Called to Write

I know what you are thinking: I can’t write! Well, with that attitude, you won’t! But, if YHVH is calling you, he will give you what you need. Moshe said that he stuttered. Did YHVH go find someone else to lead his people? No. He gave him Aharon, to do the talking for him. So, pick up a pen or a pencil, pull out some paper, and jot down a few thoughts.

 

1) What lesson have you learned on your journey in life so far that you want to share with others?

 

2) Who is your target audience? Teens? Single mothers? Older women? Widows? The terminally ill? The homeless?

 

3) What is the main point you want to convey?

 

Your story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. If what you are writing about is a particular painful part of your life, pray about your subject matter, and let YHVH lead you to say the “write” words.

 

Look for pictures to help convey your message. Maybe you have some old memories tucked away in a shoebox or photo album. Or, maybe you need something fresh. If so, then look for pictures that have a Creative Commons license or public domain mark, that you can use in your article, without worrying about copyright infringement.

 

YHVH has told a lot of people to write. If he is telling you, then take a look in the Tanakh at who else he called to write.

Here are a few:

 

● Besides being wise, the Qohelet also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and set in order many proverbs. The Qohelet sought to find words of delight, and words of truth, rightly written. The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. Qohelet 12:9-11

 

● Thus spoke YHVH Elohim of Yisrael, Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. For behold, days are coming, declares YHVH, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Yisrael and Yehudah, says YHVH, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it. Yirmeyahu 30:2

 

● Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this Torah on a scroll in the presence of the Levitite priests. It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the YHVH his Elohim, by carefully observing all the words of this Torah and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Yisrael. Devarim 17:18-20 

 

What words are passing through your heart, and making their way to your fingers? What encouragement does YHVH want you to share? What have you lived through, that your experience might change the direction of someone else? Pull out the notepad, and jot down your thoughts. Your story is worth the read. If YHVH has been dealing with you to open up your life in this way, don’t hold back. Can you imagine how the Tanakh would read if there were no Tehillim or Mishlei Shlomo? The words of David, and others writers, all those hundreds of years ago are still just as encouraging and powerful now as they were when the ink was fresh.