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(From Dosso Dossi, via Wikimedia Commons, used w/o permission.) ("The Ascension," by Dosso Dossi /Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri.) This is one of my favorite bits of the Bible: " 8 The eleven 9 disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them.   " teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. 13 And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age." ( Matthew 28:16 - 20 ) So, for slightly different reasons, is this: " When they had gathered together they asked him, 'Lord, are you at this time going 4 to restore the kingdom to Israel?'   " They said, 'Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.' " ( Acts 1:6 - 11 ) Acts 1:11 reminds me of stories where, after the general's address, a sergeant says 'you heard the orders: Mov

I vividly recall the first really negative review I received on a book. It was for a particular title in the All Things Girl series and the young person who wrote it was fairly scathing in what she said. She identified herself as one of three sisters who ranged in age from 10 to 15. She went on to post her review on all the books. I will freely admit that her words brought tears to my eyes. Two months later, BAM! Another terrible review. I was reeling from it all. To make matters worse, scores of people were saying how helpful the two terrible reviews were. No one was coming to my defense. Words can’t explain how alone I felt—and utterly defeated in my attempt at serving God’s precious daughters. And confused…I had prayed each and every time that I had worked on the books. Throughout long days and nights my prayers stormed heaven; I prayed to the Father that every young girl who read the books would be blessed by them; that these books would be instruments of God’s love for