When Life Gets in the Way is a blog series. We know the basics or should be learning the basics of writing, but what do we do when life takes a sudden turn?
When Life Gets in the Way Suddenly
This is the story of Tess (aka Teresa) Riddle. Tess, as you know her, is an author and co-owner of T&R Independent Books. She has had cancer three times: the first was in 2018 and was advanced. It required heavy doses of Chemotherapy and Radiation. But she continued her duties as President of the business, besides that of housewife, choir member, and soul winner.
The second time was in 2019 where she had more chemotherapy and radiation. Somewhere in this she also had surgery. But work went on.
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Her third bout with cancer began last year while she was in the beginning of her new writing career.
But none of these deterred her. During this time she rewrote a novel, plus wrote and published two Ladies Devotionals, plus was working on her third.Then came the sudden life turning event!
Then Life Got in the Way
It began on an early Sunday morning. It was still nighttime when she suddenly called out to me. She was bleeding and couldn’t get it stopped!
I quickly got out of bed, got dressed and took her to emergency at the local hospital. They put her in ICU and sent me home.
That was sudden and frightening. But the worst was yet to come.
But through it all I knew I had to continue on. In such times as these you turn to God and let Him take care of matters. In future blogs I will address this in more detail.
But if God called you to write, He did so knowing that this obstacle, tragedy, or whatever would befall you. So, His call is still valid and active. Simply seek His will in all of this.
When Life Gets in the Way, Call Upon God
Your problem may be different than Tess’s problem, but to you it is huge. There are a lot of things that Christians can you on a Do-it-Yourself basis. But that doesn’t mean leaving God out. He cares for you, including the tiniest or greatest needs. God listens to our prayers and already has an answer.
Jeremiah 33:3, “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
That is a promise you can cling too, whether as a person, or a writer. He called you to be a writer and will see you through this.
That is what Tess and I have done, and He has answered.
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