STORY

This post was written for Five Minute Friday

Word prompt--STORY

Five minutes to free write about it

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There was so much I could relate to in Kate's post this week, it led me on a trip down memory lane to the year 2011. That's the year God and I wrote my story.

The Sunday before Lent that year, our pastor challenged us to do something radical. I responded by writing a post entitled  Sincerely Wrong.  It was the first time since I became a Christian, almost 20 years before that, that I'd ever spoken openly about having authored a book on numerology.

By the time I finished writing the post, I was convicted that it was time to bring all the other things I didn't talk about into the open too, because, just maybe, there was someone out there who desperately needed to hear it. 

I always believed that the reason I kept certain things hidden, especially from my mother, children, and other family members, was because I was trying to protect them from being hurt, but now I realize that was only partly true.  I did want to keep them from unnecessary upset, but if truth be told, the greater reason was fear of what they might think of me. 

I was ready to take the step, but writing does not come easy to me unless it's just something technical, like an instruction book, and I had no clue as to how to go about it. That's when I learned that if we are willing to obey the promptings of the Lord, He really will equip us to do what He asks.

So for the next several weeks, with notebook and pen in hand, I would sit in the silence of my room and listen for that still small voice that guided me step by step through the process. My story turned into a book published by Amazon, and available in both hard copy and Kindle formats.  Who would have thought?

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My Story Your Glory by Matthew West