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| C. Kevin Thompson |
Sometimes, as writers, we come to the blank page blank
ourselves. We want to be fresh. We want to be original. We wish for others to
read our every word. However, we sit and stare at the screen. And it stares
back. It’s all been said. It’s all been done. It’s all been written. The words
of Ecclesiastes haunt us: “There is nothing new under the sun.”
And it seems, in these moments, our writing has no meaning.
“Meaningless, meaningless, all is meaningless.”
In our Christian walk, we run to God when our lives become
stale. We ask for forgiveness. We plead for mercy. We request insight and
direction. In times like these, we sing songs to help and encourage us toward
righteous living, like Keith Green’s “My Eyes are Dry,” for
example (you can click on the link and sing along, if you so choose).
So, for those of you who struggle in your writing, when the
blank “page” stares back…when the enemy tells you you’re not
worthy…remember…it’s about a relationship with the Creator…not a story…not a
character…not even an inspiring word that may help someone else get through a
dark time. As good and wonderful as those things may be…
It’s about righteousness.
And a relationship.
So, in this upcoming year, with New Year resolutions
swirling about like evil taunts and the frequency of writer’s conferences
picking up steam, appearing like trains in a tunnel barreling your way, do not hesitate to pause and ask God to bathe you in His spirit of love and the wine of
His blood…to keep your heart from becoming hard…to keep your faith from getting
old…and to keep your eyes wet with compassion.
My Eyes
are Dry by Keith Green
My eyes are dry
My faith is old
My heart is hard
My prayers are cold.
And I know how
I ought to be
Alive to You
And dead to me.
Oh, what can be done
For an old heart like mine?
Soften it up
With oil and wine.
The oil is You
Your spirit of love
Please wash me anew
In the wine of Your blood.
(The
Blake Meyer Thriller Series, Book 3)
A
Perverse Tale. A Precarious Truth. A Personal Tribulation.
Supervisory
Special Agent Blake Meyer is at an impasse. Bound and beaten in a dilapidated
warehouse halfway around the world, Blake finds himself listening to an
unbelievable story. Right and wrong warp into a despicable clash of ideologies.
Life quickly becomes neither black nor white. Nor is it red, white, and blue
any longer.
Every
second brings the contagion's release closer, promising to drag the United
States into the Dark Ages. Tens of millions could be dead within months.
Every
moment adds miles and hours to the expanding gulf between him and his family.
What is he to believe? Who is he to trust?
C.
KEVIN THOMPSON is a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a
kid at heart. Often referred to as “crazy” by his grandchildren, it’s only
because he is. He’s a writer. Need he say more?
The first three books of his Blake Meyer Thriller series are
out! Book 1, 30 Days Hath Revenge and
Book 2, Triple Time, are available!
Book 3, The Tide of Times, just
released in October! All three are on sale through New Year’s Eve! Also, the
second edition of his award-winning debut novel, The Serpent’s Grasp, is now available!
Kevin is a huge fan of the TV series 24, The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, and Criminal Minds, loves anything to do with Star Trek, and is a Sherlock Holmes fanatic, too. It’s quite
elementary, actually.
Twitter: @CKevinThompson
Goodreads: C.
Kevin Thompson
