Revelation to a Writer

God spoke to me tonight at a Releasing Kings Conference.  A business conference... imagine that.  I'm just about as far from business and entrepreneurship as anyone I know.  But, I'm not far from God.  He had a message for me in this unlikely for me place.

The Revelation:

I don't have to know what to write to be a writer.

I have to be willing to be used by God...

willing to write what He gives me to write...

willing to exchange the fear, the worry, the anxiety that someone might not like what I write, the memories of red and green ink all over my papers that I worked so hard at writing in college, the rejection of my youth, my natural focus on me me me.

I have to be willing to give, willing to be a channel for God's blessing to flow through.  My source of what to write is God himself and what His Holy Spirit reveals to me.  In His Word, in His presence.
All life flows from Him.

Flow through me, Lord God.
So be it.

P.S.  A sweet gal named La Vada just stopped by to share a word with me, "HE is the author and the finisher of our faith."

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May I suggest...

Carpe Diem... Seize the Day!

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Questions to Ponder

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The garage is half empty. 

Garage sale this weekend. 

Why do we accumulate so much stuff?

Is it failure to make decisions?

Is it fear that we won't have what we need in the future?

Questions to ponder as we move on to the next step in conquering stuff.

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Don't You Love to Stay at Home of Evenings?

"Don't you love to stay at home of evenings?

Don't you love a cushioned seat

in a corner, by the fireside,

with your slippers on your feet?"

~Oliver Wendell Holmes~


I'm busy this week sorting, culling, and generally going through as much as I can to get ready for a little nesting next week.  I'm going to have a yard sale with my girlfriend, Joyce.  It's going to be hard work; but, it will pay off with a little extra money and a lot of good fellowship.  Then, after I finish cleaning up after myself ~grin~, I'll be ready to finish decorating for this brilliantly beautiful season.

Have a terrific week.

Laura

It Takes a Woman

"A hundred men may make an encampment,
but it takes a woman to make a home."

~A Chinese Proverb~