When you think of people worldwide who might read our story, it should spur us on to greater heights.
There is so much
power in a story to hold our attention. Any author who can truly help us to identify with our character's spiritual struggles is engaged in a ministry of reconciliation, or encouragement, or is throwing out a challenge to us. And if our work as a writer is Spirit filled, God's power is released. What a tremendous privilege! And what a responsibility. We don't have to preach, it's not our place. We just have to point the way through our characters. But we must work at engaging our readers with a great plot and characters who ring true. Who wants to hear a dull sermon? Not me. If a preacher tells a real life story, a great illustration, or a personal experience, and applies it with skill to my need...wow... it captures my attention. Even doctrine can come to life when applied with these methods.
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| We are celebrating 53 years together in ministry |
Each year my husband and I minister in Thailand, a Buddhist country. We are accepted in schools, hospitals, prisons, shopping malls, orphanages and Christian churches. This is because we have been invited to explain the real meaning of Christmas. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to tell why Jesus was born as a man, thus we share the Good News. We also tell other Bible stories.
We have discovered a story translates in any culture. That's why
Jesus told so many stories to illustrate spiritual truths. Maybe I am not analytical, but I suspect most of us agree that a good story either written, drawn, or told, grabs us more than anything else can.
How do you feel about this?
As an artist, Rita Galieh also loves writing her novels. She has had two published, with Book II and III of the Watermark Trilogy coming soon. To read about inspirational stories you can look up her weekly blog http://inspirationalromance.blogspot.com
