It's been a long time since I've written anything on this blog.
Why?
Is it because I've been busy? Well, yes I have been to a certain extent, but never busy enough to write.
Never busy enough to use the gift God gave me.
And yet, I haven't.
I ask myself again-WHY?
The simple answer is that I am afraid.
I am afraid of not knowing what to write.
I think that is every writer's greatest fear.
However, I am a child of God. I am commanded to not be afraid.
The Lord says in Joshua 1:9-"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified;
do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
This is my life verse. When I look to God, when I focus on God, he directs me to the words to write. And it's not just in writing, but also in everything that I do. When I look to God for direction in everything that I do, when I come before him and seek him with everything that I am, that is when he meets me and blesses me with the direction to carry out his purpose, for it is not for my purpose that I live. It is to live out his purpose for creating me- to give him all the praise and glory.
When I seek him out and obey him and love him with everything that I am, my fear is gone.
Why? Because I am focused on God,who is always with me and never leaves me,even when I am paralyzed with fear. He is patiently standing next to me waiting for me to give him the fear that I was never meant to carry.
Why?
Is it because I've been busy? Well, yes I have been to a certain extent, but never busy enough to write.
Never busy enough to use the gift God gave me.
And yet, I haven't.
I ask myself again-WHY?
The simple answer is that I am afraid.
I am afraid of not knowing what to write.
I think that is every writer's greatest fear.
However, I am a child of God. I am commanded to not be afraid.
The Lord says in Joshua 1:9-"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified;
do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
This is my life verse. When I look to God, when I focus on God, he directs me to the words to write. And it's not just in writing, but also in everything that I do. When I look to God for direction in everything that I do, when I come before him and seek him with everything that I am, that is when he meets me and blesses me with the direction to carry out his purpose, for it is not for my purpose that I live. It is to live out his purpose for creating me- to give him all the praise and glory.
When I seek him out and obey him and love him with everything that I am, my fear is gone.
Why? Because I am focused on God,who is always with me and never leaves me,even when I am paralyzed with fear. He is patiently standing next to me waiting for me to give him the fear that I was never meant to carry.
