On Writing: This is the Year

 

This is the year—the year we finish the manuscript and click send.

The year we commit to being a writer with goals and purpose.

The year we bind our fears and bring a message of hope to a world struggling to breathe.

This is the year the following questions will no longer haunt us:

  

• What makes me think I can be a writer?

For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn (Romans 11:29).

By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News (Ephesians 3:7).

 

• Will I ever finish this manuscript?

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. Charles Spurgeon

If you’re running a 26-mile marathon, remember that every mile is run one step at a time. If you are writing a book, do it one page at a time. If you’re trying to master a new language, try it one word at a time. There are 365 days in the average year. Divide any project by 365 and you’ll find that no job is all that intimidating.  Charles Swindoll

Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success. William Wilberforce

Beginning well is a momentary thing; finishing well is a lifelong thing.  Ravi Zacharias

  

• Another rejection. Will I ever be published?

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit (Ephesians 3:16).

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation (Romans 5:3-4).

Do not be lazy. Run each day’s race with all your might, so that at the end you will receive the victory wreath from God. Keep on running even when you have had a fall. The victory wreath is won by him who does not stay down, but always gets up again, grasps the banner of faith and keeps on running in the assurance that Jesus is Victor.  Basilea Schlink

2018 is the year.

Fire the laptop. Prime the pen.

Keep writing!

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(Scripture quotations NLT)

 

Leigh Ann Thomas is the author of three books, including Ribbons, Lace, and Moments of Grace—Inspiration for the Mother of the Bride (SonRise Devotionals). A regular contributor to AlmostAnAuthor.com, Just18Summers.com, and InTheQuiver.com, she has also published with Southern Writers Suite T, The Write Conversation, and Power for Living. She is a contributing author in 10 books and her award-winning fiction is included in three editions of Southern Writers Magazine’s Best Short Stories. You can find Leigh Ann on her front porch daydreaming story plots, or blogging at LeighAThomas.com.

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