The path always looks lovely—at first.
The journey isn’t always as easy as that first vision, that first inspiration. Some times, most times, we end up in a place that is unlike the vision, changed by the moments of silence, the moments of questioning ourselves. Unable to continue in a direction without a word from God, who hopefully, surely He was, our inspirator.
Speaking to a friend yesterday, I tried to put my expectation, anxiousness, and my impatience into words. I can feel it, but describing it is hard, is it for you too? Most of you don’t know where I am, or what I’ve been doing, or probably not even who I am. Let’s just say I’m a man waiting on God, a God that I trust with my soul. My relationship with Him is always first, but sometimes, like everyone, I forget He’s not my genie in a bottle.
Recently I opened my online shop, Lee’s Books and Novels, to share signed editions and offer special deals on my books and stories to share with the masses what God inspired in me. More than a co-author, He helped me in every faucet of the process. The writing, finding professionals who I could afford that are very good at their craft, and even helping me broaden my capacity by learning how to setup my own website, blog, and much more. Still I’m waiting…
No Forgetting Providence release date is September 3, 2024
My novels are getting great reviews, excuse me, our novels are getting great reviews. Not too long ago I didn’t even want to write, He literally had to force me… minus fifteen degrees and about twenty inches of snow on the ground later, I picked up a laptop and started. I didn’t realize I would be forever on a laptop, cellphone, or praying for His help. How that vision has changed. I went from simply trying to appease the unction in my spirit to writing novels that are getting great reviews. Granted the exposure has been limited.
The waiting is frustrating.
Ah haw. There lies my anxiousness, the expectation. Even though I have great reviews, I advertise, I still come up short on the economic scale. This is the place you have to decide, are you going to continue with the vision, the unction, knowing it is God? Or are you going to pivot, try a new approach. Did God give me that idea? Is that where I’m supposed to go? See… You can get torn if you’re not careful.
The first book I wrote was FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS, which I recently edited with my awesome editor, turning it into more of an inspirational. The book is about prayer. Our prayer platform actually, and how important it is, for us and others. But I’m getting off on a rabbit trail, simply saying, prayer is the key. It some times seems when I ask God for direction or help it appears soon thereafter, for most things. But marketing…. well that’s a different story, or so it would seem. This is where my conversation went yesterday. I know the plan, I’m working the plan, often repeating to myself that the timing is in His hands, which it is. But then my humanity rises.
Be sure to watch the book trailers in the shop.
I realize one of my biggest obstacles is having too much time on my hands to hash things over, and over, and over… That is a problem for quite a few of us, I’m sure, maybe. Suddenly, I notice a pattern. When things become pressing an avenue for escape appears, always. Coming to the intersection, a four way stop, do I continue on, make a u-bie, or go left or right? I stop. I wait. Looking every direction, straining to hear. On the horizon I see something, it’s Him. He’s giving me an unction, another way to improve, and get ready for the coming success.
Ta da. Lee’s Novels and Books will soon begin holding virtual meet and greet discussions with readers and members via Skype, one such recent inspiration. There we’ll be able to discuss new releases, sign some books, and other things God might bring up, getting to connect for scheduled book discussions. Now I’m working in the background to make it all happen. He’s still leading me, I just have to understand and watch, and more news is coming soon. Very soon.
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God bless.
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