A Lamp Unto My Path

Filed in: Writing

As Christmas approaches and the New Year’s resolutions abound, I know that I need to get my blog back up and running. Excuses are getting old, and obviously, I’m not in the habit of blogging much. But the truth is I just don’t have that much to say.

I love words. I deal with them every day, either as a writer, editor, or teacher. All of my life, I have sought to work with words. Even when I was in elementary school, I wanted to be around words. I love the way they sound, how they always transported me into another place, another time, a place where dreams grow and live forever. I want to honor them, and honor this gift that I know came from God.

Lately, I realized that in some ways I have abandoned the gift that God gave me. It’s hard to explain but I know that I need to look deeper into my heart, and write more authentically the things that are on my heart.

Writers are often asked where we get our ideas. So much so that it’s a bit of a cliché. But the truth is the ideas live within us, they grow within us, they are part of us. A skilled writer can tackle almost any topic they choose in almost any format or formula. That’s part of understanding and using your craft and, often, part of making a living at this peculiar and enchanting art we embrace.

Yet, when the stories that live and breathe within, the ones that dig at your heart to be written, they must be released with all the skill and glorious talent which God has showered down. No matter what path they take.

That’s where I am today. At the head of an unknown path I must take. All I know is that God will always be there to light the way.

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