By Misty Beller
God's been teaching me a critical lesson about my writing.
For a few years now, I've
been amazed at the love God's instilled in me for writing novels. It's
become my passion , where I can invest my energy and brainpower and every
ounce of the creativity I never thought I had. Something I can work at,
and be constantly learning. A place where I can strive for perfection.
But, through this
process, God has made it abundantly clear to me that the writing is His.
The words—whether they flow onto the page in harmonious magic, or whether I
have to build each one from a desert of nothing.
The
words are His.
What He chooses to do with
them, whether they only plant a seed for one person, or whether they touch
hundreds of lives. The difference these words make is His
difference.
This may seem like a basic
concept in the Christian life, but it continues to completely changing the way
I approach not just writing, by every area of my life. My entire existence is
to be a tool for God's work. That took me a while to wrap my mind around, but I
now approach things with a new perspective.
Everything
I do should point to Him.
We sing a song at church
with the words, "I breathe in grace, I
breathe out praise." And
that's the concept. God fills me up with his grace, so that I can pour out His
praise in everything I do.
And as He chooses to bless
this writing in some areas, and close the doors in other areas, it's not my
choice. These are His stories, and He has a master plan to use them in ways I
may never know.
So now, I'd love to hear from you! How has God used you as His
tool? How have you seen Him work in ways you would never have imagined? Here's
your chance to breathe out His praise!
Author Bio:
Misty M. Beller was raised on a farm in South Carolina, so her
Southern roots run deep. Growing up, her family was close, and they continue to
keep that priority today. Her husband and two daughters now add another
dimension to her life, keeping her both grounded and crazy.
God has placed a desire in Misty’s heart to combine her love for
Christian fiction and the simpler ranch life, writing historical novels that
display God’s abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of her
characters.
You can find her on her website, reader blog, marketing blog for authors, Goodreads, Twitter, Google+, and Pinterest. Or check out her books The
Lady and the Mountain Man or The Lady and the Mountain Doctor. Her latest book, The
Rancher Takes a Cook, released June 26, 2015, from Prism Book Group.
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Cover Blurb for The Rancher Takes a Cook:
When their South Carolina home burns to the ground, Anna Stewart’s
only choice is to move with her younger brother to the wilds of a Texas ranch.
Their prospects are beginning to look better, until the rancher’s
son, Jacob O’Brien, shows up with his alarmingly blue eyes to put a kink in
Anna’s well-controlled plans.
When danger escalates in the form of a band of cattle thieves with
deadly intent, can Anna learn to release control to God’s capable hands…and
those of the blue-eyed cowboy who’s stolen her heart?
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