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Why do I write?

Why do I write? I often wonder what draws me to expressing myself through writing. 

I recall when I was in probably middle school, I decided I would write a romance story and I did. Man I sure would love to have that story today and see what a sixth grader thought romance looked like 😁. I also remember writing little short stories when I was young, especially one time for a school project, on what make believe subject who knows. So now I am thinking, that perhaps God placed the desire to write within me and over time He is now allowing me to use this gift/talent today.

After I became a follower of Jesus Christ, I spent many, many years preparing and teaching lessons. Even in the adult Sunday School class I hated using the written material. And when I taught the children I didn't use prewritten lessons; I wrote my own lessons, in fact unless I recently threw it away, I had several notebooks filled with outlines and activities for each lesson I taught. Once when I took one of those spiritual gifts tests ( or whatever you call it), teaching was my main gift (just a note these can change through the years, as God will use another gift He has given you) and I read one of the characteristics of one with a teacher's gift is they don't want to use someone else's books to teach from they want to write the book. If this is true, this would be me 🥴 (saying that for me I prefer to go straight to God's word and teach it as He reveals His word to me, I will add I learn as God leads through godly pastors He has placed in my life, but they lead me to God's word for revelation, as well as a teacher should). For me I think the greatest thing about sharing Jesus, whether with children or adults is to make it real so that it comes alive for those reading or listening. That comes from an anionting, not from ourselves. 

I laugh because I have many friends who love to read inspirational books and daily devotional books; and me I hate reading those things. I know, I know, I am weird, oh I would love to write a book but I have no desire to read one, GO FIGURE how does that even make any sense at all! 🤔 Now that I have no words of explanation, but perhaps that is why I have never written one.

Approximately 12 years ago my pastor said where we find our passion is where we will find our calling. What are you passionate for? Me, mine has been since my salvation, to share Jesus, in Bible studies, in classes, with children and with adults. My teaching preference was always with the ladies between 40 & 50, yet God would place me with children and senior adults. So I would accept what God had for me, in the time and season I was in. The next thing I was passionate for was sharing the goodness of God in my own personal life, that would be in sharing our on going testimony. Thus we find my life scripture:

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Yet, the one thing, as I have become older, that is the most important passion is:

PRAYER

Prayer is essential in the life of every Christian as well as essential in the corporate church. There is an old saying that goes something like this "A family that prays together stays together", so it is with a church family "A church that prays together stays together"! 

Many Christians think of prayer as being this long lists of petitions, to bring to God. But it is more of a conversation with our Abba Father. Because of the season of my life now, I have multiple  and I mean multiple times throughout the day just to talk to my Father. At times when I awaken at 3 am I start to pray, then as the morning progresses and I wake back up, I tell Him good morning, and I pray throughout the day, always finding a time to just sit in His presence and go into a deeper prayer time. Yet, I also understand this type of prayer life is not accessible for those who work, or have young children at home. But be encouraged if you only find a short time to sit in His presence, do so, because a day and season will come when you will have more time. But we must find a time. When my children were small I would shut my bedroom door and say "This is my time with God" or I spent a lot of time in the bathroom with the door locked 😂. The saddest part about corporate prayer, that I have witnessed at any church I have been to, is when the church calls for us to gather together for corporate prayer, that is the least attended night. Why would you think that is? Every church wants revival yet revival is birthed through prayer. And we wonder why real, genuine revival is not seen in churches. Understand this, these churches that are calling gatherings for so many nights a week "Revival" or having what we know as "Tent Revivals", these are not revivals they are crusades to share the good news of the gospel, and God can take that crusade and turn it into a revival. A revival is for the "church" to draw God's people back to Him to bring us out of our complacency. Out of a revival will come a byproduct of salvation, prodigals coming home, communities being changed etc. Man cannot create a revival, only God can, but we can give an opportunity for revival to come by our prayer life.

Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Acts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

(This right here is essential for the church even today)

IN CONCLUSION

I never meant to start teaching something, but apparently I can't help myself. I am also beginning to realize this: God will take what He has planted in us and use us wherever and however He chooses. For me I don't really have a teaching opportunity anymore, but God is creative and He will even use social media to open doors of opportunities to share the good news of who He is. So perhaps if you took the time to read this, you may understand why I write so often and it is so so long. Know this I love you, God has placed you in my life at some point in my journey, some of my friends are from high school, previous churches, church I am in now, family and friends of family and some friends of friends.

May God bless you and may you walk in your gift and calling that God has placed in your life. Just one more thing, we are all born with a God given talent and at our rebirth God will place a spiritual gift or gifts in us these will together operate  for God's kingdom purpose. I did finally learn not that many years ago (maybe 7) my talent was creativity, that is used in multiple ways in my life. To be honest before I learned this I didn't think I had any talent, after all I sure couldn't sing. I encourage you find your talent, we do this by seeking God. Our talents can grow through learning.

Be good and God bless you all. ❤️❤️

I just added this silly poem I wrote in 2015, came up in a Facebook mem

WOULD CHRISTMAS STILL COME?

By the middle of October the stores are aglow,

Getting shelves ready for Christmas you know.

By Thanksgiving it seems I have things in order

The tree, the lights, the tinsel is ready

Come Christmas come!

By December it is done the gifts are all bought and wrapped in paper

I sit back and think will Christmas ever come?

As I pondered the moment I begin to wonder "If all I had done became undone,

Would Christmas still come?"

Thinking these thoughts I remember the reason

The very reason for the season had already come!

That moment in time when heaven touched earth,

The moment when deity took on mankind,

The angels, the tree, the lights and the gifts

Why they are about a Savior who came for me!

I smile as I remember all of the these things,

And realize that nothing I do can ever undo what Jesus has done for me!