oh happy day
May 16, 2009 | Just thinking out loud,Ministry Life
I received a rejection yesterday. A big one.
But I’m looking at the Rockies today. Snow capped mountains. Hiking trails that lead you past water tumbling over rocks, herds of elk nibbling shoots of grass.
I’m talking with friends. Good friends I’ve cultivated over 10 years of full-time writing. Friends like Jill Hart who kidnapped me after a long day yesterday and took me to an Italian restaurant for good food and lots of laughter.
I’m watching dreams unfold for new writers, remembering that hopeful place, that place of angst.
I’m reading Oswald Chambers who reminds me of the depths of God’s wealth that has nothing to do with money, and yet everything to do with providing the needs of His own.
All of this brings back an old song, one I think I heard as a teen in a small church in Tulsa.
“Oh happy day. Oh happy day–ay-ay.”
At some point I have to just place all of this stuff — my career, my writing, what I want to do with my life — in His hands. I’ll keep working hard. I’ll continue to learn. I’ll grow.
But if you see me, I’ll be the one walking around feeling deeply content, most likely humming under her breath: oh happy day, oh happy day-ay-ay.
Have a good one.
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Wow, I HAVE to comment, we are HUGE Oswald fans, it’s just spooky what the guy has to say. Also I’m becoming a fan of YOU after reading 1/2 of your book last night. I also hope you’re thinking of me when you talk about ‘dreams unfolding for new authors’.
May 16th, 2009 at 10:40 amIts so great to meet NEW friends like you! It was a joy to meet you this year in the Rockies. Hope to see you again soon.
May 16th, 2009 at 7:16 pmI echo that. Oh Happy Day! Keep walking! B
May 16th, 2009 at 10:51 pmYour insight, wisdom, and transparency refreshed and re-focused me. “Relax. Live in the moment.” What powerful words.
I read on the plane, “Worry . . . fear . . . is just a misuse of the creative imagination that has been placed in each of us. Because we are smart and creative, we imagine all the things that could happen, that might happen, that will happen if this or that happens.” ~Andy Andrews in The Noticer (p.52)
The curse of the creative?
The solution – “Relax. Live in the moment.” ~T Suzanne Eller
Wishing I had time to hum in the Rockies with you…
Thanks, Suzie.
May God increase his work and influence in and through you. Great is his faithfulness.
May 18th, 2009 at 11:51 amOK, I have to say I’m jealous. LOL You got to have lunch with Jill. One of these days things will work out so we can meet, maybe. We tried once but something came up and we couldn’t.
Anyway, I’m working on putting my life completely in His hands. Now if I could just follow through on not take on things myself after I ask him to handle them. LOL
My family skipped out on Friday night. We drove to our friends trailer, at the lake, and just chilled for the remainder of the day and came back Saturday afternoon. It was a nice break, not long enough, but nice!
May 18th, 2009 at 2:11 pm