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Christian Writers,
You
get me
as I sit at the
edge of a room and watch the people…
struggling to find just the right word; it’s on the tip of my tongue but won’t fall onto the paper…
while I rush to meet a deadline whether I feel like writing or not…
as I ask that my writing time be respected, even if it looks like I am just staring blankly out the window…
when I feel the urge to take out a pen to correct the spelling or grammar on a sign at the mall…
those moments I’m inspired by nature but forget the thought when I finally locate a working pen…
as I share that odd humour of writers searching for non-cliche descriptions, like seeing unicorn happiness bursting all around me in the tri-coloured foam of the car wash…
those times I set an alarm but snooze it to finish typing my thought rather than move onto my next task, because I am finally in the writing zone.
You get me.
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Christian Writers, you get me, so I feel I belong.
And
because you get me, I can trust what you teach me.
a variety of genres so I can find the one
that stirs my soul…
how to write to entertain and teach…
to write for a theme, an assignment, or a
desire…
about writing to a deadline and to word
count…
to send something for publication because
the worst that can happen is they say no…
about growing thicker skin by entering a
Word Challenge or contest and accepting the critique offered…
where to find opportunities to write…
it’s okay to not arrive at a finish but, at
some point, I need to put my words “out there” anyway…
to just enjoy writing and not publishing,
while also encouraging me to share my words…
that I can view writing groups as a team, not a competition.
You teach me.
Inscribe Christian Writers, you get me, you teach me, and, although we are from different backgrounds, churches, cultures, and traditions,
to be in God’s Word…
to be true to God’s Word in my words…
to pray for my writing, for your writing,
and for you…
to trust God with the results of my
writing…
to use writing for God’s glory, not in what
I write but in how I write...
in my life walk with God.
You disciple me.
you disciple me,
you teach me,
you get
me.
Marnie Pohlmann is an Inscribe-inspired Christian Writer from northern BC.
