Laura J Davis
For those who aren't familiar with
your work, can you tell us a little about yourself?
I
am a former singer/songwriter who had a singing ministry for a little over 30
years. About 14 years ago a tumour was discovered in my abdomen and when the
doctors took it out they accidentally ruptured my bladder without knowing it,
sewed me up and sent me back to recovery. When I didn’t recover as expected, I
was sent back in for emergency surgery. Somewhere in that time frame my vocal
chords were damaged due to being intubated. Although I was assured that my
voice would come back it never did and to make a long story short the Lord
began a “new work in me” that ended with my first novel – Come to Me.
So you had a singing career and then
a writing career – just like that?
Not
really. Over a period of several months while I was recovering from my surgery,
I struggled desperately to get my voice back. I went through a time of
depression because I couldn’t understand why the Lord would allow my voice to
be taken away after so many years of service. But during that time a story was
beginning to form in my mind about the life of Christ through the eyes of his
mother. I had the distinct impression from God that I was supposed to write
about it, but I was so angry at losing my voice I ignored it because I wanted
my voice back. Besides, I couldn’t see the end of the story, only the
beginning. But, over time the desire to write became so strong that I could not
ignore it. Until one day I went to my computer, placed my hands on the keyboard
and said, “Okay, Lord. I surrender. Use my hands as you used my voice.” The next
thing I knew the floodgates were opened and I didn’t stop typing until the
story was complete.
But the Lord still had some more
changes for you to come, didn’t He?
That’s
for sure. About a year after my surgery, a fall down a flight of stairs left me
partially disabled. In time, other problems set in, including arthritis. Then I
was diagnosed with a disease called lipo-lymphedema, which affects my lymphatic
system, which causes my legs to swell and requires me to keep them elevated all
the time. I have to spend two hours every day in something called a
lympha-press that massages my legs to get the lymphatic fluid moving. It has
pretty much zapped my ability to move about on my own. However, the good part
of this is that it forces me to stay at my computer writing every day!
So how long have you been writing?
Not
including my song writing days, it would be about 14 years.
Laura has now written her second book called
" He Who Has An Ear "
More than two thousand years ago the Apostle
John had a vision he received from the Lord. He was told to write seven
letters to the churches of Asia Minor. Out of the seven churches only
two received commendation from the Lord. The rest were letters of
warning.Compromise and disobedience, combined with a lack of knowledge
of the Word of God, has placed the 21st century church in a precarious
situation. These letters to the seven churches are a message for this
generation during these last days. He who has an ear will know what to
do and act accordingly.
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