Writing For God

God comes with a nugget just when you need it.

I read this quote on my friend, Victoria Gaines' blog ---

“When this little life is over, nearly all that makes the headlines in the newspapers or fills the bulletins on the radio will seem to be of purely temporary significance. But the work of those who have cooperated with God will remain, for it is part of his everlasting purpose.” ~ J.B. Phillips

The title of her blog post was "Cooperating With God".

Sometimes, like tonight, you hear a piece of criticism (that keeps you wide-awake until 2AM!) and you wonder if your writing ever makes sense, if it ever makes a dent on someone else's life. I've asked myself that question several times and God always sends His affirmation through an email from a distraught mother or someone who had been inspired or moved by what I wrote. I guess you cannot expect to please everyone... and so I plod along.

I know some of the things I write about can be depressing sometimes. I often like to tackle subjects that in my country aren't culturally acceptable. "Lungkot naman..." But I'd like to think that I take directions from above and write with the spirit's leading. When you are moved by a story, when a story stirs something inside of you... does that necessarily mean that it is sad? Perhaps the sadness is there to intsruct or to teach a lesson? Maybe there's a happy ending somewhere? Usually, there is.

Victoria writes -- "To cooperate with God is to realize our desperate need for His enablement as we cleave. And yet He keeps us. Through His Holy Spirit, we’re moved and motivated. We enjoy productivity and security because we trust His timing and purpose for us."

Having read that, I find peace, knowing that I have done His work today, no matter what anyone else says. I pray that what I have written will touch someone else's life and in the process draw him or her closer to the Lord. Then, my writing will have served a higher purpose.