A Statement

After ignoring the nudging within to join a new friend and fellow blogger's blog tour until the very last minute, I'm here and ready to make a statement. I've come to realize that I need a purpose if I am to truly find out what God would have me do with this blog He urged me to start. I guess I'm here to discover my mission in writing Captive Thoughts.

I'm a writer. I have no doubt of that any longer. I used to. I used to be embarrassed that I should be so vain to think that anyone would want to read what I write. Last night my husband was reading my latest novel quite past his usual time to be fast asleep. He turned to me and smiled sheepishly. "I keep saying I'm going to stop after the next page, but it's getting good and I want to find out what happens next."

Little did he know his words made my spirit soar. Little did he know that he had given me the best encouragement and validation as a writer that was humanly possible. He wanted to keep reading.

So with that wordy introduction I come to my point. Here is what I hope that God will be able to do through this ministry of writing He has given me. Because He has given it to me. He has called me to write. And if God calls you to do something, He'll finish what He starts.

Mission Statement for Captive Thoughts:

1. God's glory.

There is no greater privilege and calling for a Christian then to bring the God of the universe a small amount of the glory and honor He deserves. If my writing can point others to how wonderful this amazing God really is, then I have not wasted my time.

2. That readers would see Jesus and His love and sacrifice for them.

The more I grow and learn about him, the more I want others to see who he is, especially my friends and family that may not know him. And I know I have readers who need to see him more clearly and understand his love and passion to reach them. It has also been my privilege to be given a great interest in the culture and people of Israel in the first century. I am delighted at any opportunity to share the knowledge that I have been able to gather due to such an interest. If I have been so enriched by knowing it, others might be as well.

3. To hone my skills by regular use.

Any serious writer will tell you that it takes regular practice to be a writer. You have to discipline yourself to write on a constant basis. A blog is a great way to do that.

4. To become more transparent.

I love to write fiction. Fiction seems to come into my head faster than I can type and I have 4 full length novels from the past 4 years to prove it. But I have a harder time being real, being me. Writing from my own experiences and feelings. For some reason those are harder to bring to the paper or computer screen. But I want to grow in my non-fiction writing as well, so I need to learn to share the things that are hard to share, to bleed my own pain into words that others might find some use in their own struggles for what I've already been through.


So there it is. My mission for this blog. I'm glad I got that down. Maybe this entry is more for me than anyone else.

Check out the rest of the blog tour at http://becomingmethruhim.blogspot.com/ ! There are some great bloggers with some great ideas to share, you won't be sorry for the time you spend reading.