Showing posts with label Expectations Can Be a Writer's Stumbling Block. Show all posts
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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Expectations Can Be a Writer's Stumbling Block


by Edie Melson @EdieMelson

My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him (Psalm 62:5 NIV).

When I was young all I wanted to be was a writer. As a matter of fact, I actually wrote my first novel in eighth grade…long hand, with a purple ink pen. But through the years, my dream of writing drifted farther and farther from the realm of reasonable possibilities, until I finally I gave up.