Focusing

Focusing is a neccessary ingredient for successful writing. OK I know you know this, I do also.  So why was I spending so much time belly aching (southern term) about my future as a writer? I had trouble getting past life's junk that fell in my path.  That hindered my progress, which caused me to be blocked, which frustrated me further, which made me fear the future of my dream to be a fulltime SUCCESSFUL writer.  But during one of those faltering times, God spoke to my heart and said, your focus is off.  You are focusing on the wrong things.  The scripture came to me from Romans 8:10.  It says, "The word is near thee, even in your mouth, that is the word of faith that we preach."  I realized that I had to focus on what God had said about my writing and trusting Him for that word.  I realized that as long as I focused on the negative, my outcome would be negative.  So I decided to agree with God and speak out in the atmosphere those things.  Doing that brings good things to me.  The Words says Life and Death is in the power of the tongue. So here goes...

• I will not die but life to declare the works of the Lord.(that includes my writing dying) Psalms 118:17
• He who began a good work in me will complete it until the day when Christ returns Philippians 1:6
• If I acknowledge Him in all my ways, He will direct my path. Proverbs 3:6
• I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me. Philippians 4:13

There are so many more scripture available that you can focus on that will give you the strength to leap over writer's block, grammatical darkness, creativity freeze and other hindrances.  Find them and place them in places where you can be reminded on what to focus.  Happy writing!