Well, I am not that great at this platform so I am leaving a comment here and not a message. I want to tell you how much I appreciated the writing you did on Unexpected Silence, because it is so honest and mirrored so many feelings I have about writing to share God's truth in words. I think you are right about being silent and asking God to fill the writing by His Holy Spirit.......sometimes we can feel so empowered and enlightened and empowered to share and other times weak and powerless. We have seasons but in each season God shows up. Sometimes we have to just seek Him much more and sometimes we have to understand we have to rest and He is with us and be silent. Maybe the blessing in those times is simplicity of expression and prayer........keep on keeping on. We can always praise and thank God and the Bible says " God lives in the praises of His people," Maybe it is just that we are putting on the glasses that help us really see God as He is when we praise Him. Our minds are handicapped but God's spirit within us is infinite in power and might and He magnifies our understanding so we can walk with Him and trust in Him. We are getting older but only God knows what that means for our productivity. If we are sick it hits us harder as we get older. Sickness impacts mood and energy and productivity so we must be patient with out abilities but I was thinking about Elijah and how God used Him MIGHTILY in old age.......so let's not sell ourselves short........God hears our prayers. God Bless. Please tell your wife I love her paintings too!!! God Bless you and yours and truth be told I remember you for your outspokeness.........It is a gift from God. Shyness can be about humility but we dare not sell ourselves short. God uses the simplest of words. Words create and words destroy..........We have the words of Jesus which are eternal life...from God Himself. Please pray for my son as he rejects God.
Well, I am not that great at this platform so I am leaving a comment here and not a message. I want to tell you how much I appreciated the writing you did on Unexpected Silence, because it is so honest and mirrored so many feelings I have about writing to share God's truth in words. I think you are right about being silent and asking God to fill the writing by His Holy Spirit.......sometimes we can feel so empowered and enlightened and empowered to share and other times weak and powerless. We have seasons but in each season God shows up. Sometimes we have to just seek Him much more and sometimes we have to understand we have to rest and He is with us and be silent. Maybe the blessing in those times is simplicity of expression and prayer........keep on keeping on. We can always praise and thank God and the Bible says " God lives in the praises of His people," Maybe it is just that we are putting on the glasses that help us really see God as He is when we praise Him. Our minds are handicapped but God's spirit within us is infinite in power and might and He magnifies our understanding so we can walk with Him and trust in Him. We are getting older but only God knows what that means for our productivity. If we are sick it hits us harder as we get older. Sickness impacts mood and energy and productivity so we must be patient with out abilities but I was thinking about Elijah and how God used Him MIGHTILY in old age.......so let's not sell ourselves short........God hears our prayers. God Bless. Please tell your wife I love her paintings too!!! God Bless you and yours and truth be told I remember you for your outspokeness.........It is a gift from God. Shyness can be about humility but we dare not sell ourselves short. God uses the simplest of words. Words create and words destroy..........We have the words of Jesus which are eternal life...from God Himself. Please pray for my son as he rejects God.