About Jill McIlreavy

Over twenty years ago God promised me that He was going to lead me into writing. Apart from keeping a personal Bible study journal, almost nothing happened, or so it seemed, with regard to writing for over two decades. Finally three years ago the Lord began to remind me of that long forgotten promise.

On the very morning that I said yes to God regarding the call to write, a friend, knowing nothing about my plans to write nor how daunted I felt about it, came to see me. She pressed a single mustard seed into my hand, saying "the Lord says that's all it takes Jill".

I planted the seed in a five millimetre measuring cup on my kitchen window sill and started a blog that very afternoon called Mustard Seed Blog.
As the seed grew I had to keep transferring it to bigger pots to give it space to grow. Now a shoulder-high thriving tree, it resides in a heavy earthenware pot at our front door; a daily visual reminder of God's faithfulness to His promises!
My blog has grown almost as rapidly as my 'mustard tree'. I recently sensed that the Lord was leading me to 'transfer it to a bigger pot' - and have just published my first book.

Writing is a joy for me. I have been a follower of Jesus for forty years, and yet there is always something new and exciting to discover about Him in the pages of His written, living Word - the Bible.