Ruthann, I so enjoyed reading your encouraging words and message this morning. I thought the post was finished after the “thanks for reading and subscribe button” and was pondering my own writing these days as I share my struggle with abuse, and with faith over the years. I almost closed the article, grateful for what I’d read, then saw the next sentence. “Do I still struggle from the effects of abuse?” It was as if the Spirit were asking me. Yes, even after twenty-five years. But you have helped me realize this morning that the stories God wants from me are kept like jewels in the scar tissues of my being. Those are the stories He can use best for His glory. So I continue on, richer for having read your beautiful post and for God’s beauty and grace all around me and in me every day. I’ll get back to my revising now. I was feeling discouraged, who do I think I am writing a novel? I am God’s, and from that everything else will flow. Thank you, sweet friend. Your teaching and writing goes far beyond what you can imagine. Sending blessings back.
Ruthann, I so enjoyed reading your encouraging words and message this morning. I thought the post was finished after the “thanks for reading and subscribe button” and was pondering my own writing these days as I share my struggle with abuse, and with faith over the years. I almost closed the article, grateful for what I’d read, then saw the next sentence. “Do I still struggle from the effects of abuse?” It was as if the Spirit were asking me. Yes, even after twenty-five years. But you have helped me realize this morning that the stories God wants from me are kept like jewels in the scar tissues of my being. Those are the stories He can use best for His glory. So I continue on, richer for having read your beautiful post and for God’s beauty and grace all around me and in me every day. I’ll get back to my revising now. I was feeling discouraged, who do I think I am writing a novel? I am God’s, and from that everything else will flow. Thank you, sweet friend. Your teaching and writing goes far beyond what you can imagine. Sending blessings back.
Deb