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| Author Scott Boucher |
I am pleased to introduce you to author Scott Boucher. He has been involved in numerous aspects of Church
ministry for over 30 years and served as Administrator of Mount Carmel Bible
Institute from 2004-2006.
Scott describes himself as a teacher at heart. “I love to inspire others to experience the
freedom that intimacy with God provides.” Although he doesn’t have a writing
background, he is a man “who simply adores God, and enjoys spending time with
Him.”
“When you are passionate about something, and you know
that millions are longing to experience God in the same way that I have been
experiencing Him for years—it makes it easy.
By the grace of God, I began seeking the Lord passionately when I was
just a teenager. I planted my roots deep
into God early in my walk with Him. One
of the important truths to developing intimacy is this: you can’t be in a
hurry! I patiently waited on the Lord
till I found Him—you have to search with all your heart. God taught me about the concept of approach. I grew in confidence and did away with the
performance-oriented approach I used to have toward God. The deeper I believed His Word, and the more
I meditated upon it—the more real He became to me.”
When
Goodness Finds You, was
written to “help people discover the 5 keys to intimacy with God that empowers
them to approach God with confidence and begin to exhale in His presence. Millions are longing for a breakthrough in
their life. Many are frustrated; they
have been a Christian for years, but they feel like something is missing—there
has to be something more. You won’t find
many books like this one. There are countless
books on prayer, but the focus of those books is how to pray. The focus of my book is on how we relate to
God, and how that affects our approach to Him, which ultimately affects whether
we will experience intimacy with Him or not.”
“One of my
favorite stories from the book is how I used to delight myself in the
Lord. I used to call it “taking God golfing”. It was typically rather spontaneous. It was similar to a man and woman saying to
each other, “Hey, let’s do something tonight.
Yeah, let’s go out on a date.” I
would usually wait for a laid-back Sunday afternoon in the summer when the
weather was pretty much perfect. Then I
would say to God, “Hey, let’s go golfing today, just you and I.” God would always say yes. So off on our date we would go. I’ll leave the rest of the story for the
readers of my book to enjoy. Don’t want
to spoil you.”
What do you
want your readers to take away from it? “I want them to not only be inspired,
but start taking the steps that will lead them toward intimacy with God. I want to see them turn experience into
relationship…a relationship where intimacy is an everyday reality for
them. I want each and every one of my
readers to fall so deeply in love with God that their desire for God is taken
to a much higher level.”
“We are all just trying to find
our way through life. Some of us might
not even be aware of that, but it’s true.
Unfortunately for the majority of us, we rush expeditiously through this
adventure called life. We don’t take the
time to smell the flowers, dance in the puddles, or linger at the
crosswalk. We rush right past a thousand
faces on our way to…nowhere. The beauty
and delight of a dream is lost to the reality of a life of busyness.
I’ve watched my daughter several
times from the front window of our house as she dances in the puddles during a
rainstorm—with boots, a raincoat, and an umbrella. The funny thing is that she ran outside to do
that a few years ago—when she was eleven years old! I think I’ll join her next time. Oh—the simple pleasures that life
provides! What an opportunity that has
been bestowed upon us. If only we would
allow ourselves the freedom to dance in the puddles, to linger at the crosswalks
of life. But we are too mature for all
of that, of course. That is how we
think; that is who we are. Hence, the
longings go unfulfilled; the dreams remain a wish that never comes true.
Indeed, we all have deep
longings inside of us. Some of them are
as simple as the desire to dance in the puddles. Most would admit that they are unsure as to
what those longings really are. The
reason we have a hard time identifying them is because we are largely unaware
of who we are, and what we are to be. So
we spend precious little time in pursuit of the discovery of these longings. The admission of their existence reminds us of
the harsh realities of life—too painful, too complex, and extremely boring at
times. We look the other way; we don’t
even want to consider it.
To find a way
through the dream is to find God in the midst of the dream. Someone may say, “I have forgotten how to
dream. I don’t like to think about my
days of innocence—they are gone. How can
I return to a life of innocence and begin to dream again?” If that’s you, I’m glad you asked. Here’s the answer: Find God in the midst of your dreams. God can enable you to dream again. Set yourself free to allow the dreaming to
begin in your life.”
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| Scott Boucher |
I live in Menasha, Wisconsin with my wife, Mary, and our two children, Josiah and Victoria.
Fun facts: I used to trade highly-volatile stock options on a regular basis. And the most adorable looking cat in the entire world lives at my house. She goes by the name of Macy.
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