And you treat the subject so well, Ashley♥️. I confess that my imagination is often MIA when gauging what direction to take. I’m so grateful for thoughtful work on this subject. Please, keep on writing about it:) Thanks for reading my post!
It was fun to read a post in which I could so often relate. I was born and raised in Grand Rapids, I suffered from clinical burnout, I am attending a writing conference at the end of the month in the hopes that it will affect the end of my year, I'm trusting that the seeds He planted (and that I'm pretty sure are growing roots) will produce something beautiful out of something painful and ugly...yet He holds me; always has, always will. And....I also released myself from writing on a more regular basis. I post when I want to, feel compelled or inspired. So thank you, writing sister!
Yes! I love the sentiments you highlighted. We can be so good at seeing the pain and destruction around us and ill equipped to imagine a world in which we have mended the "that's life," kind of problems we face on a daily basis and ultimately unable to imagine a world in which the Kingdom comes down to Earth.
Yes! Reminds me of a quote I can’t remember exactly by Lewis. Something about how it’s a failure of our imagination that evil is so often complex and interesting in our stories, and the good is simplistic, when it should be the other way around. God is making a new thing all around us!
And so so exciting you got to go to that conference! Sounds so engrossing to be immersed in all those talks!
You know how much I love things about the imagination. And I love thinking of the right-now as a seed to plant. Thank you for this reflection, Paola.
And you treat the subject so well, Ashley♥️. I confess that my imagination is often MIA when gauging what direction to take. I’m so grateful for thoughtful work on this subject. Please, keep on writing about it:) Thanks for reading my post!
It was fun to read a post in which I could so often relate. I was born and raised in Grand Rapids, I suffered from clinical burnout, I am attending a writing conference at the end of the month in the hopes that it will affect the end of my year, I'm trusting that the seeds He planted (and that I'm pretty sure are growing roots) will produce something beautiful out of something painful and ugly...yet He holds me; always has, always will. And....I also released myself from writing on a more regular basis. I post when I want to, feel compelled or inspired. So thank you, writing sister!
Thanks for reading, Sue! So glad you are trusting Him to grow your seeds. And yay, for freedom in writing !
Yes! I love the sentiments you highlighted. We can be so good at seeing the pain and destruction around us and ill equipped to imagine a world in which we have mended the "that's life," kind of problems we face on a daily basis and ultimately unable to imagine a world in which the Kingdom comes down to Earth.
Yes! Reminds me of a quote I can’t remember exactly by Lewis. Something about how it’s a failure of our imagination that evil is so often complex and interesting in our stories, and the good is simplistic, when it should be the other way around. God is making a new thing all around us!
And so so exciting you got to go to that conference! Sounds so engrossing to be immersed in all those talks!
Amen, a new thing indeed. And yes, It really was engrossing:)