Elizabeth Hilby

Elizabeth (Liz) Hilby has been married for 40 years and counting. Liz is a mother of two adult children and finds great joy in her two grandchildren. She retired after 23 years of working as a Paraeducator with Special Needs Children to be a full-time grandmother and author. She enjoys travel, crafts, writing, and all the time she can spend with her family. Liz’s heart is to encourage other believers in their faith as she writes with transparency about her battles. She shares useful analogies and questions so that her books can be an interactive study for personal growth or a group Bible study. Published books include Audience of One at the Mercy Seat: A Place of Prayer and Intimacy with God, Give A Little Sunshine: Sentiments for Cards & Scrapbooks, 31 Days At The Cross: Daily Devotions, Are You a Target: Fight the Good Fight God’s Way (Mother Book). Liz is entering a new genre’ with children’s books in 2018. Look for, Exploring God’s Word Together; a two-book Bible Study set for adults and children. She follows the same format to make the child’s book entertaining and a teaching tool at the same time. This style writing comes from her many years of working with children. Liz has a column in La. Road Trips Magazine that shares stories of her outings as a geocacher. She is an active member of her church where she served as the Nursery Leader and currently leads a Woman’s Life Group. For community ministry, she partners with a local Christian Gift Shop to present a monthly Word from God and shares devotions Monday-Friday on her public Facebook page. Liz is working on a degree in Christian Counseling as a student at ICM College to fulfill a life-long dream. ＂I believe you are never too old to fulfill the desire God puts in your heart! Don’t let the dream die. Keep going forward with God to ’Just do it, ’＂ says Liz to encourage others waiting to realize their dreams.