tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post1320731834013398445..comments2024-01-01T18:42:01.363-08:00Comments on International Christian Fiction Writers: Waiting is Good for You. No, really!Lisa Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-27362706408586812092016-03-27T09:23:25.968-07:002016-03-27T09:23:25.968-07:00Thanks for this Di. You're so right. Waiting ....Thanks for this Di. You're so right. Waiting . . . such a simple concept - and so hard to put into practice. Right now I'm battling with waiting, as I'm recovering from a double whammy of major surgeries back to back. I want to be up and running - and the Lord seems to think I need another period of waiting on Him. Somehow it never gets easier!Shirley Corderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429641202607657089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-35657330412567973832016-03-27T09:23:13.539-07:002016-03-27T09:23:13.539-07:00Thanks for this Di. You're so right. Waiting ....Thanks for this Di. You're so right. Waiting . . . such a simple concept - and so hard to put into practice. Right now I'm battling with waiting, as I'm recovering from a double whammy of major surgeries back to back. I want to be up and running - and the Lord seems to think I need another period of waiting on Him. Somehow it never gets easier!Shirley Corderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429641202607657089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-58317169003352276182016-03-26T12:05:25.934-07:002016-03-26T12:05:25.934-07:00Ian, I think you've picked up a key thing here...Ian, I think you've picked up a key thing here - there is waiting, and there is waiting on Him. Waiting in Him. Waiting on His lap, looking at life from His perspective. Waiting but growing. Waiting and watching as circumstances align. Waiting with Him. If all our waiting is done in isolation, we'll become frustrated - even bitter. But in Him, waiting becomes fruitful, essential. Love that verse!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176552339254578613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-33539521709940180702016-03-26T12:02:02.552-07:002016-03-26T12:02:02.552-07:00Sara, this has become one of my favourite puzzle p...Sara, this has become one of my favourite puzzle pieces. I think we live in such an instant generation, everything is available at the click of a button, flick of a switch, yet character growth takes time. There are just no short cuts. I used to kick against it all the time, but now I (mostly!) hug it close and value it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176552339254578613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-8164696497907642292016-03-26T11:59:07.259-07:002016-03-26T11:59:07.259-07:00So true LeAnne. Anything done in obedience will be...So true LeAnne. Anything done in obedience will bear fruit and a cake taken out the oven too soon will be ugly to eat. So we wait!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176552339254578613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-1245539977602500152016-03-26T11:54:06.651-07:002016-03-26T11:54:06.651-07:00Karen, that's incredible!Karen, that's incredible! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176552339254578613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-64669942378507955952016-03-24T17:38:40.397-07:002016-03-24T17:38:40.397-07:00Hi Dianne, took me 10 years to get Angelguard publ...Hi Dianne, took me 10 years to get Angelguard published from the date I wrote the first words. Waiting is good for us as you've outlined. I love that verse: "Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; when they run they will not grow weary, when they walk they will not grow faint." (Isaiah 40:31)Ian Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192687613923596829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-24088570724068219472016-03-24T14:36:30.273-07:002016-03-24T14:36:30.273-07:00A brilliant topic, which oddly enough, I've ha...A brilliant topic, which oddly enough, I've haven't come across before in a blog. Waiting. Yes, that's a giant piece to the puzzle! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658059471365091357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-34513814972360093812016-03-24T10:59:16.112-07:002016-03-24T10:59:16.112-07:00I so appreciate your thoughts on your work ethic n...I so appreciate your thoughts on your work ethic not depending on approval or rejection. If God has called me to write, I must write, and he will use that writing in whatever way he chooses, whether to shape me or to influence a reader. "I am his servant; it is not for me to determine," to paraphrase the author of a memoir I am currently editing. She went from being a famous singer in her region of the former Soviet Union to being a missionary run out of town with her life and family threatened. Waiting on the Lord applies to our professional lives as writers as well as to our personal lives as Christians.LeAnne Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433010038077925237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-69922328151494344292016-03-24T05:07:57.873-07:002016-03-24T05:07:57.873-07:00It took me nearly 40 years before my English Refor...It took me nearly 40 years before my English Reformation novel, The Ruby Ring, found a publisher. I spent those years doing research, teaching myself how to write, rewriting, rewriting, teaching writing, rewriting, rewriting and rewriting. I'm also a missionary working in Hong Kong so had little time to write most weeks. Yes, waiting is necessary. But God finally made it happen. Now I'm hoping he'll make the sequel happen as well. So I'm waiting again. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461232739816674297noreply@blogger.com