Being Right Can Be So Wrong

Writers complain about the blank page; about how daunting it is to "have to" create. The blank page intimidates because of all the filled pages that others have written. The black page intimidates because no matter what you put on that blank page it will not measure up to the work of others. Shallow and empty, lacking passion and little more than a pale reflection of greater works is how you view what you create. Living for Christ compares to the writer's difficulty with the blank page. It is so difficult to take the life that you have and to live it in a magnificent manner that glories Christ. Your sins and failures are always before you as is the greatness and selflessness of great Christian men and women. Those men and women are not necessarily those of history but are those of your own ancestry. Grandmothers and grandfathers, those who your family have lifted up as examples and perhaps those your church has lifted up. Who am I in comparison. Flawed and weak are the words upon the page, flawed and weak are the days of our lives. The worth of our work and the works of our lives are best viewed by another. We are too close to what we have created and we are the ones who know of the erasures, deletions and imperfections that have preceded what we have created and what we have become. Truly, it is better to be judged of God that to be judged of self.

When God Leads

When God says move, He doesn't mean tomorrow or next week. He means Now! By the same token, until God says to move you are better to stay where you are. We can neither run ahead of God or lag behind Him. When it comes to writing, and this only applies to the Christian, you write when God leads. You will know when He is leading for the words and thoughts flow from somewhere deep within you. Some would call it a "muse" but just me, I'm just not that smart or that creative. When I'm writing sermons God takes over and this is how I know that God can direct writing. Pray up and God will lead!

Power For Living

The blank page is the stuff of nightmares for writers. It is a sad truth that writers spend more time preparing to write than they do writing. Hanging over them 24/7 is that blank page. The "you have to get started" voice in your head hammers you and shames you. You say "ok" after I check facebook, "'ok" after I check the mail. After one more game of solitaire! By them it's time to eat, pick up the kids or what ever. Paul prayed in Ephesians 3:15 "that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being." God is ready and willing to infuse you with power to do His will and His work. If your writing is for His glory, He will give you so much you won't be able to write it fast enough. Start with prayer and you will be amazed at what the Lord will do through you and in you.