My goodness sir thank you. It reminds me of how in the scriptures, Matthew 10 in particular was my morning devotion, how Jesus told them when they went before the judges not to plan what they say! But that the spirit from the Father will give them the words to speak.
A similar situation occurred to me Saturday when I had a talk with a youth group. I had nothing prepared and I wrote nothing down (I did eventually take notes but barely used them) and I was so anxious! But my dad told me, "Jewelle God has given you the words, just speak." And they loved it!
Would you guys love to see some pictures and videos? I has so much fun! 😊
I find it takes me days to write a sermon ,and hours if not minutes for the Holy Spirit to rewrite or draw out from my scribblings the message that He wantsto get across. This weekend it happened when tallking about Jehovah-Raah. God is shephard. Having gone through Psalm 23 -and there is a lot there to expand on- I felt God direct me to spend a fair bit of time on the first line. 'The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.'
He does allow us freedom to write and if we in turn in give Him freedom to edit perfects my imperferctions
I absolutely agree with people identifying with authenticity. Thats how I keep from talking "at" or "down to" my audience. I try to talk "with" them, friend to friend, because they are my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Thank you. As someone who seemingly "has to have" it right when I write I am often aghast when I find typos, or more so when I find a missing "negative" stating the exact opposite of what the Scripture says, total embarrassment. But my prayer for every post is, Lord, let this say what you need me to hear, after all it is MY meditation journal sharing what God is saying to me.
My goodness sir thank you. It reminds me of how in the scriptures, Matthew 10 in particular was my morning devotion, how Jesus told them when they went before the judges not to plan what they say! But that the spirit from the Father will give them the words to speak.
A similar situation occurred to me Saturday when I had a talk with a youth group. I had nothing prepared and I wrote nothing down (I did eventually take notes but barely used them) and I was so anxious! But my dad told me, "Jewelle God has given you the words, just speak." And they loved it!
Would you guys love to see some pictures and videos? I has so much fun! 😊
Praise God, that's amazing. Feel free to share, especially if you'd like to start a thread in the WC chat :)
Definitely!
Yes!
I find it takes me days to write a sermon ,and hours if not minutes for the Holy Spirit to rewrite or draw out from my scribblings the message that He wantsto get across. This weekend it happened when tallking about Jehovah-Raah. God is shephard. Having gone through Psalm 23 -and there is a lot there to expand on- I felt God direct me to spend a fair bit of time on the first line. 'The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.'
He does allow us freedom to write and if we in turn in give Him freedom to edit perfects my imperferctions
I like that a lot, thank you for sharing!
I am so encouraged by your post. Thank you. I wrote down several nuggets of truth. Here are a few of many:
"Sometimes I just need to get out of the way." Yes!
Deeper issue: "A desire for control." Yes, again!
"The sad irony is that our pursuit of perfection often prevents us from writing anything at all." Oh boy, yes.
"Your writing isn't meant to showcase your perfection but Christ's. Yes, yes, yes!
And last but not least, "Readers don't connect with perfection; they connect with authenticity."
Thanks again, Grant.
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment, Karen. I thank God that it was helpful to you!
PERFECTION has smothered my writing journey. Your post is timely and encouraging! Thank You.
I definitely know the feeling. Thank you for reading!
I needed this this morning.
Praise God, I’m glad to hear that.
Oooh my God,🥲🥺
I love this price
Thank you so much for being a vessel in God's hand
Thank you for sharing
Thank you for reading!
This is so freeing and empowering. Thank you Grant for sharing.
Done is better than perfect.
I am one that over edits everything.
"Your writing isn't meant to showcase your perfection but Christ's." ♥️💪🏿♥️
I absolutely agree with people identifying with authenticity. Thats how I keep from talking "at" or "down to" my audience. I try to talk "with" them, friend to friend, because they are my brothers and sisters in Christ.
That’s exactly right, I’d say. We’re all just fellow travelers.
The last sentence says it best!
Thank you for this encouragement.
Love this and it is so true!
Thank you. As someone who seemingly "has to have" it right when I write I am often aghast when I find typos, or more so when I find a missing "negative" stating the exact opposite of what the Scripture says, total embarrassment. But my prayer for every post is, Lord, let this say what you need me to hear, after all it is MY meditation journal sharing what God is saying to me.
Thank you..
You got it! Praise God for revealing that to you.
This really resonates as I incubate an article for this week's post
Likewise.
Praise the Lord!
Thank you!