Keep Calm And Write On

Presently...It's been a long week, filled with work, homework, appointments, and Bible study. Presently...I'm trying to blog and there's a dog sitting on me.  I'm going about my day and I'm grateful for less pain than last week, thankful for exercises and chiropracors. I'm looking at my new dog and I'm thinking, "Maybe there can be more than one best dog ever." I'm beta-reading for two authors, and I'm thinking how beautiful it is that God gave us the written word.  I'm looking back on my life, and I'm wondering at the me I used to be. So timid, so afraid of looking stupid, so afraid to speak... So afraid.  Too afraid.  " for God gave us a spirit not of fear but o f power and love and self-control." 2 Timothy 1:7 ESV.  But now I'm learning that I can only do what I'm called to do if I let my fear go. As one of my dear friends would say, let go and let God . So, if this post is a

It's been a long.... ...day? ...week? ...month? ... year? X....All of the above. Sometimes I feel like my mind is being pulled in six different directions. School, work, family, this, and that, and the normal-getting-my-ducks-in-a-row-adult-life stuff. And the writing that I used to love, but just hasn't been a priority lately. I've had neither time nor inclination toward writing. And that scares me, because I've heard the old adage "use it or lose it" more times than I could count. What if I lose it, my joy and affection for the written word? On the other hand... what if I don't?  What if a break is just what the doctor ordered? What if it's okay that sometimes writing is just one more thing to worry about? But I wish it wasn't. I wish to go back to the days of yore, when responsibilities were few and words were many. But maybe that's just now how it works in the real world. Maybe we have to realize that the things we lov