Spiritual Practices for Writers: The Practice of Work
by Audrey Frank @AudreyCFrank
Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people, because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ (Colossians 3:23-24, NET).
I was trudging through the fourth straight hour of research into the unreached, unengaged people groups in North Africa. Unreached and unengaged mean there are no Christians and no viable church in a given population. In just one North African country, there are 34 unreached, unengaged people groups, equaling over 40 million people.
This year, I committed to the Lord that I would send a prayer prompt every week to ramp up prayer for this part of the world.
As I finished the edits on the last one, I noticed how irritable I had become. Riotous thoughts marched through my stinking heart. Thoughts like, “I could be doing writing that pays me for my four hours.” (Prideful! Who said anyone would pay me for my writing?)
