Beside the Stream is a collection of colorful word pictures intermingled with scripture, meant for pondering, for inspiration, and for an encounter with the living God. They draw attention to what God can accomplish through someone who will surrender his or her will to Him, as in the poems "The Grass Is Really Greener Now" and "Your Grace Saved Me Just in Time." Some of the poems in this book are poems of worship and healing, some are of deliverance, and some are love notes to her Savior, God. There are poems with humor and the Word weaved together like "The Gift of Repentance" and "My Mustard Seed Oak Tree," and there are poems that can lead a doubter of the Word to salvation in Christ. This book also reveals how the desires of the world can lead to destruction and loss of eternal life with God, as in "God Sent Someone to Tell Me-Now He's Sent Me to Tell You." This book shows that God's word is tangible and that believers can have an intimate relationship with their Creator and Savior. I pray that this book will bless readers and that those lacking in faith in God will give serious thought to the fact that there is life after death-either eternal life with God in heaven or the torment of eternity in perdition. "Another story poem is waiting- it's on the tip of my pen. Time for the words to awaken you to the Father's love within."