All of us are drawn back to our favorite authors. We like
their particular voice, how they build their suspense or weave the happy ending
to their love story, place us into an historical event, or construct a world we
could never imagine ourselves but enjoy all the same.
My favorite authors, fiction and nonfiction, are skilled at
putting into words my thoughts I couldn’t have expressed. They also teach me
something of myself, providing me A-hah moments. Yes, I do feel that way or
stoop that low at times. A light is shown in a corner of me and I am usually
the better for it if I allow the words to do what words can do.
Well said/placed words can convict and set free the
reader/listener.
One of the best examples of a convicting word is found in 2
Samuel 12. “Thou art the man.” Powerful.
In Sundays message my pastor, Nick Honerkamp, shared a picture of Jesus that
I knew I appreciated but he boiled it down to three things.
He saw
He was moved with compassion
And He prayed.
Not everyone sees us. We scurry about, pass our neighbors,
our coworkers, and fail to see the heartbreak in their eyes, the questions they
desperately seek answers for. Maybe we avoid them on purpose. Our lives already
overwhelmed with personal troubles. Our light hid under a bushel basket.
Sunday, after that message, I pulled onto my lap Christa
Parrish’s recent release, Stones for Bread. And I realized why I love her writing and
anticipate her next books release. She helps me see, moves me with compassion
and I pray- for those around me, in a fresh way. These are the stories I am
drawn to.
A reviewer of this book of Christa’s said…’this book is not
an easy read, I struggled through it…
I agree, It pained me reading of her protagonists painful childhood,
yet I celebrated each baby step forward, fell in love with the various members
of the community that enfolded her, and the unexpected love that broke through
her defenses. I saw, I was moved and I was prayerful, even brought to worship
as I closed the book at her stories end. God is good. He sees us and waits to
meet us.
I encourage you to write thoughtfully.
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