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Write 2 The Heart
January 25, 2005
Welcome to your latest issue of Write 2 the Heart.
Take a moment to browse our new bookstore at:
http://www.write2theheart.com/html/book_store.html
You will find wonderful books written, or include stories by many
of our talented writers. You will also find books that aide the
budding writer. I highly recommend “Sally Stuart’s Christian
Writers’ Guide,” and “2005 Writer’s Market.” Both are must haves
for all serious writers. They are great tools to find that perfect
market for your writing.
From time to time, God would have us step out of our comfort
zone and begin to take steps of faith. We can come up with all
kinds of excuses as to why we shouldn’t, but, when we take those
steps, there are always wondrous surprises waiting for us!
By Faith
By Janice Price
As gusts of wind threatened to invert my new umbrella, I
lowered the umbrella until I couldn’t see the sidewalk past the tips
of my shoes. 2 Corinthians 5:7 came to mind: For we walk by
faith, not by sight.
This is how we walk with God, I realized. We trust him to lead
us safely through the puddles and over breaks in the sidewalk, even
though we can’t physically see him leading us.
Yesterday Theresa and I visited a small country church to hear
her son Daniel preach the sermon. By Faith, brothers Johnny and
Ronnie Brown, and Johnny’s daughter Heather, were special
guests for Homecoming. After church we feasted and then By
Faith sang several more songs. You can meet this group at:
http://byfaithministries.com/.
Before they left, Pastor Teddy prayed for them. He mentioned
that Johnny and Ronnie would like to go into a full time singing
ministry. Presently, they work weekdays, then travel in their bus to
singing engagements on weekends. (According to Ronnie, the bus
is named Shasta. "Sh’asta have diesel. Sh’asta have oil.)
"In order to do this, By Faith will have to walk by faith," Pastor
Teddy said. "Just as Daniel preached today, faith is when the
mountain falls on you and you continue to trust God. Faith is
trusting that each time we take another step, God has already been
there to prepare the way for us."
Posting these stories on the web is a step of faith for me. God
has been trying to nudge me ahead for some time, but I have been
dragging my feet. I have no financial resources; I am web page and
HTML illiterate; I write stories, but my life makes for a boring bio,
and writers are always asked for a bio, preferably a sparkling one,
littered liberally with credits and degrees. My excuses have been
numerous.
I finally climbed off the fence and decided on a blog as an
easier beginner’s site. It’s a humble start, but there is no financial
investment necessary and I don’t need to learn HTML. Okay, I
quickly learned otherwise on the HTML, but I’ve been improvising
my own codes to make things do what I want them to do. If the site
should ever appear upside down or backwards, you’ll know
another of my code experiments has failed. I spend long hours
trying to figure out something simple by applying the rules and
suddenly a solution will occur to me and even though it shouldn’t
work, it does.
God’s steps don’t always make sense to us at the time, but if we
walk by faith, even though in our minds his way shouldn’t work, it
will.
Janice Price © 2004
mercyandpercy @ yahoo.com
Inspirational writer Janice Price's website,
http://mercyandpercy.blogspot.com/, features her daily
observations about life's situations and the lessons God is teaching
us through them. When Janice isn't busy sharing the messages God
gives her, she volunteers for the American Red Cross and acts as
secretary for her neighborhood watch group. She is also an active
member of her local Humane Society.
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Letters From Our Readers
What a wonderful inspiring story! (A Bit of Disability) And
what an outstanding teacher/human being you are for realizing that
each of these students had something special to offer--you!
Barbara Deming
Author of "The Quilt Maker"
Military Prayer Reminder
As you read over this list of names, please take a moment to
pray for these young people and their families:
Chris Speir
Tim Speir
Alan
Todd Holland
Graham
William
Julie Sagel
Jessie
Marshal Thompson
Jason
Eric Hernandez
Kristin Danielson
Ryan
Larry Miele
Daniel
Amy
John
Joanne
Gary Boardwine
Josh
Hadassah
Chanz Wackerly
Robert Henderson
David Habighurst
Tonia
Melissa Bair
Matthew Nutter
Nick Nation
Seth Jarrell
Please continue to pray for our country, our leaders, and
our troops at this time. If you have loved ones in the military,
or who are being called to go overseas, send their names
(first and last or first only) to be included in our prayer
reminder.
Cheryl’s Corner
Please remember to pray for the elections that will be held in
Iraq. Also, ask for God’s protection on our soldiers that are
delivering the ballot boxes. These convoys could be prime targets.
Over and over I am hearing from our troops that they appreciate
your prayers. It comforts them to know that there are people who
have never met them, that care enough to remember them in
prayer. When I have asked them if they want me to add them to
our prayer list, I wish you could see their eyes light up and the big
smile they give me as they say an enthusiastic yes.
If you have been remembering to pray for our troops, thank
you. If you haven’t, consider starting. Maybe you could place an
index card with the words ‘pray for our troops’ in a conspicuous
spot. I place reminders by the telephone. Right now I have the
prayer of Jabez by my phone. I started to take it down, but Nicole
won’t let me, she reads it every time she comes over. I don’t blame
her, it comforts me in difficult times.
God bless,
Cheryl
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