{"id":2273,"date":"2014-02-07T09:33:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T14:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oshetablogs.wordpress.com\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2014-02-07T09:33:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T14:33:52","slug":"the-great-and-terrible-beauty-of-being-a-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2014\/02\/the-great-and-terrible-beauty-of-being-a-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great and Terrible Beauty of Being A Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Today I\u2019m linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker\u2019s FMF (Five Minute Friday)<\/a>\u00a0 Our prompt for the day is: Write.<\/p>\n

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On Monday I wrote this Facebook status:<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Today\u2019s been tough. It feels dark and cold. I\u2019m sad about the car<\/a> and I\u2019m lonely without my hubs. I miss him. I do. He\u2019s my other half, my sounding board, my warm embrace when life is bitterly cold. I also miss writing true words. Since the car drama started, I\u2019ve written angry words, necessary words, silly smiley take the edge off the frustration words, and texty words punctuated by emoticons. All the words I\u2019ve written have been frantic, scribbled words that almost always drain me of peace. So now it\u2019s time to return to my outlet. To my words. To the beauty of sentence structure and adjective. It\u2019s time to return to y true life-breathing words. So, I lit a candle. I sent the babies off to be bratty in their own rooms-there\u2019s no space here for their drama. I\u2019m going to pour a cup of coffee and I will write the true words that have been begging to be shared since the Grammys. I\u2019ll write about Beyonc\u00e9, and sex, and true intimacy<\/a>\u2026and then I\u2019ll hit publish.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It is a great and terrible beauty to be a writer.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

If it\u2019s true that being a mother is like having your heart walk around on the outside of you, then being a writer is like exposing your soul for every person who dares to read your words.<\/p>\n

Especially when we write our\u00a0 true things.\u00a0 It\u2019s easier to write surface words than soul words.<\/p>\n

But, if we writers are brave enough to expose our souls with our words\u2014our true words\u2014 our soul words\u2014 God can renew our weary souls.\u00a0 He can renew us in community when we find our Soul Sisters who read our words and whispered, \u201cme too!\u201d \u00a0His love can wash away soul stains when we write our pain, authentic and unfettered in our journals or the along the pages of our bibles.\u00a0 And those who are soul-sick, the confused, the misunderstood, may find hope in our real words. Because oftentimes we\u2019re just as soul-sick, confused and yes, at times our words are misunderstood.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve let it keep me for far too long, so I want always remember my words, my life-breathing words, my soul words, the words that beg to be shared.\u00a0 In this space, I want to \u00a0always be mindful of my words and I want to be courageous to let my soul to be exposed.<\/p>\n

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Want to write your soul words with us today? Join us:<\/a><\/p>\n