WRITERS GROUP
I attended it last Thursday, and squeamishly raised my hand when they asked, "Who brought something they're working on?"
Others noticed that "the new girl" raised her hand, and I was ushered to the empty chair in the center of the semi-circle.
I explained what I was up to with the book of Ruth, and then proceeded to read it aloud. After four pages I got some valuable and positive feedback, and they asked if I had more. (Yes! They wanted to hear more!) So I read them 2 more pages. They seemed to really like it, or else they were good liars. Sometimes I can't tell with people. Regardless, I was encouraged.
The best thing was that I'd been struggling with these very pages for months. As I looked at them Thursday afternoon, knowing I couldn't present them as they were, but not knowing what to do with them, I realized I hadn't taken this problem to God. Oh sure, I pray about it all the time, but I never really asked God for a solution. So right then and there, I prayed and asked God to put it into words for me.
A few hours later, at the writers group, God made it very clear that He had helped me. The very words I added that afternoon are the words that drew the most positive comments and urged my listeners to ask for more. What a privilege for me to see God at work in my life!
Thanks for checking in on me, and hope you'll see God at work in your life this week!
I attended it last Thursday, and squeamishly raised my hand when they asked, "Who brought something they're working on?"
Others noticed that "the new girl" raised her hand, and I was ushered to the empty chair in the center of the semi-circle.
I explained what I was up to with the book of Ruth, and then proceeded to read it aloud. After four pages I got some valuable and positive feedback, and they asked if I had more. (Yes! They wanted to hear more!) So I read them 2 more pages. They seemed to really like it, or else they were good liars. Sometimes I can't tell with people. Regardless, I was encouraged.
The best thing was that I'd been struggling with these very pages for months. As I looked at them Thursday afternoon, knowing I couldn't present them as they were, but not knowing what to do with them, I realized I hadn't taken this problem to God. Oh sure, I pray about it all the time, but I never really asked God for a solution. So right then and there, I prayed and asked God to put it into words for me.
A few hours later, at the writers group, God made it very clear that He had helped me. The very words I added that afternoon are the words that drew the most positive comments and urged my listeners to ask for more. What a privilege for me to see God at work in my life!
Thanks for checking in on me, and hope you'll see God at work in your life this week!
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Sharon