No, you have come to
Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to
countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering. ~ Hebrews 12:22 NLT
Most people don’t know that when I was in high school I
wrote and tried to publish two Science-Fiction novels. The rejection letters
all said the same thing: “Not original enough.” It’d been done before; they
didn’t need me to do it again. That rejection hurt and I never tried my hand at
Sci-Fi again. It was a good decade before I’d even post anything on a blog. The
devil thought he’d beaten me; he thought he had the victory. The devil was wrong!
Over the course of the last 10-15 years, God has been
strategically surrounding me with people who’ve been encouraging me in my
writing. Though I’ve allowed God to lead me to write more transparently, I
often battle the fear that says, “The world has enough writers; why do they
need you?” But God’s Word reminds me, “Because the Sovereign LORD helps
me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set
my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame,” (Isaiah
50:7 NIV).
A friend recently said she believed God was calling all His
writers; no, there aren’t enough in the world. I believe that extends to all
artists. How often does a single picture, song, poem, book, devotional, etc.
move you? The handful of artists that are seen today can’t expose the whole
world to what God wants to share with them. He needs YOU! In order to make the
sweet aroma of Christ stronger, God needs ALL His flowers. A Gathering of Flowers
is a collection of creativity, beauty, and fragrance gathered together for one
purpose: to share God with the world. If God has placed a dance, poem, book,
drawing, speech, or song in your heart, won’t you let Him use it to reach His
people?
©Heather Potts 2016
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