A Bright Spark of Inspiration

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This weekend has been delightfully quiet and relaxing, exactly what I've needed after a month--months, really--of stress and poor health and frustration. I've felt like my writing has been the last thing I've been able to focus on, and I haven't made it a priority, and then today, I unexpectedly had a spark of an idea that flared into a bright flame of inspiration and for the first time in months I'm excited and want to write.

I think after months of not knowing what I was going to do, I might finally have the second-third-fourth-whatever-number-this-is draft for my story nailed down. That's been a lot of the problem. I've got the characters all ready, they just needed a fitting plot, and none of the ones I've come up with have really panned out. Hopefully this time, this will be the one that sticks.

I suppose I should also clarify that I'm ok, health-wise. I finally have some answers and can get the treatment I need and hopefully finally be done with this chapter of my life. All I really want to say other than that is God is faithful.

He brought to mind the verse in Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding." That verse has been such an encouragement at a low-point when I needed something to cling to. He is good. All the time. And even if it has not been easy, I am thankful for the lesson that this summer has been.

Sleeping Lady. Last Sunday was a spectacularly gorgeous day.

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