I am not sure what I am going to write about today...I just feel the urge to write something. In fact I have had that urge on a grander scale for about a year or so. It has been a growing desire of mine to someday write a book! At this point the possibility of me writing my own book seems strange and foreign on account of the fact that I do not know enough about any one subject to write a whole book on. Nor do I feel that I have the right tools to do so, as I am pretty ignorant to a lot of what is proper for writing something so big. On a smaller note, I have also had a desire to write out my entire testimony from the very beginning of my life to where I am at currently. More like a story rather than a quick summary of my coming to Christ. I even started out to do it once, but in a failed attempt to do so, do to my lack of focus at the time. Currently though I have the focus and desire at the same time, which leads me to this blog. Maybe I should start on my story. Hmm...
Anyways I am intrigued about the many responses I have received about my writing. Whether it has been a professor, friend or family member I have had several good comments about my writing. It is most strange to me because I have always been terribly bad at spelling and grammar or any sort of english or literature. In fact, if you were to hear me read aloud you would find that I am even poor at reading. Please don't get me wrong, I am not bragging about my writing, nor am I convinced that I truly do have a gift for writing. If I do possess a gift of writing, it leads me to wonder how might God have me use it? What does God want me to do with it? I often think about a sermon I might preach someday or a story I want to share/tell to someone with my words laid out perfectly the way I have rehearsed over and over again in my mind. Some how those words never make it to my mouth for a variety of reason...(never in a situation to do so, fear of what people with think, not a pastor, etc.). But maybe if I can harness those thoughts onto a sheet of paper somebody could read them. I don't know...God will have to create in me a calling to do something with my writing if it truly is a gift I possess. Anyways, I think i will end this blog for now.
2 comments:
Hello Son,
I sit and read your blog and think how funny it is that God is dealing with you about writing. It has been a little longer for me that God has been gently urging me to start writing again, however when I sit down to actually write, the topic isn't there, or if it is there, the words going on in my head are not coming out on the paper and it always seems to end up in a brief synopsis of the basic thought never touching remotely the levels in which I thought it through.
What you have written in your blog, I have found very easy to read, understand. You do have a way with writing and it is a valuable talent to have. I wish I had never put it down, never stopped writing years ago. Don't let it go son, keep plugging to write as one day you will find it well worth your time.
Grace Be Unto You Always
Mom Chris
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