For When You Swear off Writing Forever

Last friday I had complete writers block.  Last Friday nothing flowed.  Last Friday I was empty.

Frustrated and feeling defeated I shut the computer down, swore I didn't want to be a writer anyway and proceeded through the day in a dismal funk.

Words are powerful.  They bring healing, insight, and life to the weary.

Words are how Jesus first showed himself to me, revealing himself through the pages of HIS WORD. And writing down my words is how he healed me.

Let last Friday be the Last time I give up.  Let last Friday be the last time I give in.  Let last Friday be just that….the last.

Because I am a writer.  It is how God wired me and it is how I worship him.  When I write I am able to make much of him.  And when I make much of him my soul finds joy.

Fellow writers, let's not be discouraged.  Writing is our promised land.  It is the space that God has called us to, a space flowing with blessing and influence, but it doesn't come easily.

Even the Israelites had to fight for their promised land.  A whole generation was lost because they decided God wasn't big enough or strong enough to help them take the land of cannon.

So this giant we call writer's block?  Let this be the last time we become intimidated and run for the hills.  Next time and forever more…I say let's stay and fight.

And when it's all said and done and we have made much of him through our writing, all who read will know that it was God who gave us the words.

Dear Lord,

Thank you for the gift of writing.  Thank you for the healing and beauty it brings.  You are the author of words and we confess that the only real reason we are drawn to words is because our hearts are drawn to you.  Let us always seek to make much of you through our writing.  May our circumstances never could our perception and may we be bold as we take hold of the promised land you have set before us.
Amen.

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