If you have been following along on my journey, you know I always discuss my relationship with Jesus in one form or another. He changed my life for the better, and I like to testify of His goodness, just in case you don’t know Him. Jesus is the reason I am writing once again.
I gave up on writing long ago because life got busy, and I felt like there wasn’t anything interesting to write about. My life was a mess for the longest time, and writing about it was the last thing I wanted to do. Who wanted to read about a broken girl who couldn’t make up her mind on anything? Who wanted to know about her broken childhood and her not-so-beautiful young adulthood?
No one, I thought, until a year after the passing of my husband when writing was introduced to me once again. Jesus knew I needed to heal and let go of the past. Writing was a way for me to do that and help others along the way.
It started as I wrote letters to individuals I felt had hurt me, letting them know I had forgiven them. Then it went on from there as I began to pour out the hurt and pain of my childhood through the loss of my spouse with my first book, “Bent But Not Broken.”
Writing was my outlet, and I let every piece of emotion I had balled up on the inside of me out on paper. My words were raw as I spilled every thought and detail imaginable on paper. The words wouldn’t stop flowing. It was like a dam had burst open, and there was no stopping it.
I needed a way out of the guilt, pain, and betrayal I was feeling, and writing was what I did to express those feelings. It was like Jesus giving me a chance to tell my story without judgment or ridicule. Writing became my haven, a place to lay down my thoughts and life. I needed it to be raw yet profound, for I knew someone out there needed to hear my testimony.
Before I published my first book, I asked Jesus to let my book touch one individual, and if it did that, I would be happy. My book reached more than one person, which led me to continue to write and share my relationship with Jesus and my life with others. My mission is to mend broken spirits one word at a time with my God-inspired words.
I don’t write for me anymore; I write for that one person who may be encased in darkness and need a light to illuminate their path. Jesus has allowed me to be that light for someone through my writing, and I take this assignment seriously.
I know the feeling of being broken and lost, having no one to turn to. I know the feeling of having no voice, and you end up voiceless. I know how it is to want to end it all and to find peace in the darkness somehow. I was there. That was my life—a rollercoaster where no stopping was in sight.
So many people are hurting and broken in this world, and I have faith that my path will cross with them and that my words will inspire them in a way only Jesus knew was possible. I will continue to let my words be a source of encouragement no matter what obstacles life presents. I will continue to write from a place of love and positivity. I will show that there is hope in this dark and cold world. I will show them through my words that I found hope, and they can do it, too.
No storm can overtake them. I gave Him a try, and He gave me the tools necessary to illuminate the paths of others. Therefore, I will continue to talk about His goodness and all He has done for me, and maybe you will give Him a try if you don’t know Him personally already.
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