"Guided By the Spirit" is filled with inspirational/Christian poetry, as well as stories relating to Psalms in the Bible. It has taken me a while to write them but I sense that God has wanted me to do this for a long time. At a young 74, I've finally reached that pinnacle in my life and I hope that you will find these stories and poems inspiring, encouraging and warm. If you do, then I feel that I have succeeded in my mission from God. My joy has been in writing them, I pray that you will find joy in reading them. If you have been inspired by this book, I thank you and God bless and keep you. Poetry has been a natural theme in my life since I was a child. I love writing and sharing words that form vivid imagery to the reader and I write from my heart and soul. It is my hope those who read my work will find at least some comfort, excitement, love or solace within these pages. I've been published in several World of Poetry Anthologies in the 1980's and from 2002-2007 in books by Poetry.com and Nobel House Publishers. My first book "Echoes of Love" is in pre-production. "Guided by the Spirit" was inspired by my faith in God and my favorite writer of Inspirational Books was Helen Steiner Rice. I pray my God-given talent will be as joyous and inspiring to many who love poetry-both as readers and inspiring young writers. Helen VanEck Holub