About two years ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with a book idea. It was the craziest idea! I don't write! English was my hardest subject in school. And yet, the topics were flowing so easily in my mind. For the next year I began researching and writing on these topics. I've enjoyed writing more than I thought I would. It's been very therapeutic and enlightening at the same time. Here and there I share bits and pieces with my children. I would love to put it into book form for when they are older and struggling.
As time continues, I keep feeling this need to share it. Honestly, it terrifies me! I have no clue where to start or what to do. I have this word document that just sits on my computer because I don't know how to share it. The other day I had a thought to begin sharing bits and pieces here on my blog and seeing what people thought of it. I think it may be time to do just that.
The main focus of my book is how to stay close to Christ while going through hard trials.
A little background for the book:
My hardest trial has been a mixture of depression and sicknesses with no answers. During my darkest days of depression, I struggled to feel anything in life. I couldn't feel the spirit, I couldn't feel love, I couldn't feel sadness. I was truly numb to all things but pain. Because of this numbness I struggled to want to continue going to church. I didn't doubt anything I believed, I still knew it all to be true, but I couldn't see a point of continuing to move forward when I felt so alone and abandoned. But something inside of me kept me going. As I look back i know that was a gift from God. Because I continued to press forward doing the small and simple acts of the Gospel, I learned to feel again. And years later I can say I feel joy again!
".... Are you willing to let God prevail in your life? Are you willing to let God be the most important influence in your life? Will you allow His words, His commandments, and His covenants to influence what you do each day? Will you allow His voice to take priority over any other? Are you willing to let whatever He needs you to do take precedence over every other ambition? Are you willing to have your will swallowed up in His?18
When your greatest desire is to let God prevail, to be part of Israel, so many decisions become easier. So many issues become nonissues! You know how best to groom yourself. You know what to watch and read, where to spend your time, and with whom to associate. You know what you want to accomplish. You know the kind of person you really want to become."
I have been learning that things really do become easier when I stop fighting God's will and work with Him. He has a greater work for me than I could ever come up with on my own. Doesn't mean the road will be easier. He has to refine me along the way. I love the story about the current bush. When I let God prevail in my life, I will be cut down so I can become what HE wants me to be. And that's what I've seen over the last 10 years. My trails have been hard, but I've been changing for the better because of them.
We all have hard trials we have to face. For each of us, the trial will be different. Sometimes there are similarities, but it will always be different. Let's be kind with each other. If we are truly seeking to allow God to prevail in our lives, we will be seeking to lift others a long the way.
Next week I will begin sharing bits and pieces of my book - things I learned through my trials. I hope it will help you through your trials in life. I hope it will inspire you on how to personally seek the Lord to know what you need to do individually in your trial to draw closer to Him.
We were placed on earth to help each other! And these promptings I keep getting about sharing, I hope it will help you! I hope you will also feel prompting to share. There is always something to learn from each other's stories. I hope this place can become a place of refuge and learning among the storms of life.
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