Just Thinking.........Again

It's a big day for me.  On August 12th I started writing about holiness and today I submitted my book proposal to 4 literary agencies with the tite Finding Holiness In a Mixed Up World.   It's kind of strange because since this idea started I spent so much time working it out in my head.  I write, rewrite, cut and paste and mvoe stuff around.  I've changed the title several times.  It all becomes very personal.  Then I have let it go out into the world.  Will it be crushed?  Maybe.  Will it be shreaded up by some literary snob?  Maybe.  It's hard to accept that possibility. 

 

It feels a lot like when we dropped our oldest son off at college the first time and had to drive away.  We were leaving our boy out in the world and we felt like we were at the mercy of so many factors.  Would he do well?  Would he make it?  Had we done all the right things?  Well, he did just fine and his chances for success were always way better than the success of this book will ever be.  However (Debra taught me this - I'll explain in another blog), I really do feel this whole project was something God put in front of me.  It seems like everywhere I turned He was giving me material, putting scripture before me that made think and people brought me books to read.  Everywhere I turn something new pops up that generates an idea that fits perfectly into what I'm writing. 

 

 

I know I have a lot to learn about writing.  Because of that, this book may set a record for how fast and how many times it can be rejected.  If it is rejected, it is because I didn't do the topic justice not becaue the topic isn't worthy.  The premise of the book is that holiness has been passed over in recent years.  Instead of the high view of God our forefathers had, we've created a smaller more acceptable God.  I would like to see book published but if it is not, I can live with it.  The research and study of writing about the holiness of God has been, and continues to be, an awesome experience for me.  Just filling my mind with the things of God has been rewarding.    

 

 

 

Just thinking & writing.