PREP TIME

I received this book for my 25th birthday just two days ago, and it could not have come at a more opportune time. I've always had a passion to write, but with it I have found, also comes the frustration of not knowing just how to go about doing so.

Inevitably, for the individual called to the writing profession, the road set for them is strewn with roadblocks, and often, not marked well. It's a journey filled with tough questions and little answers. Perhaps the grande-daddy question of them all is simply, "how?"

I have been asking the "why" question for nearly as long as I have known the pen was for me, and no, I don't have the answer to that all elusive question. Perhaps I never will. Elizabeth Elliot once remarked that there will come a day when we all will obtain the answers to our "whys," but for now, "all that matters is faith, trust, and obedience. The rest has to do with a heavenly realm altogether."

Often, when God calls individuals to a task, the feeling of insignificance sets in easily. What I am beginning to realize is that God's appointments are often overwhelmingly larger than that which we feel capable of handling. And in that realization, also comes the realization that we were never meant to handle anything, be it small or large, by ourselves. The highest calling anyone could ever hope to obtain is to kneel before the Lord's feet. And that, my friends, is exactly where I know I must start this journey. Kneeling before the Lord; waiting, listening, and eager for His hand to lead, His hand to open, and His hand to be the pen of a skillful writer.