A Life of Creative Purpose
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"You'll come away with a clearer understanding of how you are uniquely gifted to contribute to the world, and why it's imperative that you honor your creative calling." ~Michelle DeRusha, author of Katharina and Martin Luther: The Radical Marriage of a Runway Nun and a Renegade Monk
What might be sabotaging your uniquely gifted contribution to the world around you?
Discover the obstacles and barriers standing between you and your God-given purpose. In this book, you'll learn how to identify ways to strengthen your calling that'll encourage you to confidently operate in the gifts and talents that God designed you to do. Through the lens of T.H. Meyer's own journey, you'll recognize the universal struggle in embracing your whole person as she encourages you to live a life without regrets.
For the individual reader looking to examine more deeply their life purpose or a group seeking to collectively spur each other toward their God-given gifts, talents, and life. This book can be used as a 12-week, 6-week, or 4-week study guide, with exploratory questions at the end of each chapter the assist you in listening to God's voice and revealing your unique purpose, path, or direction.
"TH Meyer delivers on her promise to help people embrace uniqueness, explore boldness, and encourage faith." ~Amy Young, author of Looming Transitions: Starting and Finishing Well in Cross-Cultural Service
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Contents 1. When You Shred Your Life's Work ..............................1 2. One Thing That Strengthens You..............................11 3. The Fight for Your Promised Land ...........................21 4. Giving Yourself Permission........................................31 5. Called Into Discomfort ............................................41 6. When You Are The Barrier........................................49 7. How God Reminds Us .............................................57 8. Knowing God And His Gifts....................................67 9. Going Where You Never Thought Possible ...............79 10. When You Face The Doubts & The Doubters .........87 11. When You Accept Your God-Gifts ...........................95 12. How Waiting & Obedience Will Challenge You.....103 13. God Calls You A Warrior.......................................115 14. When God Calls But You're a Woman....................125 15. Looking At Yourself...............................................139 16. When We Embrace Our (Spiritual) Life ................147 Additional Resources ..................................................152
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When You Shred Your Life's Work
"The Spirit, not content to flit around on the surface, dives into the depths of God, and brings out what God planned all along." -The Message, (taken from 1 Corinthians 2:10-13)
....I stood with the ebony-black, leather-bound folder where I'd kept [my writing].
I pulled a neatly pressed poem from an inside pocket. Pica font from an electronic typewriter dotted the weathered paper as I hovered the page near the shredder.
For the last time, I silently read one of my favorite poems filled with dark, Poe-like metaphors. It hid the truth of my life like a riddle. And soon, it would be gone forever.
I fed the first page between metal teeth as the motor vibrated to life. My hand had not shaken as I had imagined. A loud noise growled as the gears slowed halfway through the page like a monstrous Venus flytrap chewing a tasty morsel. Again and again, the 10-inch font descended closer to the mouth, each line of a poem or story ripped apart and consumed.
Writing was something other people did but not me. Fairy tales never came true.
And so I continued, shredder humming, as each piece vibrated past the narrow teeth. The last document entered the metal mouth, and I made a promise to myself. I promised to never write again unless I could do it with honesty and honor. I gave every line, every page, every poem, and every story I had compiled back to God in a pile of tattered strips.
At thirty, I destroyed my life's work of poetry and short stories.
I didn't know if I'd ever write again.
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