Wynter Pitts - I Am Yours: Prayers for Gods Girl

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I Am Yours

Copyright 2019 by Wynter Pitts

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97408

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

ISBN 978-07369-7626-8 (Milano Softone)

ISBN 978-07369-7627-5 (eBook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication control number: 2018053921.

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Contents

Little sister in Christ, the book you are holding is very important. But before I tell you about it, I need to admit something to you. Ive procrastinated quite a bit in writing this introductory note. More than a month and a half has passed since I was asked to do it. Indeed, this has been one of the hardest tasks Ive been asked to take on all yearnot because I didnt know what to say, but because I couldnt quite figure out how to start.

So instead of trying to sound polished and professional, Im just going to start like this:

Honestly.

The book you are about to read is filled with the final, heartfelt words of an astounding author. Her name was Wyntera common word with a little twist in the middle that made it shimmer with uniqueness. It fit her perfectly. She was one of the most likeable, most easygoing, and friendliest women Ive ever known. There was not one hint of pretense or flamboyance in her. Instead, her personality was relaxed, her laugh warm, her disposition welcoming. She was an every-woman kind of girl, and others gravitated to her.

She was common in that waycertainly not mundane or without flare, but approachable, minimalistic, and simple in her style, her ideas, and her problem-solving. She was the kind of girl you wanted to share coffee with while talking through your troubles, knowing youd gain her valued insight on your life as you sat in fuzzy socks, warm and cozy underneath thick blankets.

But like the spelling of her name, she had a unique twist at her core that set her apart in more ways than one. There was a fire in her heart, the kind that glowed low and hot beneath the surface of her busy schedule. It energized the life she was living and the future she was building. This fervor burned for all the things that mattered most in her life. It endured over time and through difficulty, and it fueled her choices and ambitions regarding her faith, her family, and her friends.

Thats where I come in.

See, Wynters dad and my dad are brothers. This makes us biological cousins. But that just happened to be how we metWynter was one of my closest friends on earth, and thats how we lived. Which is why July 24, 2018, will always be etched in the dark side of my memory. I was out with my husband, celebrating our nineteenth wedding anniversary, when I got a call that my sweet friendonly 38 years oldwas suddenly, without any warning, slipping from time into eternity.

This is why this book is so important. It is a last will and testament of sortsa spiritual legacy left to you, sweet young lady.

In the four years before Wynters passing, she wrote ten books. Can you imagine that? Ten books in four years! (I can take nearly two years just to complete one rough draft.) Her accomplishments were miracles. Every single one. And she did all this with near-perfect alignment of priorities. She wrote mostly for her own four beautiful daughters, into whom she poured her entire heart and soul with encouragement and love. But she also wrote for you, one of her spiritual daughters whom she longed to propel toward maturity and divine purpose.

Those of us who knew her watched in amazement as we observed the fruit of her surrendered life. Somehow, without striving and without selfish ambition, she simply wrote down what the Lord impressed upon her, and ten books tumbled out of her heart and life for you. It was almost as if God fast-tracked His work in her so the message He wanted to communicate through her life would be on paper before He snatched her into eternity.

And now, here it is, the message that burned in that fiery heart of hers during those last months when her life was on the edge of eternitywhen she was nearest to the thin veil between earth and heaven. It was the song Gods Spirit hummed into her soul until the melody became so loud and so clear that it formed words and became chaptersI Am Yours, I Am with God, I Am Seen, I Am Beloved, I Am Heldand on and on the song goes for 60 melodic devotions, each a beautiful refrain that echoes Gods heart for you. Do you hear it? Oh, you will, little sister, you will.

This book is Wynters song. Or rather, its the Fathers song to you, sung through her voice, reminding you that you are Hisalways have been and always will be. Its a song calling to you from heaven, inviting you to the most intimate and passionate relationship with Jesus you can have while you walk this planet. Youll hear the holy hum and feel the call in every single page of this beautifully written book. Youll hear it as you read, and youll hear it as you pray. Thats what Wynter will be beckoning you to do through each page so you can hear your Father sing a special song over you.

Because thats what He does when we pray.

You can do this . I realize the topic of prayer can sometimes seem overwhelming. Perhaps, like me when I didnt feel up to writing these opening pages, you may feel a bit intimidated by the whole task, and you might be tempted to procrastinate, passing the time with promises to start someday when you are older or more settled or better at it than you think you are right now.