Brothers and Sisters,
I've been reading your words about throwing in the towel, frustrations over writing, success, mentoring, etc. We're pulled in so many directions as writers and sometimes as would-be marketers or mentors.
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Some of you know that I took a hiatus from writing for several years, because God called me to a "fallow season," and at a time that it seemed crazy to do so, I obeyed. I didn't write anything--anything!--for three plus years. I didn't miss it at all. And when I sensed he was giving me the okay to resume, I had some of the richest writing to do...books I loved writing.
I ran across this quote from Mike Breen in Building a Discipling Culture, a book from 3D Ministries: "We are to work from our rest, not rest from our work." He goes on to talk about the rhythm of life as it ought to be lived: "Fruitfulness happens in stages and seasons: abide, grow, bear fruit, prune, abide. This is the rhythm of the swinging pendulum, the Semi-Circle. It's really all about timing. We cannot bear fruit if we do not spend time abiding....Growth seems to be a result of the right rhythm being established.
Lisa Tawn Bergren is the best-selling, award-winning author of over 30 books, with more than 1.5 million copies sold. She is in the midst of writing a Colorado historical trilogy (the first book, Breathe, released in June), and will then write a European historical trilogy and a teen time travel trilogy. Lisa's time is split between parenting, writing and freelance editing. The Bergrens reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For more on her books, please see the Books and Work in Progress pages. http://www.lisatawnbergren.com
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