The Person Within
I love the banner Ada uses here on her blog with the
scripture from 2. Corinthians 4-7. I wonder how many of us reside in that
earthen vessel, hidden, undisturbed, complacent and comfortable?
To the Christian Writer, who feels himself yanked out of
that vessel by the Holy Spirit and put to work, coming out of such
accommodation into the sunlight to be
seen and heard can be a surprising revelation.
What of the quiet homemaker whose devotional book has pulled
her into a bookstore to sign her books for strangers who want to know about her
and her family? She discovers she’s not just the shy, reticent, ordinary person
she thought she was. She’s friendly, outgoing, proclaiming God’s love to
strangers, surprising her and others.
What of the mystery writer who spends his private time alone
in his head plotting and suddenly finds himself the subject of reviews among
readers who want to know about him and his relationship to God?
We are who we think we are, living within the vessel. When
we are called by God to write for Him, to crawl out of our vessel into a larger
world He goes out with us. He provides the courage to grasp new opportunities,
the endurance to see our projects through to the end, and the Grace we need to
get it into a world that needs to read it.
Christian Writers! Come on out of the earthen vessel into
the sunlight and see the surprises He has in store for you. The world needs to
hear what you have to say and read what you have to write. Be not afraid;
you’re not alone.
This is great. Only in the past few years have I been able to even look out of the vessel and only lately feel that I can venture out into this world. I've known God is within me but never really allowed him to have first place in my life and still working on it. Learning about Gods amazing grace has been the most freeing thing I have ever known. It is more than sufficient to take us wherever he leads us. Grace has been, is and will always be with us, we just don't look for it. His amazing Grace is a journey through life. Ada thank you for sharing this.
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