The Lents Wrote the Books for You!

By John Shivers

One of the most basic pieces of advice given to all writers is to write what they know. In the case of Clayton’s Marywinn Lent, what she knows is knowledge and insight gained from a lifetime of experiences, grounded, guided and undergirded by her faith in Jesus, and God’s loving grace.

From her growing up years in Savannah, Georgia to the University of Georgia, Hilton Head, South Carolina, and as far away as Russia, to Rabun County’s Persimmon Community, Marywinn and her husband, George, have followed God’s leading. Along their journey, they’ve been blessed to participate in overseas mission trips and befriend, nurture and house foreign young people.

But while these various activities have been just some of the highs in 56 years of marriage to her veterinarian husband, there have also been lows. Serious illness has besieged them more than once, but by the grace of God, those lows have been transformed into special highs. It has been the love and grace of the God they vowed before marriage to follow and serve, that has made their journey even more remarkable.

In her first book, “The Precious Shepherd,” which was released in 2017, Marywinn explains how the book came to be, and how she prays it will minister to others in a way that will bring her readers to a closer walk with God.

“God has made Himself so very plain to me in my life and in the last fifty-six years with my husband. We have seen His hand working for us, with us, and to us;” her words are underscored by a warm, wide smile. “My desire is to first reach our family and to show that God is alive and well in a very mighty way in the lives of all of His children. Most people are too superficial in their relationship with the Lord and do not see or understand His presence. My main goal is to make God real in everyday life, and realize that we can live our life in the presence of Almighty God, by entering into the holiest of holies with Him each day,” she goes on to say. Her words are thought-provoking, and delivered with sure belief in what she says.

Marywinn believes that a daily walk with the Lord should be lived in the conscious presence of God as we carry out our mundane, everyday duties of life. When she penned this book, her constant prayer was that it would enlighten, encourage, enable, and energize readers to find a deeper relationship with their heavenly Father for His glory!

“I desire for the ‘candle of my life’ to penetrate into the dark recesses of this world and light the way for the discouraged, despondent, and dejected people all over this earth,” she concludes.

Her second book, “Mount Up With Wings Like Eagles,”published in 2022, with husband George as coauthor, is based on the central theme of God being in the “RE” business — Remodeling, Reinventing, and Remaking us to become people who can reach out to others in love. In its pages, the Lents share many exciting and heartwarming stories about their family’s adventure in Hilton Head, the mountains of Georgia, and the mission field in Russia and other places. In these stories, Grandma Tillie and Grandpa George share their wisdom from the many lessons God has taught them. They tell how He has shaped their lives through these life experiences. In addition, each chapter contains a workbook that summarizes the lessons and teaches biblical truths that can be applied to readers’ lives. These studies can be used individually or in a group setting.

Marywinn and George fell in love at first sight when both were students at UGA. But while there was never a formal proposal, neither one doubted that their life paths were to merge. Their strong belief in God, and their wedding which included a vow to God, along with the traditional words that unite a couple, they’ve now spent more than five decades living daily into His guidance and leading.

To learn more about Marywinn and her life’s story and the books it inspired, check out her website www.marywinnlent.com/about/. You may purchase both books through the site.