Instead, what I need to do is release my grasp–and listen. For God is constantly teaching me through all kinds of things and people and daily happenings. It’s within the rich context of a balanced life that He will draw the best writing through me. When I get too focused on the writing itself, I bleed life of the creativity that comes through listening to God’s symphony all around me.
waiting
Nearly tripping over my own feet, I rush to the kitchen to find those little muffins peeking out from their place on the middle rack—all huddled together, counting, “1..2..3”, as if they could all swing their weight to the side at once, and tumble out onto the kitchen floor and scamper away. But I am too quick. In a flash, I swipe an oven mitt from its hook and slip it on. As I open the oven door the rich, sweet aroma rolls over and around me filling the kitchen with a fragrance so full and so good that I can almost taste it.
out of the basement
We have “Big Garbage Day” once a year in our town. Last Spring it provided the perfect opportunity to clean out our old, unfinished basement. After hauling several loads of unwanted junk up and out to the curb, I was finishing up by sweeping the basement floor. It was rather dark and dingy down there…actually,…
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