A Step in the Write Direction
February 3,
2014
Update: Not too much to
write this week. Have done several income taxes. Years ago I had an income tax
business for 18 years with over 200 customers, and now I just do 20-30 a year,
mostly people who work at the hospital with our son and daughter. For those who
haven’t received it, I have a list of tax deductions for writers. Email me at:
dgood648@aol.com. …Interesting facts from
yesterday’s sermon: 75% of believers are in non-Western world (Africa, Asia,
South/Central America); more Muslims are coming to Christ than ever before;
Muslim judge in Iraq pleaded for someone to come and tell them about Jesus as he
didn’t like the senseless killing that was going on; 6-7 million have seen the
Jesus film in their language; 85% of pastors in non-Western world have only 5
minutes of pastoral training. And what I liked, Satan doesn’t know he’s already lost. He
thinks he still has a chance. (Jim
Baugh).
Thought
for the Day: God sent every person into the world with a special
message to deliver, a special song to sing...No one else can speak my message or
sing my song...These are entrusted to me (Father J. Nash).
Laugh for the Day: It
was Super Bowl Sunday and in our Presbyterian church the time for the collection
of tithes and offerings was approaching. The minister, a true sports enthusiast,
reached into his pocket, took out a quarter, flipped it into the air, glanced at
it as it landed, then in typical referee fashion joyfully announced: "The ushers
have elected to receive!" (The Gospel Greats newsletter,
1/21/14).
Song
for Today:
“I
will pour water on him that is thirsty;
I
will pour floods upon the dry ground.
Open
your heart for the gift I am bringing.
While
ye are seeking me, I will be found.”
—“Ho! Every One That Is
Thirsty,” Lucy J. Rider
Quiz
for Today:
Unscramble
the following words related to writing (Thanks to Peg Phifer for
this):
1.
stryyem
2.
aorcnem
3.
sneessup
4.
tdaoveolin
5.pnubisgihl
6
yipssnso
7.ucanimrspt
8.yaorlleg
9.
oghraabuitopy
10.eiomrm
11.
drliieapco
12.
rmgkantie
Question for you: Would you
write if you didn’t get a byline? (I’ll give you my answer next
week.)
Writer’s
Tips:
Repeating
the saying that changed my writing life. Up until hearing this, writing was a
hobby for me—something I did whenever I found the time. After hearing this, it
became a calling, and I believe I am as called to write as a minister is called
to preach:
“We
are called to write and I feel we will be responsible at the Judgment for the
people who are hurting that we could have helped but didn’t because we didn’t
write what God laid on our hearts to write” (Harold Ivan
Smith).
Why
do you write?
(continued):
Because
Your Writing Can Help Spread the Gospel
As
a teen, I loved listening to missionaries speak. Their work sounded exciting,
especially those who went to Africa. I was disappointed that God didn’t call me
to the mission field.
Years
later a friend brought me an article to edit that she eventually sold to
Decision
magazine.
Two young men in Africa read it and became Christians. I realized then that
writing—and helping other writers—was my mission field.
You
may not go to a far-off country, or even leave your hometown. However, through
your writing about what God has done in your life, and what He can do in the
lives of your readers, you can reach people all over the world.
Have
a good week spreading the
gospel
through the printed page.
Donna
Clark Goodrich
dgood648@aol.com
www.thewritersfriend.net
http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com
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