WRITE AND SEND

“write and send” ... curious words. I read them this morning in Revelation 1:11. These words were given to John while he was exiled for sharing his faith. In exile, on a day of worship, God gives him a vision. The first instructions about this vision were: “write this stuff down and then send it to the churches” (the new Austrian Christina version).

When I read those words … “write and send”… they jumped right off the page and settled deep in my heart where passion for words live.

We recently attended a retreat designed to look at you as a person (personality/gifting) and then compare that to what you bring to the table in a team context. One of the aspects of the tool was to examine those things that motivate you. If you scored higher than 80 in those areas, those were no longer an interest for you but rather a need. My top three things that motivated me were … Literary, Outdoor, and Artistic interests. Seeing those things on paper made me understand why I need to write, be outdoors and be creative. It’s been a very light bulb kind of experience for me. I’ve known those are interests for me, but knowing those are also things that fill a need in me means something different. Somehow knowing its something God has put in me, creating me this way, makes me want to be a really good steward of these interests.

I have no idea what this means. I come away from the table this morning with a need to … “write and send.” Perhaps it just means I will write more blog entries … more journal entries … more notes to my family … who knows. Then again, it could mean there is something I am supposed to “do” with this drive to put letters on paper to be read. I don’t have a clue.

All I know this morning is that I feel a little like John, exiled on an island, hearing from God. Here I sit on my patio, writing, sending …

I’m including some of the photos I’ve taken to fulfill my artistic expression …

Enjoy life this week …
Christina