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Picked for a Purpose

Bearing Fruit Through Times of Hardship [Paperback]

by Mel Menzies

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In telling her deeply personal story of shame and suffering, Mel Menzies shares secrets of learning to be fruitful throughout times of difficulty and pain.

  • A biography for anyone who's known hard times

  • Mel Menzies tells her story of illness and finding purpose in God

  • A reassuring read for anyone feeling left out

  • Author

    Mel Menzies

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Malcolm Down Publishing

  • Published

    March 2019

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Born with an undiagnosed bowel disease which was too shameful to speak about, Mel Menzies grew up with a painful life. She felt she 'failed as a daughter' to fit in with her family of sporty extroverts; 'failed as a new convert' when she married with a baby on the way; 'failed as a wife' throughout fifteen years of her husband's affairs; 'failed as a mother' when one daughter became a heroin addict for thirteen years; and 'failed again as a daughter and sister' throughout the twenty years of a family rift.

A catalogue of competitive victimhood? A holier-than-thou hypocrite? Or picked for a purpose because the finger of God was upon her?

In fact, seeds sown by the Father when she was only four years of age, put down roots and grew into a faith which led to her becoming a born-again believer and follower. 'Picked' for a writing career which eventually blossomed into her having a Sunday Times Bestseller, Mel soon learned why. Her purpose? To bear fruit for the nourishment of those in need i.e. to comfort others with the comfort she had received from God.

As Mel shares her story so she helps you, her readers, to see the way in which God has picked you, the truth of God's promise that all things work together for good for those who love God, and the life and light you might bring to the world when you blossom, bear fruit, and learn your purpose.

Acknowledgements

Contents

Dedication

My Purpose in Writing this Book

Scattered Seed: Infancy: 1945-6

1. The Seeds of Awakening

2. The Seeds of Curiosity

3. The Seeds of Prayer

Reasons for Seasons: 1946-7

4. Rain's a Pain

5. But Rain Brings Gain

6. Sunshine and Showers

Budding Childhood: 1947-52

7. Roots and Shoots

8. Parched Ground

9. A Leaf of Belief

Blooming Adolescence: 1952-56

10. Beginning to Blossom

11. Buds Abounding

12. Petals Appearing

Stunted Growth: 1957-64

13. Nipped in the Bud

14. Soil and Toil

15. Pruned and Propagated

16. Bearing Berries

17. Roots in Rocky Places

18. A Yield of Sorts

Reaping a Harvest: 1976

19. A Harvest of Healing?

20. Threshing the Grain

21. Drought Followed by Fruitfulness

Ripe for Picking: 1977-82

22. Re-Seeding

23. Fruit Bearing

24. Second Cropping

Feed my Sheep: 1983-88

25. Offshoots

26. Grain and Grapes Make Bread and Wine

27. A Clear Path

Sunset & Evening Star: 1989-1994

28. A Plum Job

29. Ears of Corn Midts Bramble and Thorn

30. Pips of Truth Beneath the Peel

The Fruit of Forgiveness: 1995 Onwards

31. Give and Take

32. Dying to Self

33. The Free Fruit of Forgiveness

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Specification

  • Author

    Mel Menzies

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Malcolm Down Publishing

  • Published

    March 2019

  • Weight

    250g

  • Page Count

    248

  • Dimensions

    129 x 199 x 14 mm

  • ISBN

    9781912863044

  • ISBN-10

    1912863049

  • Eden Code

    4954165

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  • Author/Creator: Mel Menzies

  • ISBN: 9781912863044

  • Publisher: Malcolm Down Publishing

  • Release Date: March 2019

  • Weight: 250g

  • Dimensions: 129 x 199 x 14 mm

  • Eden Code: 4954165


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