Loops and scribbles. Clickety-clack. Each time I sit down to write, whether it be in one of my MANY journals (Writers out there feel me right! There’s just something about a new journal or a journal for ‘insert excuse’ for that cute journal!) or if I’m sitting in front of a screen typing away, I feel myself being drawn closer to God. I’ve always enjoyed writing. From drawing squiggles in notepads and on chalkboards when I was too young for anyone to read my ‘stories,’ to being super pumped to enter a second-grade writing contest with a REAL publisher (Spoiler: I didn’t win but maybe some day.), to journaling in frustration during my 20s, typing out children’s stories in my 30s as a teacher, and journaling in my 40s to grow through bible study. Through it all, God was building something! 

While it all looked a little different from my writing skills to the content and genres I was playing with, it all pointed toward how I feel called to share my relationship with God through my writing now. For years now, I told myself I’ll just write for myself and God. It was a way to learn, grow closer to Him, and it was fun! This year, 2025, felt different, though. I heard a whisper that is starting to become a low rumbling roar now that is telling me, “Write for Me, but write for all My people to hear.” You guessed it, that whisper and low rumbling roar is God. I feel and know God is calling me to share my stories. My stories range in content, but I haven’t shared them all yet. I keep working on them, and the more I think about it, the more I feel God blending them together for me in a package that I am supposed to share with others. So I will continue to be obedient and work on them to bring them together to share, but as I do, I will use my blog here to get myself comfortable with sharing my writing. 

I don’t know if anyone reading this feels the way I do, but it was scary to share my writing at first. Nervous, hesitant, vulnerable, doubtful, unsure, timid, uncertain. All of these thoughts and feelings ran through my mind as I clicked that first ‘post’ on my blog. To be honest, I still feel that way a little each time, but the more I post with God in my corner, knowing that I am listening to His voice and I am posting to glorify Him, to lead others to Him, and to grow closer to Him myself, the more confident I am when pressing ‘post.’ 

Clickety-clack. Scribbles and loops. Testimony and story. Heart and faith. From now on, I will write with and for God.

–💜Fuel your faith. Build your foundation. Live it out. ✝️

A rhythm of reflection and real faith, one day, one post, one spark at a time.