About Lynette

Lynette doesn't claim to be anyone special. She's the daughter of farmers and a farmer's wife, with two sons and two young grandchildren. Her days are busy caring for family, farm and garden. She has had her share of difficulties in life. But she has a passionate love for God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). She experiences them regularly in encounters that can be unbelievably tender, intimate and loving, or funny; always overwhelming, and frequently mind-blowing and "out of this world." "Heaven is indescribably beautiful," she says. She believes she is meant to write up her stories and experiences so people can get to know what God is really like. As someone  with "atrocious" spelling who grew up struggling to read, she couldn't believe God would want her to write books. "I am totally dependent on the Holy Spirit," she says. 

Below are excerpts from her second book, Encounters with the King, describing something of the way it all happened.

"One Sunday morning at church in the year 2009, I saw Jesus walking amongst people who had gone forward for prayer. I could see Him clearly. His love for them shone out from Him. His love touched me so powerfully; my heart was drawn to Jesus as it had never been before. I made a decision to pursue Him with every fibre of my being. As days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, my passion and desire for Him grew. I took up walking and during those times, I played worship music on my MP3 player. I would sing the songs over and over again, just to let Jesus know how much I longed for Him. I became so desperately thirsty for Him, I would go to the tap to get a drink of water, I would realise that it wasn't water I needed but Him. I would fall prostrate on the floor and cry out for Him. This went on day after day. I did not know what lay ahead of me, I only wanted Jesus.

"During this time I did not feel His presence but I did start to hear His voice speaking to me. On the morning of the 3rd January 2010, as I was on my daily walk, crying out to Jesus, I totally surrendered my heart to Him. I meant business and I needed Him to know that. The very next day, at 3:30am the unexpected happened. I was woken and as I prayed for my family, Jesus entered my bedroom and touched me with His amazing love. His love washed over me and through me, like the waves of the sea caressing the sand. In the days following I felt as if I was plugged into a power cable connected to His high voltage power station which flooded and even now still floods my entire being. At times the power of His presence can be so intense, I feel as if I could explode. At other times the beauty of His presence saturates me like e precious oil running down through my entire body, flooding me with the sweetness of His peace.

"Through these experiences with Jesus, I am no longer the same. He seems to be tipping me upside down and shaking all of the rubbish out of me that He does not want. And with His grace and love, He is now filling me up with the purity of Himself. Two days later,after the morning Jesus entered my bedroom and touched me with His love, the Holy Spirit started taking me in my spirit into His Kingdom. After the first experience I was going every day; I fell in love with heaven as my new home. Oh the beauty of this place, truly it is beyond comprehension and understanding. The more I go into heaven and have the opportunity to speak with different ones,I see the great honour and respect which is shown to all and this also extends to God's saints who are still on this earth. For example, I have met Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They have servant hearts of love, always putting others before themselves. They love everyone just like Jesus does and then give Him all the honour and glory.

At times I am taken in the spirit like John the Apostle, into the heavenly realms and see the overwhelming delights that the Father has in store for us. Sometimes I am woken in the night by Holy Spirit and I lie there listening to the love stories He pours into me like a sweet wine. I am intoxicated by the beauty of Jesus.

"I often find myself as a small child holding Jesus' hand. As an adult, the memories of being a child all started flooding back to me. One of my greatest delights is sitting upon Daddy God's knee and gazing up at Him in awe and wonder, all I can say is "Wow, Wow,Wow." God's Word, books and CDs came alive to me. I could not get enough of them. Though this time was amazing, for many months I felt I was all alone, I did not know anyone who was experiencing these life changing experiences of God's kingdom. So I kept these things hidden within my heart. I leaned on the Holy Spirit more than ever to be my teacher, guide and helper.

"The Holy Spirit started waking me at midnight and He would talk to me for hours; I got very little sleep but I was never tired. It was the same during the days that followed. I so enjoyed His love that I would sit soaking in it for most of the morning. After lunch I would go out into my garden to do what would be a full day's work. To my surprise I found I was doing the work in less than half of the time. "How can this be?" I said to Him. He said to me, "If you give Me your time, I will give you My time." Several years later, I came to realise the deep meaning of this statement - God does not dwell within time. When I dwell within Him, I am in this same place, I am no longer dictated to by time.

"I know my life's journey in Jesus has really only just begun. I know in Him there is more to discover even though I often wonder how this could be. I know there always will be more,so much more; especially as Holy Spirit continues to take me into these amazing rooms of revelation and new adventures. Ultimately though, it is my hunger for Jesus Himself that keeps me pressing forward into Him, knowing that within Jesus I find my place of complete rest. My heart is filled with longing for Him and my desire is that He will consume me and in so doing, I will then know Him more and more. So, it is always a matter of placing my hand into the hand of Holy Spirit and trusting Him that He will lead me into all that He is and on into the next room of glory!"

Her illustrations

Lynette is one of those women who can knit anything without a pattern. She also has an aptitude for cartooning. As she began work on the books on a minimal budget she decided to do her own illustrations. These have developed from attractive graphite designs to detailed colour illustrations. Nuggets of Gold, her latest book, has a dozen colour plates using water colour and natural fabrics and materials.