Tag: Faith

Why I DON’T Want a Writing “Job”

by atozmom, posted in Faith, Writing

My mother-in-law mentioned to me last night that Craigslist has tons of blog writer positions or copywriter or writer in general and I should look into those.  Immediately, without thinking, I said, “I don’t want to write for other people.  I want to write what I want to write, not what others tell me to write.”

I started mulling this over this morning.  I searched Craigslist and everything sounded about as exciting as a 8:00 AM Economics lecture.  Then I thought about my answer last night and seconded it.

I don’t want to write for others.  I write for myself and what my heart (and I believe God) tells me to write about.  I don’t want to have to do research on some mind-numbing topic and turn in a report about it.  Lord knows I did enough of that in college to last me a life time.  I don’t want to blog for others when I can blog about whatever I want to.

Call this selfish or whatever but to me, this is what makes writing fun and if writing is not fun for me, I won’t do it.  I’m old enough in life to realize I’m through doing monotonous stuff if I don’t have to.  Praise God I don’t have to write for a living.  My husband does all of that.

I also mentioned to my mother-in-law that I write books for me and I am going to try my hardest to get published.  But if I don’t succeed, if God doesn’t will it, I will still keep on doing it.

This is passion.  This is where I stand.

Seek God First…

by atozmom, posted in Faith

Everything else falls into place.

Jesus said, “Seek first [God’s] kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things [eat,drink, wear] will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33

Remember God is with you.  You are not alone.  He’s there in your highs and in your lows.  He’s there always.

If God Brings You To It, He Will Bring You Through It

by atozmom, posted in Life

Life doesn’t always turn out how you plan, does it?  Take me for example:  I always thought I’d be a high-power business woman, jetting across oceans and making deals that would change the way business operated.

Yet, here I am:  a mother of three beautiful babies whose dream now is to become a published writer.

Would I ever have imagined that back in high school?  No way!

Then there’s the path I’ve walked so far:  been married, great life, husband’s business fails, declared bankruptcy, lost everything, moved all over the country, husband struggling in the job market–to here–living in an apartment complex surrounded by people on power trips.

All of this serves a purpose.  One, it has made me a hell of a strong person.  Two, it is great writing material.  Three, it has made me who I am, at this moment, sitting here typing this.  And I kind of like who I am.

God has brought me to all of these moments (good and bad) and so far I’ve made it through all of them.  And I will survive apartment living for the next few months until we can either lease/option a house or rent for another year.  It will all work out in the end.

Funny though: in the moment it sucks and afterwards it was no big deal.