“Someone needs to tell those tales”

Do you recognize the opportunity you have—as well as the responsibility—to write your stories? Right now, you probably can’t imagine how God can use them to bless your readers—your kids, grandkids, and great-grands.

Your stories are important. Writing them is more than a hobby—it is a ministry.

Do you recall our verse?

“Always remember what you’ve seen God do for you,

and be sure to tell your children and grandchildren!”

(Deuteronomy 4:9)

You and I are just ordinary people living ordinary lives, yet God is acting on our behalf every moment of every day.

Take time to observe what He is doing.

Notice the ways Bible passages come alive—how they come true, how they are relevant—in your family.

If you’ll put those stories into writing, you’ll be doing what Deuteronomy 4:9 urges all of us to do.

You have stories only you can tell.

You are part of a story much bigger than yourself.

Your story is part of God’s story

and God’s story is part of your story.

Invest time and effort into connecting your stories with God’s stories.

Don’t keep them to yourself—give them to others to read!

"The things that your books make happen"

“Write about what you really care about.…

Write about what truly matters to you—

not just things to catch the eye of the world

but things to touch the quick of the world

the way they have touched you to the quick.…

Write not just with wit and eloquence

and style and relevance

but with passion.

Then the things that your books make happen

will be things worth happening—

things that make the people who read them

a little more passionate themselves for their pains…

a little more alive, a little wiser,

a little more beautiful, a little more understanding,

in short a little more human.…”

Frederick Buechner, from The Clown in the Belfry

(emphasis mine)

Your words could take up residence in someone’s soul

"Someone needs to tell those tales….

For each and every ear it will be different,

and it will affect them in ways 

they can never predict. 

From the mundane to the PROFOUND. 

You may tell a tale that 

takes up residence in someone's soul, 

becomes their blood and self and purpose. 

That tale will move them and drive them 

and who knows what they might do because of it, 

because of your words. 

That is your role, your gift." 

Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus