LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NEW YEAR
January 4, 10 am - noon
Cornerstone Christian Church, Wyckoff
In the Barn (2nd building on the right)
What are your writing goals for 2020?
Please see the Focus Point below for inspiration.
By sharing our goals at Saturday's meeting we will give & receive inspiration.
Be ready to also share writing practices, tips & disciplines that work for you,
whether you're a novice or a seasoned writer.
Hope to see you this Saturday,
Barbara
December's Focus Point
Let’s Talk about… Opening the Gift
This is the ultimate season of gifts—shopping
and wrapping, giving and receiving, enjoying or returning. The Bible talks
about gifts God has personally and specifically selected for us. Romans 12:6 says, “We have different
gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.” One of those gifts is what
brings us together the first Saturday of the month—the shared gift of writing.
This spiritual gift is different from a
Christmas gift—we didn’t shop for it, didn’t wrap it, and we can’t return it. We received the gift of writing,
nicely wrapped, topped with a colorful bow, which represents of a burst of
inspiration.
Once we remove the bow (or, move beyond
the thrilling inspiration), we find the unwrapping to be a painstaking process.
Generally, we don’t get to tear open the wrapping paper and hastily pull out
the gift. More often the unwrapping is a slow process—we rescue the bow, loosen
the tape, fold the paper, and tentatively lift the lid.
Unwrapping is what our monthly meetings
are all about—remembering that bright bow of inspiration, loosening the tape
that holds us back, and removing the wrapping to discover the wonderful
product inside.
Monthly, we encourage each other to
have patience in the process, to be deliberate in our unwrapping, and to not
lose sight of the valued gift inside. This is not a gift to be put on the shelf
because it holds the promise of blessing others.
Take-home thought: Let 2020 be a year of unwrapping your gift and
using it to bless others.
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