LONGWOOD, FL-The wilderness is a dry, desolate, and discouraging place. It is a land of broken dreams, unfulfilled promises, and unmet expectations. There are no bypasses around the wilderness on our journey to the Promised Land. No one is exempt. We all experience times when God seems to have left us high and dry, but take heart. Kenny Ashley's Waterholes in the Wilderness: Hope for Dry, Thirsty Souls (paperback, 978-1-60266-716-7) caters to the needs of those who feel as though they are in between a rock and a hard place by placing the Promised Land just within reach.
Says Ashley, "I hope readers will come away knowing that God is for them, not against them He is for them when they feel like they deserve it and when they don't. I want them to be wowed by all the ways God tries to get their attention so He can love them to life."
A self-described "fellow sojourner" in the wilderness, Ashley has learned everything he has through walking, falling, getting up, and knowing God loves him all the time. On the course of his journey, he learned that God is in relentless pursuit of a love relationship with all of us, even when we are not aware of how desperately we need Him. "I'm just one beggar telling another beggar where he's found something to eat," the author says.
Kenny Ashley is the minister of discipleship and teaching at River Hills Community Church in Lake Wylie, South Carolina. He is a pastor, Bible teacher, counselor, and author. He is also the author of Anchors in the Storm, Jesus...My Final Answer and Footprints of the Heart.
Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world's largest Christian publisher, with more than 3,900 titles published to date. Retailers may order Waterholes in the Wilderness through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. Salem Communications is the country's leading Christian communications company with interests in radio, Internet, and magazine publishing.
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2007