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Creative Writing: More Than A Shepherd

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I knew Esther and I were in the right class when you told about Kallie. I glanced over at my beautiful daughter sitting beside me, she has lived her entire 23 years in chronic pain.....she has cats, they sleep with her, they are her babies, these kitties have brought comfort to her over the years. I see her holding one of them at times with tears in her eyes. I see the comfort they give her. I teared up when you told your story about Kallie and I wondered if Esther was touched. She was.

When I was 23 years old, in a very dark and depressing time of my life I was given "Streams in the Desert". Streams have been with me ever since. I pull it out when life gets crazy. I pull it out when there is a family crisis. I read it when I am …show more content…

I have been told since I was 17 years old I should write a book. As a new Christian, I was asked to give my testimony many times ( this was in the late 70's and it seemed more churches did this). Each time I shared it seemed there was someone who would tell me I should write a book. I am not a skilled writer, just a talker. I have multiple stories of God and how He has been with me through crisis after crisis. I have stories of miraculous things God has done. I have attempted to write at times but it hasn't seemed the right time. If I had written when I was younger, I would have had all the answers but now all I have is Jesus...He is the only thing. The longer I live, the more stories I have of Him. A few years ago I was asked to give my testimony for the first time in years. As I prayed and sat down at my computer to write, I wrote 7 pages. Each morning for about an hour I wrote, by the end of 3 days I had written 33 pages. I knew God had allowed me to do this. I was encouraged and it gave me confidence that if God was the one calling me to write then he would enable me to do it when the time was right. Again, after I shared I was told, "You should write a book." I have prayed and prayed for God to take this desire away, if it wasn't from Him. It is still

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