HAPPY MONDAY!
A game of tag prompted today’s word-of-the-week…
WRITE
Jon Swanson explained why he writes. Then he said, “Tag, you’re ‘it’” and asked me to consider the same question. So I took a couple of long bike rides, which is where I think about stuff, and wondered why I write.
I’d like to say I write to follow some noble calling, to teach or serve or help. I’d like to say that, but at about mile ten I understood that’s not why I write. Not really.
I write because I whisper in the fog and I know, deep inside, that no one but Jesus will whisper back. I write because it’s my way of bringing some measure of clarity to inner chaos.
RELENTLESS GRACE began as a journal, a meandering attempt to make sense of the senseless nightmare screaming within me following my injury. After literally years of shapeless, chaotic verbal vomiting, I noticed two remarkable changes. First, I felt a sense of peace and connection with Jesus when I wrote. Second, the words actually started to make sense and communicate a story.
I shared the story and people said it would help others who had experienced adversity. So I published a book and started this blog. In a roundabout way, that led to a dream called RICH’S RIDE—and more writing, another book, and another blog.
I hope all of this serves, teaches, and helps. I hope it inspires. I hope it brings people a bit closer to Jesus and encourages them to dream God-sized dreams and live remarkable stories.
I love it when you comment, when you take time to say the words touched you in some way. I appreciate “Likes” and especially “Shares” that show the ideas are worth spreading around.
But those are why I publish the writing. They’re why I share, why I speak, and those reasons mean a lot to me.
They’re not why I write.
I write because sometimes the fog clears a little and I hear Jesus’ voice saying, “Follow me. I’ve been here, and I know the way out.”
Writing, for me, is prayer. That’s why I write.
Have a great week.
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That’s why I write, too. Sometimes, I hear His voice while I write… other times, I write what I’ve heard from Him. Either way, it brings clarity and one more step in the process of growing.
Thanks for sharing!
Agreed. Sometimes for me, it’s the whisper in the middle of the night.
Thanks for publishing your writing. Your words indeed bless, serve and teach about dealing with life “in the fog”. Keep writing! Each of us inevitably spends time in the fog, and as you suggest, Jesus hears us and speaks to us when we need Him the most. I think Jesus often uses others to be His voice in that fog. In an earlier article you suggested we need to be willing to enter the fog and be there for those in need. I like to say I’m willing to do that The tough question is will I allow others to enter into my fog, to speak to me, and be a blessing to me?