Laughing Jesus by Robert Wilson, Sr.
As I write this, I’m hard at work preparing for the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference that begins Sunday. It’s my writing conference home, and I’m honored to be there again this year, teaching four classes, meeting with writers, and hopefully encouraging attendees to answer the call God has placed on their lives…even if the road isn’t easy.
So today I decided I’d repost a favorite Parting Words From The WORD from a few years ago. I hope it encourages you today.
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A friend texted me a few minutes ago and asked for the first scripture passage that came to my mind. It only took me a second to reply because I had just been thinking about this verse moments earlier as I was talking with another writer/speaker friend.
Now, as I sit down to write this week’s Parting Word From The WORD, I realize how much this verse applies to you as well, friends and readers of my blog.
About seven years ago (now nine years ago) I had an idea to start a writer’s blog, a gathering place for Christian writers to come, be encouraged, instructed, and helped. A place where I could be real and pass along my experiences and struggles as a writer. A place where readers could learn how to avoid the mistakes I made.
I wanted a place for writers to find writing opportunities, hear from other writers, and win good stuff. A place where writers could feel at home and fit in, where it’s completely normal to talk with imaginary characters one minute and plan how to kill people without getting caught the next.
But most of all, I wanted a place where the ultimate goal was to use our words to glorify God and lift up the name of Jesus. A place to shine His light in the middle of darkness.
And we did it. Together, we did it.
So today, my verse is all about you. Because without you, there’d be no reason to have the Christian Writer’s Den. Without you, we wouldn’t be working together to bring the lost to Jesus in this little corner of the internet.
The verse?
I give thanks to my God for every remembrance of you…
Philippians 1:3 (HCSB)
And I do. I really do.
Thank you.
I pray God’s blessing on the work of your hands and your hearts,
Vonda
