TERMINATED!

 

November 3, 2026

Psalm 34:18 Contemporary English Version

¹⁸ The Lord is there to rescue all who are discouraged and have given up hope.

 

In September and October 2026, I submitted my book, Abraham: Intrepid Warrior, to be printed with Amazon.com. I submitted the manuscript in two forms: a paperback book and a Kindle e-book. They accepted both and had the e-book up for purchase online within two days. I know that it was live because two of my sisters-in-law purchased copies immediately. I ordered a draft copy of the paperback so we could give it a final edit.

I was even more elated when we got the draft copy. Sylvia read the whole book to me and marked spots in the book that needed to be fixed. My sister-in-law read the whole book and identified spots that she thought needed fixing. She sent those to us. Sylvia went through the manuscript and made all of the changes and had it ready for resubmission by yesterday morning.

Yesterday, November 2, I logged in to KDP and was met with the stunning announcement in extra-large bold letters, “Your account has been terminated!” It gave me no idea why, or what I could do about it. I checked on Amazon for my Kindle book—there was no mention of it. I had been terminated!

Then I turned to my email, and there was a message from my Internet provider, stating in extra-large bold letters, “your credit card has expired.” I tried to open my account to update the credit card information. It wouldn’t let me in and kept refusing to do so. Finally, I got through to them on the phone, and after about two hours, I finally appear to have this provider caught up to date.

That morning, I had read our verse, “The Lord is there to rescue all who are discouraged and have given up hope.”

Needless to say, I was discouraged and still have no idea how to take care of the termination. I have not given up hope yet. The Lord saw that I was going to have a very discouraging day and provided encouragement exactly when I needed it. I am still awaiting His rescue! It will come! I am eagerly waiting to see how He will handle this.

 

Please continue to pray for me!

 

 

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The World Is Too Much With Us

 

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Ecclesiastes 12:1 Unlocked Literal Bible

Also call to mind your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of difficulty come, and before the years arrive when you say, “I have no pleasure in them,”

 

 

 

In high school English class, we studied the romantic poets: Wordsworth, Tennyson, Keats, and Blake. I’ve often wondered why they chose those poets. One poem I remember expressed Wordsworth’s frustration with “modern society,” in the 19^th century:

The World Is Too Much With Us

By William Wordsworth

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;

I think I memorized it at the time. This was the period of the industrial revolution. Money was flowing much more freely than it had previously. Yet it did not bring happiness as many thought it should. Christianity appeared to have lost its power. Wordsworth was hankering after returning to the idealized natural Pagan times. Of course, it was impossible, and the attempt to do so, especially by communist powers, ably exhibited that.

 

Lord, in this day of Laodicea, revive Your Holy Spirit filled power in our lives.

 
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[1] https://benziher.wordpress.com/tag/remember-now-your-creator-in-the-days-of-your-youth/