Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Aug 2, 2007 11:08:24 GMT -5
September 7, 2006
“Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me”
(John 16:32).
Is there anything worse than being alone? Even God Himself said it is not good for us to be alone (see Gen. 2:18). Jesus, as His time of ultimate sacrifice approached, knew that those who claimed to be His friends would desert Him when danger loomed. And yet, He said, He would not be alone, for the Father would still be with Him.
There are few professions so lonely as that of fulltime writers. Sure, we have the occasional brief moments of “glamour and glitz” where, if all goes well, someone besides our mother shows up for our book-signings. And we even have times of interaction with others when we do personal one-on-one research. But for the most part, writing is just plain hard—and lonely—work. In fact, it’s been said that writing is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. Others have said that writing is easy: you just sit down at your typewriter/computer and open a vein. Ouch! Way too much truth in that, isn’t there?
Those of us who write because we believe we have been called and gifted to do so have the assurance that we are never alone—God is always with us, guiding and encouraging and comforting. But is that enough?
When God declared that it was not good for man to be alone, Adam had not yet sinned, so his relationship with God was still intact. Very obviously God was stating that beyond relationship with Him, we need relationship with others, particularly those who are likeminded, driven by the same passions.
God has blessed us as writers to connect with one another, to fellowship, pray for, and encourage each other. As we set about the awesome task of “writing the vision” God has given us, let’s remember to pray for those who co-labor with us, and to drop them a note of affirmation whenever God lays them on our hearts. It may be just the thing they need to hear to remind them that they are not alone.
(C) KATHI MACIAS
www.kathimacias.com
“Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me”
(John 16:32).
Is there anything worse than being alone? Even God Himself said it is not good for us to be alone (see Gen. 2:18). Jesus, as His time of ultimate sacrifice approached, knew that those who claimed to be His friends would desert Him when danger loomed. And yet, He said, He would not be alone, for the Father would still be with Him.
There are few professions so lonely as that of fulltime writers. Sure, we have the occasional brief moments of “glamour and glitz” where, if all goes well, someone besides our mother shows up for our book-signings. And we even have times of interaction with others when we do personal one-on-one research. But for the most part, writing is just plain hard—and lonely—work. In fact, it’s been said that writing is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. Others have said that writing is easy: you just sit down at your typewriter/computer and open a vein. Ouch! Way too much truth in that, isn’t there?
Those of us who write because we believe we have been called and gifted to do so have the assurance that we are never alone—God is always with us, guiding and encouraging and comforting. But is that enough?
When God declared that it was not good for man to be alone, Adam had not yet sinned, so his relationship with God was still intact. Very obviously God was stating that beyond relationship with Him, we need relationship with others, particularly those who are likeminded, driven by the same passions.
God has blessed us as writers to connect with one another, to fellowship, pray for, and encourage each other. As we set about the awesome task of “writing the vision” God has given us, let’s remember to pray for those who co-labor with us, and to drop them a note of affirmation whenever God lays them on our hearts. It may be just the thing they need to hear to remind them that they are not alone.
(C) KATHI MACIAS
www.kathimacias.com