and thoughts.
Other Books by Beverly
Sunshine: Reflections of Faith
The Christian life is as much a journey as a destination. Those who embark upon it follow in the footsteps of the heroes of the faith who have blazed the trail for us. Like Abraham and Sarah, who admitted they were foreigners and strangers on earth, we also are longing for a better country, a heavenly home, a city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Surviving Pitfalls on the Path
Surviving Pitfalls on the Path is a devotional that explores forty snares believers can expect to encounter as they travel the path to their destination. Each chapter exposes the danger of a particular pitfall and offers encouragement and support to help avoid the trap and its entanglements.
Rigors of the Call
As believers, we love to claim Jesus’ profound promise, “I am come that they might have life,and that they might have it more abundantly.” Abundant Life! Who wouldn’t sign up for that? The problem is, the same Jesus that offers abundant life also guaranteed that in this life we will have tribulation, an old-world term that means not just “trouble” but “great trouble and suffering.”
God in the Commonplace
This book is written in a slightly different format than the average devotional. Learning to see and sense God everywhere and all the time requires looking at life in a new way. Each encounter with one another or within the routines of daily living presents us with an opportunity to bask in the presence of the Lord and find reasons to rejoice, to smile, to laugh aloud, to shake our heads in amazement and say, “There He goes again, displaying His faithfulness and giving joy!”
Until I Die
When I first started to write this book, the title, Until I Die, immediately sprang to mind. I liked it. The idea of continuing to write until I am unable to write because I have come to the end of my mortal life seemed a natural fit for someone who loves word crafting. God created us to worship Him, and our worship, our being about His business is for always – until we die.
Lingering in the Word
There is often value in pulling away and spending time engaged in reflection and meditation. From the darkness of our sequestering, we discovered lights we might have otherwise missed.
Perhaps, in the end, we will discover what it means to be in the world, but not of it
We are indebted to this writer for the spiritual acumen she offers in this forty-day devotional. It is a spiritual resource sure to guide the faithful toward the realization of their journey’s quest: heaven and its glory.