WRITING with SPIRIT

 

Proverbs 12:25

King James Version

25 Heaviness in the heart of man 

maketh it stoop: 

but a good word maketh it glad.

Do you like writing?

Have you always loved writing?

Does it love you back?

But does it really matter?

All I know is I've ALWAYS loved writing.

Not really caring what people thought of my writing.

I had something to write, so I wrote.

Whether anyone read it, or it was just for self, I simply wrote.

Mostly to write what I felt at that moment.

Or stuff I've observed.

As dreams started showing up more in 1997, at one of the lowest points of my life, I started looking into it.

A Jung-based dream book helped for a while, to determine the meanings of symbolic words.

I started writing as early as I could think independently -- and that was when I was pretty young.

I guess I'd been in this field since almost forever.

There were "many books" in my heart.

And so it was.

You could say I already had the spirit of writing since I was a child.

Having had a quiet childhood, I was left to much introspection.

Looking into self was always good.

What did one think?

What did one feel?

What have you observed about people?

What was going on in the world?

Were people fair?

Were they kind?

What could be done better?

How could I be a better person?

ESPECIALY that last part:

"How could I be a better person?"

Such things populated my mind endlessly.

As you can imagine there was so much to write about.

What I did not realize, then, was that I was looking into how man could love better.

On how we could care more for others.

And making sure not to overlook anything.

Such thoughts encompassed every aspect of my life, and work, early on.

Even then, I had not thought of writing, to be read.

I was mostly doing it so I can understand self, and others.

Always trying to find "ways" and "solutions".

Merely "documenting" my own "findings".

Many decades after, my writing changed.

Where spirit of self was, a NEW SPIRIT took over.

The day GOD made me born again in 2019, His SPIRIT mercifully took charge.

Of course, my writing changed immeasurably.

Now, it's all SPIRIT.

What is right in GOD's eyes?

What is His will?

What does He want said?

What warnings does the LORD have?

When SPIRIT enlightens you, glorious stuff happens.

You write like never before.

You get to see clearly.

Through the "fog" of one's own muddled thinking.

SPIRIT leads you to JESUS, and His commands.

You begin to know the LAWS of GOD.

Your prayer is that you're ALWAYS aligned with GOD's will.

You do not think, speak, and act out of self anymore.

You have JESUS as your pattern for everything.

What a GLORIOUS way to live, think, speak, act, and write!

You have now distanced yourself from how the world thinks.

Now, all the more you don't care what others think of your writing.

It simply must serve the TRIUNE GOD:

Colossians 3:23

King James Version

23 And whatsoever ye do, 

do it heartily, 

as to the Lord, 

and not unto men;

That's all you need to know about writing.

Not as the world would accept.

But as JESUS taught.

As apostle Paul challenged:

Galatians 1:10

King James Version

10 For do I now persuade men, or God? 

or do I seek to please men? 

for if I yet pleased men, I should not be

the servant of Christ.

And it's never been about "techniques".

It's always been about GLORIFYING GOD.

And only by being born again can one do so.

For the HOLY SPIRIT teaches us TRUTH.

The world is filled with lies, and misdirection.

It's now time to write about GOD's TRUTH.

The only absolute there is.

An essential focal point for all.

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SIMPLEST writing ADVICE

Zechariah 4:6

King James Version

6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, 

This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, 

saying, 

Not by might, nor by power, 

but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

Before GOD made me born again, I was deluded.

I taught people to "write, as they speak".

It felt simple, real, honest.

Authentic, and practical.

It's how I wrote.

And it worked.

Yeah, right.

How wrong I was.

Because it can be problematic.

What if only profanity comes out of your mouth?

What if you swear, and curse, and bully?

What if your heart was full of self, and ego?

What if your soul was filled with greed, or envy?

Obviously, you cannot write that way.

So, forget all you've been taught about writing.

You need to be born again first.

Only then can you write.

In a way GOD approves of.

In a way that truly serves others.

In a way that GLORIFIES GOD alone.

In a way that works for your soul.

Writing is not about self.

It is about JESUS now.

How did He speak?

How did He teach?

How did He serve?

How did He love?

How did He heal?

Aren't those wonderful guides in writing?

That we become CHRIST-like, because we are born again?

That we are taught by His SPIRIT, so we may please GOD?

That we are free of ego, in order to serve well?

A born again can't think of any other way to write now.

We are inclined to write as the prophets, apostles, and disciples did.

They only wrote about JESUS.

They only glorified GOD.

They only spoke of SPIRIT.

Of course, you'll ask, "How can I do that when I'm in marketing?"

Very valid question.

But this is what happens once you're born again:

You will change.

You will question the ways of the world.

You will want to know what's right in GOD's eyes.

You will want to know His laws, and commands.

You will want to obey them.

You will want to know how to truly serve.

You will truly care.

The things of the world will be flushed out of your soul.

Only then can you write well.

For there's no more self.

Only JESUS.

Unless you're born again, you'll keep writing as everyone does.

Writing about self, money, goals, ambition, ventures, celebrities.

Where is GOD in all that?

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SIGN of wisdom

 

Galatians 5:22-23

King James Version

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is 

love, joy, peace, 

longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 Meekness, temperance: 

against such there is no law.

How can you tell if you've turned wise?

Especially if you're in the field of communications.

Or even writing, or marketing.

Here's what we found --

Being born again gets you simpler.

 SPIRIT lives in the born again.

Who reminds us that JESUS is all that matters.

John 3:30

King James Version

30 He must increase, 

but I must decrease.

All that should remain is the presence of JESUS.

Embodied through the fruit of the SPIRIT:

love, joy, peace, 

longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

meekness, temperance

When you're born again, SPIRIT is in you.

When SPIRIT is in you, He teaches you.

He helps you remember the teachings of JESUS.

Which takes over EVERY aspect of your life.

Writing included.

Where before, you'd use complex words.

Now, you prefer simple words.

Where before, you intellectualize.

Now, you simplify.

Where before, you try to impress.

Now, you focus on the WORD of GOD.

Where before, it's all about "me", or "you".

Now, it's all about JESUS.

Where before, people say, "What's in it for me?"

Now, the born again says, "What is GOD's will?"

That's how you know you've got the SPIRIT of GOD in you.

Because now, all you talk about is JESUS.

And the gospel He gave us to live by.

JESUS is all that matters.

He's the only One worth writing about.

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