Write.
It’s always been there.
I was four when I dictated my first poem to my mother. Eight when I sat on the floor of my room, writing poetry in a pink unicorn journal with a feather topped pen.
I’ve played with it. Loved it. Dreamed about it. Made a little money doing it.
But the last few months, it feels like something has shifted. It feels more urgent, somehow. I’ve felt the Lord pushing me forward, telling me that it’s time to move forward. It’s time to stop dreaming and step into my calling.
I don’t know what exactly that’s going to look like, but I can see some stepping stones on the road ahead. Send out some queries. Start working on lining up speaking opportunities. Fine tune the outline and sample chapters, and send out that book proposal into the big wide world and see what I can make of it.
It’s exciting and terrifying all at the same time, like that moment the roller coaster pauses at the top of the hill before it starts screaming down the track. There are also babies to raise, children to teach, a Savior to pursue, and a husband to love. Yet in the midst of it all I can feel the pulse in my fingers: Love. Live. Breathe. And Write.
So on Fridays, this is what we do. This awesome, crazy, wonderful group of women links up with Lisa-Jo Baker to fingerpaint with words. No editing, no self-censoring or second guessing–just writing for the sheer joy of it. Join the link up to play along.
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Praying for you as you take that HUGE step!
Your keyboard pic caught my attention…I think I have the rest of the machine in my pic on my blog. So CRAZY! Took it at a shop in rural KS. Read somewhere that to write well you have to live well…thanks for reinforcing that concept.
How exciting! Praying with you as He leads you into this new season… opens doors and guides your path and your words! Glad you stopped in to #fmfparty tonight too!
What a lovely place! I found you over at The Fellowship of Christian Bloggers and so glad I did! I think you are not alone, feeling a new urgency to write, speak, share. I am hearing that all over the place. The Lord will lead!
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