End of the month-came so quickly that I have trouble retracing what I have done, where I have been,and what I have accomplished that was important-midst the Final Four Winners.
It's that feeling I get when I face New Year's Eve. A new perspective is put on what I write. Actually, most writers write about what they know. So when I have known pain from wounds or bruises, I can do one of two things, become bitter or better. I can become one who succumbs or one who blesses.
A few years ago I met a lady who visited our writing group. She was on a mission to share her heart and the the Word in places where my writing would never go. And even in her last two years when cancer invaded her body and wracked it with pain, she continued to write and our group would critique. She knew the Source and spread encouragement to those who needed her message of hope the most. She didn't have to win an "Amy Award";she just aimed to be faithful.
Some of her final words to me a few days ago were ones of thanks for seeing this seed planted and helping her do it.
This morning my friend faced the words from II Timothy 4:7:
"I have fought the good fight, I have kept the faith, I have finished the race" and she went on to meet God.
We may never accomplish what Dee did in her short writing career, but she used the time she had to be effective and let her life count for God through words. What accountability that was.
Thanks Dee for sharing Jesus with others. You have been a bright light and reminded us to "write the message clearly on tablets so that all may understand." (Habakkuk 2:2) And for that, you are a winner. You will be missed, Dee. See you later...
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