I Wanted To Laugh

 

I was asked one day if writing was hard. I wanted to laugh. I wanted to scream out in fits of mindless laughter,

"YES, IT'S HARD!!!"  When you have not had a college education, when you have had no writing experience except for your own journaling and a blog which isn't really experience, it's just writing your thoughts down, and you have to learn, learn, learn to not write really, really long sentences, YES, it's hard. When it has been decades since you were in an English class, yes it is hard.



Sometimes it is so hard it is frustrating. You might want to throw the mouse at the computer, you might cry and have to be consoled by someone very patient and loving. You may not sleep well because you cannot turn your brain off from all you keep thinking of writing.  You may pig out on junk food all day because you've spent the entire day pouring over writing websites learning the how and why and do's and the don'ts and then at dinner time there is no dinner. You are really blessed here if you have a member of the household who is willing and joyful to go get take-out.


Then there is even the smallest of details that can make you crazy when you will be having your own words published for the world to see. What size font is the best? To be bold or not to be bold, that is the question when it comes to the chapter titles. And one person has their opinion and others have theirs and you have yours and this becomes very difficult when you want everyone to be happy, oh my!

So, you might be thinking about now, that I don't enjoy it. And that would be so wrong!

Just because something is hard and can be frustrating at times and sometimes causes tears is not a bad thing. If the task has been a calling from the Lord, then it is a wonderful thing. He never said it would be easy but He promised to always be there with you. And for this gal, He has walked every step of the way with me. Walking hand in hand with Him has been a joy. There were times I became weary. And that is when He spoke to me through His Word. He and I have met at the laptop each time I sat down to write. He has met me in my prayer closet and He has met me in the wee hours of the night as I lay there pondering.



To have the Lord move you onto a path and walk it with you every step of the way is a wonderful thing and I am learning that even though that path leads me out of a comfort zone, oh the blessings I find as we walk it together. I wouldn't trade it for anything. . .not even chocolate. And if you know me well, that's saying something!



Writing the book really has been a joy, a joyous, trying job I would do all over again.  And. . .I am. I'm starting another book. This one may take me two years too, but I'm stepping out and going for it.

Is God calling you down a path?

Are you on that path and is it hard? Is it trying?

 

Be encouraged. Run the race with endurance. Just don't run ahead of Him.

Even if there are tears, tears can fall with joy.

We need never lose our joy if we abide in Him always.

 

Abide, obey, pray and work.

 

So, when someone asks me if my work is hard. . .

I throw back my head and laugh and say,
"Yes it is hard and I'm loving every minute of it!"

Psalm 16:11

You make known to me the path of life;
    in your presence there is fullness of joy;
    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.