Energy in words

In recent weeks I have felt a tremendous amount of energy. It has manifested itself in my writing. Finding opportunities to write what is in my head and my heart as become very important and fulfilling.

Words have always been an important way for me to express myself. Much like a painter or sculptor who articulate their feelings in their art for me it is through writing and speaking words. The writing is a newer form of applying my gifts. In the past it has been in teaching and lecturing.

I am now looking forward to using this new found gift to make me a more affective communicator when I am on the platform. Lately the words seem to flow out of me faster than I can get them on paper.

Sharing what I am writing is important to me. I have this sense of what I have to say as being important and necessary yet I am concerned it is very much self-serving. My hope is those who read my words will be provoked, motivated, touched or encouraged to make positive change in their lives.

I have recently outlined my second book. Maybe this is a little ambitious since I haven’t finished writing the first. But this one has a very different feel. It will be a group of short stories about the lives of my grandparents and my childhood and remembrances of them. Whether it will ever get published is yet to be seen. Right now my goal is to tell these stories for me and as a legacy for my children, nieces and nephews.

God has called and continues to call me in amazing and unexpected ways. As my life continues to evolve away from the comfort of a long-term marriage I am now discovering the new doors which are open to me.

This summer I begin a speaking tour which will have me on the road for seventeen weeks between June first and the end of November. I could have never made this kind of commitment until recently.
This opportunity came to be because I was willing to take a chance and break out of my comfort zone and pay attention to what He was saying to me.

It is with great excitement and hope I look to the future and what God has in store for me. He continues to demonstrate His tremendous love for me. My goal is to be a reflection of this love to those I encounter.