A Step in the Write
Direction
March 30, 2015
Update: Our
district superintendent spoke at our church yesterday, talking about the new
phase we are going through until we get a new pastor. Many of the things he said
I realized I could use in my own personal life as I also enter a new phase. He
told us that “God allows difficult situations to deepen our dependence on Him.
He is walking right beside us to bring comfort and peace and words of
encouragement to us.” He also said, “This could be an exciting time for our
church” and I thought perhaps this could also be an exciting time for me in
searching for God’s will for the days ahead, perhaps now being able to do things
I couldn’t do before as a caregiver. …Talking about Peter walking on the water,
he asked, “Is God asking you today to get out of the safety and security of your
boat?”, then, “Your best days are not behind you; they are in front of you.”
Good thoughts to keep in mind!
Thought for
the Day: "Lord Jesus, in my haste to serve You through my writing,
let me not run ahead on my own, trusting only in myself. Help me, instead, to be
patient…to place my writing projects in Your hands…to follow Your timetable.
Amen" (June Eaton, Christian Author
Newsletter).
Song for the
Day:
All the way my
Saviour leads me,
Cheers each winding
path I tread,
Gives me grace for
ev’ry trial,
Feeds me with the
living bread.
Tho’ my weary steps
may falter,
And my soul athirst
may be,
Gushing from the
Rock before me,
Lo! a spring of joy
I see.
Gushing from the
Rock before me,
Lo! a spring of joy
I see.
“All the Way My Saviour Leads,”
Fanny J. Crosby
Laugh for the
Day: A Catholic priest
went to the hospital to visit patients. Stopping at the nurse's station, he
carefully looked over the patient roster and jotted down the room number of
everyone who had "Cath" written boldly next to his name. That, he realized
later, was a big mistake. "It was only after I had made the rounds,” he said,
“that I learned they were all patients with catheters."
Writer’s
Tips:
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A
favorite question received by Chip MacGregor: “What 10 editorial mistakes do
most novice authors make?” I suppose if you asked this of 10 agents, he
said, you’d probably get a hundred total answers, but here are his pet peeves
with newbie authors:
Chip
MacGregor blog 3/23/15, used by permission
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Have a good week spreading
the
gospel
through the printed page.
Donna
Clark Goodrich
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