A
Step in the Write
Direction
October
20, 2014
Update:
The Bible says that we don’t know what a day may bring forth (Proverbs 27:1).
How true! Friday I hung up the phone after talking to my brother, and my husband
said, “Something’s wrong. You’d better take me to the E.R.” Well, all you women
know that when a man says that, something is wrong. I let him off at the E.R.
door, parked the car, and by the time I
got in there, they had him in a exam room. Took a lot of tests and it turned out
his magnesium level was low (never heard of this) and he had a bladder
infection. Seven hours later we went
home with a prescription for antibiotics. He’s better now, just real tired….Two
more weeks and our daughter and family will be moving back here from Oklahoma.
They’re still waiting for word on a church opening. Appreciate your
prayers!...Sent in a one-page proposal for the caregiver book. If that passes
the committee, then they want a full proposal, so I need to get busy and get a
couple of chapters ready, just in case.
Thought
for the Day:
The only way God can show us He’s in control is to put us in situations we can’t
control (unknown).
Song
for Today:
Yesterday,
today, forever,
Jesus
is the same.
All
may change, but Jesus never!
Glory
to His name!
“Yesterday, Today, Forever,” Albert
A. Simpson
Laugh for
Today:
Auctioneer: What am I offered
for this beautiful bust of Robert Burns?
Man in crowd: That ain't
Burns, that's Shakespeare.
Auctioneer: Well, that shows
how little I know about the Bible.
Comment on last week’s blog:
Beautiful,
Donna....your opening really spoke to me. We have a strange guy attending our
church. Don't know what's wrong with him but he stands right in front of the big
screen because he can't see well, his equilibrium is off, wears strange clothes
and one time didn't take his meds and had to be dealt with strongly and left
church. BUT one day I chatted with him...he was the most gentle, humble soul and
I felt a love for him at once. The deacons watch him closely for signs of
trouble but the more we learn about him, the more we understand. Thanks!
Writer’s Tip: (from unpublished writer’s
devotional book)
“I Don’t Have Time”
There is a time for everything, and a season
for
for every activity under heaven (Ecclesiastes
3:1).
Would-be writers, and even those that sell on a regular basis, all
complain they don’t have enough time. The following three words will help in
this area.
1. Goals. Make a list of your long-range goals. Do
you have an idea for a book? Make a list of what needs to be done before
you can start writing. Will you need to send out surveys? Write down the
questions and the names of people you want to interview. How about research? Plan a trip to the
library and note the books and reference material available. Jot down a list of
Internet resources. Then set a goal for each month; i.e., by the end of January
you’ll complete research or send out surveys for chapter 1, and so on. Other
long-range goals can include sending out a specific number of articles or
queries a month, taking a correspondence course in writing, or setting up a
marketing file.
2. Priorities. A pastor told his congregation that their
lives could be changed in a week if they formed the habit of making a daily list
of things to be done, and then rearranging them in order of priorities. Is
writing on your list of priorities, or is it something you do only when you have
some spare time? This may depend on how you view your writing—as a hobby or a
calling. Harold Ivan Smith says, “We are called to write and I feel we will be
held 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.”
3. Planning. Plan your day in advance. If you have to be
away from your computer for a while and have some waiting time, take along a
writing book or a rough draft to edit, or take a writing pad and begin something
new. Time spent waiting in a car or in a doctor’s office can be fruitful
moments. Study the people around you; develop character sketches; jot down
conversations to use in future stories. While waiting in line at the
supermarket, check out magazines for possible markets.
The minutes are there waiting. Make the best use of them. You are
called to write, and God will help you make time for this important
calling.
List today’s tasks in order of priority. Where is writing on your
list?
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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