IT IS FINISHED!!
IT IS FINISHED!! Remember the words Jesus said from the cross? I said them last night. I finished writing my novel Heart of the Matter and sent it off to my critique partner. Now, I'm kind of sad because I enjoyed writing it so much. Funny, I should say that. For this novel (hopefully no more), I sort of had a love/hate relationship with it. I LOVED the story and writing it--the process, the exhilaration of creating something of my very own!--but I hated the frustrating parts when I couldn't seem to "get it." (Thankfully, I did "get it" and completed it.) I know the reason for this. I'm a perfectionist. I want things to be perfect, to go well.
My prayer this morning is, "Lord, thank You so much for this writing opportunity. Thank You that You called me to write Christian fiction. Now bless my readers as they read Heart of the Matter. Let them be drawn closer to You as they read my story. Let them think about the Holy Scriptures. Let them think about You."
Now, I'm going to put my time into creating a new three-book series. It's in my heart and I need to get it on paper so I can propose it to a publisher. In fact, a publisher has expressed interest in seeing it, and is waiting on me to develop it. How's that for pressure? :)) It's an entirely new thing in Christian fiction publishing, something that hasn't been done before, in the way I envision it. But my mother raised me on "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," and so I KNOW I can do it.
I'm going to start ending my blog entries with a blessing over you, my reader. My husband is a pastor, and every Sunday and Wednesday night, before he releases our congregation, he says, "Now put your hands in a manner of receiving." So we all raise our arms about waist-level, palms up. (DO THAT NOW.) Then, he speaks a blessing over us, beginning with, "I bless you in the name of the Lord that..." and ends with these words or similar ones: "...now go in His strength and the power of His anointing."
So here's my blessing for you today, dear reader, whose arms are in the air: "I bless you in the name of the Lord that as you seek Him, He will give you wisdom. As you serve Him, He will give you power. As you worship Him, He will give you a fresh, new feeling of oneness with Him. Now, go in His strength and the power of his anointing."
Amen.
posted by Kristy Dykes @ 11:35 AM
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3 Comments:
Kristy,
Thanks so much for your sweet spirit in this blog...the title captured me right away for it is the title of a song my husband used to sing in church...It is Finished...I am always moved to tears when I hear that song...I think more fiction and non fiction writers alike should say a prayer over their work...it might end up blessing more people! (also those that write music and songs)...I wonder about some that I hear because some just really move me in ways I can't explain!
Funny you should mention the blessing...the church my daughter attends has started doing that too...their pastors do not let them leave until they have been blessed...I think that is a great thing and thank you very much for the blessing for I need it! My husband and I are still on a seach here in this town for a good bible believing church...so would you say an extra prayer with us that we find one?
Bless your sweet sweet heart!
THank you, Tammy, for your sweet comments. Yes, I'll pray that you will find the right church. Just so it teaches salvation, that's the important thing. Find one, and plug in.
I, too, love the blessing over people. This was done a lot in the Old Testament. That's where my husband pulled it from.
God bless, you. Now I'll hop over to your blog.
Oh, tell me about the song you're talking about? Lyrics? Composer? Sounds wonderful!!
"It is Finished" words by William J and Gloria Gaither music by william J Gaither
(but I will always hear my husbands voice sing this song)
There's a line that's been drawn through the ages/ On that line stands an old rugged cross/ On that cross a battle is raging/ For the gain of man's soul for his loss/ On one side marched the forces of evil/ All the demons and the devils of hell/ On the other the angels of glory/ and they meet on Golgotha's hill/The earth shakes with the force of the conflict/ and the sun refuses to shine/ for there hangs God's Son in the balance and then throught the darnkness He cried.
chorus-
It is Finished the battle is over/ It is finished there'll be no more war/ it is finished the end of the conflict/ it is finished and Jesus is Lord!
Still in my heart the battle was raging/ Not all prisoners of war have come home/ there were battelfields of my own making/ I didn't know that the war had been won/ then I heard that the King of the ages/ Had fought all the battles for me/ and that victory was mine for the claiming/ and now praise His name I am free.
repeat chorus
My husband sang it to a cassette tract (Soundtraks)
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