"You are a failure as a Christian. Your writing will flop because you sometimes forget to pray. You call yourself a Christian writer and you forget to pray over your work before you begin? How happy do you think that makes God?"Ugh.
Those are the words, too often, that echo in my ears.
"Look at all the lovely Christian writers who you know and who dedicate their work to God well before they even begin. And then look at you."
The voices in my head continue their tirade. Distraction after distraction. They whisper in my ear and tell me that because I sometimes forget to ask for wisdom and direction first, then I am unworthy of assuming the title of successful writer. Guilt.
The voices are right. As a believer, whatever I write [do] I should be doing it unto God and not unto editors. How can I expect to be even remotely successful if I barrel on in my writing without a thought of God? Too often the task to complete gets in the way. Deadlines loom. Schedules demand. Editors call.
I hear about the dedication of other writers then I flip the switch on those wretched voices in my head again.
They play havoc, attempting to convince me that I don't have what it takes.
Then God steps in. He flips the off switch. And assures me.
The voices are wrong. Not one thing happens in my life without Him knowing about the before, the during and the after. It's not like I don't think of God. And He knows it. It's not like I don't dedicate my work to God. I try. It's not like I don't write to please God and give Him all the Glory. I do. I just do it out of order.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your
own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths
straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his
bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your
hands. Deuteronomy 28:12a
One day I will have order and quiet before my day begins. One day my own perfect plan to please God will include dedication and kneeling. I know without a doubt I need God before I write anything that would proffer forth any iota of wisdom or sense. But for now I keep my heart stayed on God throughout my day and ask for Him to remove the chaff and prepare my words. I've realized some of the blessings of seasons. I've experienced the fallow, too. But I will trust Him no matter.
Sometimes I let the voice of the enemy become louder than the voice of the Lord.
I'm still working on that.
I'm still seeking the right way to do [write] whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is
excellent or praiseworthy—think [and write] about such things. Phillippians 4:8
I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will
tell [write] of all your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1
Glynis lives, loves, laughs and does an awful lot of reading, writing, publishing and praying in her home office.
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