I’ve been trying to write professionally for about five months now. Yesterday, I talked to my husband about it because I wasn’t sure I was progressing well. He suggested to me that it takes time and that I can’t make it happen on a schedule. The creative process doesn’t work eight to five or five days a week. I have been very disciplined about work the last five months, but he made sense.
It made me think about my faith. The idea that I am a messenger for God came to me in 2018. I didn’t really understand what God’s message was for several years after that. Only recently did I realize that I can’t just write about the message and expect to be heard. The message will need to be told in an allegory. I have an idea for the allegory, but it is only a beginning. God has called me to do something, and I have been waiting patiently for His guidance. I don’t try to rush the process. I just continue on with my life and let Him guide me. I look for the signs and I let it flow over me when the time is right. I have been at this for eight years and writing this book might take me ten or twenty years, but I don’t mind because I am following God’s direction.
The point is that it occurs to me I should apply that to my own artistic develop and realize that it is going to take time and that I should rush it. I also have to realize that if I don’t take the time to develop my writing skills then I will not be able to communicate His message effectively. So, all of this is about having faith and just letting it flow over me. Today, I pray for courage and patience to just have faith in the process.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
