More Fringe: My Growth as a Spirit-Filled Christian with Asperger's Syndrome
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You can't take the word of man as a judgment of something in you or that is a part of you. God likes to plant blessings in the most unexpected places! "Stephanie A. Mayberry - More Fringe
Stephanie A. Mayberry once again addresses the life of a Christian Aspie. Written a year after the first "Fringe," this book offers views on making friends, finding a church, how God can use Aspies, the upside of sensory processing "disorder," finding joy and much more.
Within these pages, there is a blessing just for you.
Stephanie A. Mayberry
Stephanie A. Mayberry is a freelance writer and author who has written several books on several modern day topics from a faith based perspective including Autism and Asperger's, Domestic Violence and Abuse, and Depression. She maintains the blog "The Christian Aspie" and has a Facebook group "Autism and the Holy Ghost."
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More Fringe - Stephanie A. Mayberry
MORE FRINGE
My Growth as a Spirit-Filled Christian with Asperger’s Syndrome
Stephanie A. Mayberry
Cover Photo by
Stephanie A. Mayberry
All scriptures used in this text are taken from the
New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 2012 Stephanie A. Mayberry
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ISBN: 9781301406159
BOOKS BY STEPHANIE A. MAYBERRY
My Testimony
101 Simple ways to Minister to Others
7 Steps to a Godly Marriage
Praying God’s Word: For Teens and Young Adults
HEALING FOR THE BATTERED SPIRIT SERIES
My Story is not Unique (a story about domestic violence)
Why I Stayed: Ministering to the Battered Spirit
More Valuable than Sparrows: Healing for the Battered Spirit
Ministering to the Battered Spirit: A Ministry Kit for Battling the Spirit of Abuse
THE CHRISTIAN ASPIE SERIES
Fringe: My Life as a Spirit-Filled Christian with Asperger’s Syndrome
More Fringe: My Growth as a Spirit-Filled Christian with Asperger’s Syndrome
Deeper Fringe: My Joy as a Spirit-Filled Christian with Asperger’s Syndrome (coming soon!)
The Christian Aspie: Notes from the Blog
DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to you – the person holding this book in your hands, reading these words. This book was written for you because if you are reading this then it is because God has something He wants you to know.
This is for the hungry, the seeking, those longing to fill that God-space inside them. He is here. He is for YOU.
God Bless you.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
1 A Year of Growth
2 Asperger’s and Me
3 Children and Mistakes
4 Friends
5 I am useful to God
6 The Lie
7 Finding Joy
8 Jesus’ Healing Touch
9 Prayer and Pushing Through
10 Shedding the World
11 The Right Church
12 Touching God
13 Sensory Processing – Disorder?
14 The Importance of a Support System
15 On being Content
16 On Forgiveness
17 The Holy Spirit
18 Knowing His Voice
19 When People Disappoint
20 Going to Heaven
What’s Next
About the Author
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I could not do this without God, without His hand guiding me, directing me, giving me the words that I give to you. I also could not do this without the people God has given me, the people He has placed in my life.
Of course, I must thank my husband. His love and patience does more for me than he could ever imagine. I am so glad that God gave him to me, to be my spiritual authority, the head of our house. I could not ask for a wiser, more Godly, more loving husband. I thank God every day for you..
⁹For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make [special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things--
¹⁰That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition].
~Colossians 1:9-10 (AMP)
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chapter 1
A Year of Growth
⁶ For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 1:6 (NASB)
This is a book about growth, spiritual growth. It is about my growth as a Spirit-filled Christian with Asperger’s Syndrome.
A year ago I wrote the book, Fringe: My Life as a Spirit-Filled Christian with Asperger’s Syndrome.
I felt led by God to write it. At the time, I thought that was all I was supposed to do. I thought my book would be a one-time thing; but God had other plans.
Since I wrote Fringe,
I have written ten other books. This is the eleventh. The topics have ranged from Christian Aspies to healing from abuse to having a Christian marriage. I am astounded and humbled at what God has done, how He has used me.
When I completed Fringe
I had no idea what to do or if anyone would even read it. I thought about going with a publisher, so I began to pursue that. Several publishers expressed interest; then I had the dream.
In the dream, God told me not to go with a publisher because they often edit material to make it more readable,
marketable,
whatever, and if one word is changed it will change everything. When He gives us a word, He does not want us to change it or modify it.
That is the risk that I would run if I entrusted my manuscript, the Word that God gave me, to a publisher, especially if that publisher was not a Spirit-filled Christian.
Not long after that, I stumbled upon a site called Smashwords.com. They allow writers to publish ebooks for free. They act as a distributor, working with Sony, Barnes & Noble, Apple and several other ebook stores. They also sell ebooks on their website for a percentage of the sale price.
Later, I learned about publishing through Amazon and converted my books for Kindle. Now they are also on Amazon. Then I discovered Amazon’s print service so they are in print as well. I have also discovered another ebook publisher, Book Tango. I just may try it too. Another bonus is that this experience has allowed me to help others publish their work too.
God is leading me, I just had to stop trying to do things my way and stop trying to do God’s job for Him. When I do things God’s way, in God’s time, I do much better. Letting God take my steps for me on the path makes for a much better, easier, more effective journey.
I saw my opportunity to publish God’s Work, distribute it and retain my rights. No editors to change the words, no publisher to tell me I have to adjust a concept because it may offend. I could publish it just as it was. I could publish it the way God wanted it – the way He intended.
Over that year between the first Fringe and this one, amazing things occurred in my life. I began to have better understanding of some things that had previously confounded me. I began to have better tolerance of things I could not previously tolerate. I began to heal!
I still have the Asperger’s traits, many of them anyway. I think I