How does living thankfully for faith look? Let’s go back to the roots of the word faith and see if a description emerges. In the previous blog post, I stated that the root words from which the English word faith springs, mean trust, and wait. Therefore, trustful waiting.

It’s obvious enough from those two words that grumbling is out. So are impatience, and panic. Three limiting, unattractive things that reduce our effectiveness as God’s ambassadors if we don’t keep a strict watch on ourselves.
It’s more than a bit ironic that I began this blog post yesterday, and today received a momentarily disheartening email. “…while there is much to recommend the project, it’s not quite a fit for us. We decline with great respect and regret….”
I’ve had other “no thank you” emails and survived them. I still believe that someday I’ll get to one of them that will be the last of their type for the manuscript, and someone will say “Yes.”

How does living thankfully for faith look?

In the meantime, there are subsets, if you will, of my writing skills. I’m putting my proof-reader’s eye and grasp of grammar to use. Assisting other writers who already have contracts, to get their manuscripts prepared for submission to their agents and editors. I’m being useful.
There are also multiple other projects to finish, that could be submitted: a book of Scripture-based short dramatic monologues from minor characters connected to major Bible stories, mobility devotions, other novel ideas currently on a back burner, and short stories for this blog, since I started the category Fiction for Fridays. I certainly cannot complain of nothing to do.

How does living thankfully for faith look?

Today it means that if it turns out that using my writing skills subsets is what God allows to happen and intends as my calling, I can be content. He loves me enough to have sent His Son.

---

I’m grateful for everyone who reads this blog on social media. However, if you fear missing out, fill in the blanks on the Subscribe form in the upper right sidebar. Posts will automatically appear in your email. When I’m out of town, I don’t connect to social media to share them there.