At the last writer’s conference I went to when people asked me what I write, I answered ::
I’m a blogger and frustrated writer.
Yep.
Today I’m writing about that, the fact that I still don’t have a book written (yeah, I’m going there) and how we can make the most of the season we are in right now. Join me?
Four Ways to Make the Most of Your Season
on {in}courage
Once upon a time I dared to dream I might write a book someday. By my age I would have book in hand yet here I am, book still unwritten, ideas dry in my brain.
As much as it’s continually uncomfortable to be with groups of people who are successful in ways that I would like, I’ve just come to understand that my “season” isn’t now. That has been a hard road.
In October it’s easy to recognize the fruits of the season: pumpkins, pumpkin bread and homemade pumpkin spice lattes dominate Pinterest right now. They are the fruits of an autumn in full swing.
But sometimes we still reach for a watermelon in October or a carton of strawberries near Thanksgiving and they don’t taste quiet the same as they did in the height of summer.
I’ve struggled against the season in my life for many years. My kids were too young, my life was too busy, my heart was too dry. And my book was {is} unwritten…
I’m learning four ways to make the most of my season, recognize that the “fruit” I’m bearing is exactly the kind God wants me to bear and that God designed life to run in beautiful seasons and cycles…
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Love this! It is so true. Thank you for sharing!
thank you lisa!
Have you read Mark Buchanan’s book, “Spiritual Rhythm: Being With Jesus Every Season of Your Soul”? It flows right along with your thoughts today!
no i haven’t but thank you for the rec! it sounds really great!
Resting is so much easier to say than do! Thanks for the challenge this pumpkin-fall-weather
right? i’m struggling personally too with the rest thing. God is too good to let me get too far ahead of myself without offering me the place to rest. thank you for your comment! =)
Can I tell you how much I needed this? Probably not. Simply, thank you. I’m with you in the daring dream to write a book (or 10) someday. I seem to acquire a nervous twitch or two whenever I catch sight of the vision I dare to see.
Many things you wrote down in this post found the most vulnerable places in me. My blog-existing self is a whole week old. Who new the compulsion to chew my lips raw would grow to the level it has?
I struggle against things far more than I should. “…sometimes we still reach for a watermelon in October or a carton of strawberries near Thanksgiving…” Oh man do we ever, thank you for calling it out in the open, Sarah. Nice to “meet” you here.
i’m so glad you’re here, rachel!! thank you so much for leaving this comment – i can tell you “get” it. =)