Writing: An Act of Worship

By Kelly Lowe
(originally published online; CMA, November 2009)

Last month fellow writer and friend, James Howard, sent me the following email.

I went online and was checking out my Amazon site for my book Glimpses of My Friend the King and was surprised to see what some of them are selling for! Remember a few years ago one that was selling in England for 50 pounds? Well, I’ve topped that! One is listed for $64! (They must think I’m dead!) It’s probably just a mix-up, but it’s still fun to see. (Too bad I don’t get royalties for sales of used books!)

By the way, I still need readers of Glimpses to go to Amazon and write a quick review for me. You will have to sign in, but it’s easy to do. And I’ll tell you what, the first 15 people who write a review will get a cruise ship buy-one-get- one-free coupon - good until the end of the year! That’s pretty good for doing something that would take 15 minutes at the most! If I could offer you more I would, for crying out loud! C’mon, people! It’s not just for me; it’s for the cause of Christ! Let’s lift Him up to the world. They need Him! (Now I’m getting worked up!) The link is below!

Thanks! God bless you all! With much love, James/Jim/Butch

http://www.amazon.com/Glimpses-Friend-King-James-Howard/dp/1594572763/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256773666&sr=8-1

Since sending that email, our small writer’s group has met a couple of times. At our last meeting James shared something from his own walk with the Lord as a writer that, I think, sums it all up. I’m going to paraphrase with his permission.

Jim shared with us that he has really been struggling with the purpose of his writing. If not for publication so that others may come to a new understanding of our Savior then why? Why spend so much time writing, editing, praying about and worrying over it? What is the point?
He was away with his family and had come to a low point in this struggle to understand the purpose of his work. His wife was in another room painting while he quietly prayed asking God, “Why?” His wife entered the room as he was praying and said that the Lord had prompted her to tell him that ‘Writing is an act of worship. This is how you worship your King.’ How beautiful, to have a God who takes our every moment, our every effort to His heart.
How wonderful, to worship God through our writing.