Charles Stanley is so in my head right now! Thursday, I completed my book. Friday, I submitted it. Today, Sunday, I turn on Charles Stanley while getting ready for church and what is he talking about folks? His introduction is: Everyday you have time to pray. Every day you have time to read the Bible. Every day you have time to spend with God. Every day you have time to have your own personal worship service. Serious? That’s my entire book. As I continue to listen to his message, he hits about eight out of the ten points I make.
So what exactly does that mean? Confirmation, y’all! Doubt loves to come in and make a happy home right next to faith. It’s kind of like that Mucinex commercial. The slimy uninvited guest moves right in and makes us feel all terrible inside. But then faith, hope and love conquer like the medicine in the commercial and wipes it all out clean! Amen people, amen!
Now, I didn’t go around all day filled with doubt about the need for my book, but it did sneak in every now and then. But now, listening to my brother’s message I am so much more encouraged and inspired! Whether I win the contest or not, the job remains the same: reaching a hurting world with a practical application and guide with God’s purpose for their lives individually.
I love how the Holy Spirit goes around to his children and whispers words of wisdom. We find ourselves looking at each other thinking, “I was just going to say that!”
Plugging ahead.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
January 14, 2011
I’m shaking. I’m really shaking. I usually don’t get all shaky and nauseous – for anything. Oh wait, yes, when I gave my testimony. Yikes! Was a shaky then. And man, I’m so nervous now!
I just submitted my entry in the Women of Faith writing contest. I found myself staring at my email inbox waiting for a reply to shout something like, ‘Wow! That was the best submission I ever read!’ I feel like the little boy in A Christmas Story, you know, the scene when he gives his teacher the essay he worked so hard on but it really wasn’t that great. In his mind he drifts to imagining his teacher and classmates singing his praises… and then reality sets in and he’s standing there with that stupid grin. Oh that is so me right now!!! Ok, it’s alright. I can wait until March to get a reply. Right?
The last blog I wrote I sounded like a spoiled little girl who was mad because someone else got a pink pony for her birthday. Trust, that didn’t last too long. God snapped his fingers and said, ‘Get with it!’ And so I did. The reality is I find my purpose in life in writing this book. Oh so many moments where my heart was so full ideas, thoughts, words, Scripture – I had to write or else I would burst! And so I did. What a great feeling to work on something I am so passionate about. That fire in my belly just got a little bigger. I wonder what God will do with the pages. Hopefully touch the lives of so many people that are in search for something; and they will realize they are in search for God.
During my devotional today, I landed on the Beatitudes. Strange how that happened. But anyway, I realized the blessings Jesus talks about are the result of our authentic actions of being poor in spirit, mourning, meek and humbled, mercy and grace, pure in heart, sprinkling peace in every thought and deed. It’s through these life circumstances that we are blessed because we can experience God. Man, God is deep! Preach it Jesus!
I’m much calmer now. Time to clean my house. Thanks for listening.
Anxious,
Me.
I just submitted my entry in the Women of Faith writing contest. I found myself staring at my email inbox waiting for a reply to shout something like, ‘Wow! That was the best submission I ever read!’ I feel like the little boy in A Christmas Story, you know, the scene when he gives his teacher the essay he worked so hard on but it really wasn’t that great. In his mind he drifts to imagining his teacher and classmates singing his praises… and then reality sets in and he’s standing there with that stupid grin. Oh that is so me right now!!! Ok, it’s alright. I can wait until March to get a reply. Right?
The last blog I wrote I sounded like a spoiled little girl who was mad because someone else got a pink pony for her birthday. Trust, that didn’t last too long. God snapped his fingers and said, ‘Get with it!’ And so I did. The reality is I find my purpose in life in writing this book. Oh so many moments where my heart was so full ideas, thoughts, words, Scripture – I had to write or else I would burst! And so I did. What a great feeling to work on something I am so passionate about. That fire in my belly just got a little bigger. I wonder what God will do with the pages. Hopefully touch the lives of so many people that are in search for something; and they will realize they are in search for God.
During my devotional today, I landed on the Beatitudes. Strange how that happened. But anyway, I realized the blessings Jesus talks about are the result of our authentic actions of being poor in spirit, mourning, meek and humbled, mercy and grace, pure in heart, sprinkling peace in every thought and deed. It’s through these life circumstances that we are blessed because we can experience God. Man, God is deep! Preach it Jesus!
I’m much calmer now. Time to clean my house. Thanks for listening.
Anxious,
Me.
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