Official blogging begins. A day seldom passes when during my devotional time, a thought registers that prompts written expression. It is these musings that will fill this space and which I offer for your reaction. Our purpose? Engagement in the practice of our faith via this website to encourage, inspire, convict and ultimately share this journey to eternity.
Today’s opening line in one of my devotional staples, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, was surely written for me. “I am creating something new in you: a bubbling spring of joy that spills over into others’ lives.” My sister-friend echoed just that sentiment yesterday as we marveled at what the Lord is orchestrating in this season. My third book is in production with a traditional publishing house and now this website up and running, if not perfectly, well enough for me to employ it as a vehicle to share the good news of the gospel through the medium of the written word. And believe me, there is joy, joy in my soul. It is joy born of the ashes of situations beyond my control; of the struggles of loved ones; of the conditions of the nation in which I live that contradict our moniker, “Christian nation.” How, you ask, can such realities produce joy? Because the kind of joy I possess has nothing to do with the material, with what’s in my bank account, with where I live or what kind of car I drive or what secular affiliations I claim. No, the joy that fills my soul is joy only Jesus gives because it flows from the peace He blankets me in each day. Because I am at peace, I am open to His creation of this new season of word craft, spilling over into the lives of others as they read and discuss my writings.
Love. Joy, Peace.