I intended to finish out 2014 with a few of my favorite things about writing beginning in September, specifically the following four things:
- Closeness
- Freedom
- Research
- Sharing
I had
some technical issues and missed November, so I’m wrapping up the list today
with number 4 - Sharing.
So to
recap, writing, painting with words, draws me close to my Lord and Savior. And
when Jesus is near, I experience freedom from all the cares and concerns that
inevitably try to weigh me down.
With Him
close, when I’m free from the noisy voices that want to steal my peace, I can
seek and find anything. With His help I can uncover all the big, and little,
nuggets of information I feel I need to make my stories plausible and
interesting. He’s so good.
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Learning
new things energizes me more than a double espresso. Although I must say that
would probably come in a close second. It’s all well and good to increase
knowledge, but learning something valuable and not sharing it with somebody was
never God’s intention. Writing is a great way to share what you’ve learned, but
since writing full-time is not yet possible for me I’m convinced God has placed
me in exactly the right workplace with the right people.
I’ve
mentioned before that I work in a library. I have found that people who work in
a library tend to love learning new things, and sharing that knowledge with
anyone who will listen. In other words, I’m not the only one! I’m in good
company.
That said
it’s truly commendable how the ladies that I work with most closely will
actually listen to me when I tell them yet another thing I discovered, and how
much more awesome this thing is than the thing I “wowed” them with last time.
They are so kind to at least pretend to be interested.
But I
just can’t help myself! I want to talk about things I’ve learned especially if
I suspect those things could benefit the person with whom I speaking. What God
has freely given to me, I feel compelled to pass along.
Things
like, did you know if you place a freshly sliced onion on a bee sting
immediately after it happens and leave it there for 10 minutes, the juice from
the onion will draw the poison from the bite? There will be no welt and it will
not itch. It’s that cool? You can’t keep something like that to yourself.
Right?
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I could
write a ton more words about all sorts of things I’ve learned, but they might
be things you don’t care to know. And after all, “A word fitly spoken is like apples of
gold in settings of silver.” Prov. 25:11 (NKJV) So just suffice it to say, I
like sharing what I know and with God’s wisdom I’ll share it at the right time.
While I haven’t shared much specifically, I believe I have
made my point and it’s time to let you go do something you love now.
Humbly
submitted by H.T. Lord
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