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Topic: Rejoicing (11/22/04)
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TITLE: Rejoice in the Lord Always By Stacey-Anne Bistak 11/29/04 |
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Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say “Rejoice!”
I bet every writer rejoices on the completion of an article, story, poem, or novel. But, it’s the best writers who have learnt to rejoice while they write—for their writing talent, for the joy of seeing their words breathe life, for the sheer joy of writing.
Nurturing and building on a concept from its initiation to its fruition is almost like a woman carrying a baby in her womb. She puts it through the ultrasound tests in the same way a writer tests the article for logic, flow, proper structure and form. Her body nourishes the child as a writer’s mind nourishes the concept with characters, incidents, and more ideas. She looks forward with anxiousness and gladness to the day of delivery as a writer prepares for the launch of his or her book with trepidation and joy.
Joy is the dominant feeling of the two in both cases as it’s the rewards of your labor that come to life: a new creation. It’s someone and something that will be the source of joy and inspiration for others; a creation that will serve as a model for the world; a creation unique in its own right.
All our rejoicing stems from the joy of that night—when Our Lord came into this world—the promise, the Savior, the means of deliverance.
A heart that knows how to rejoice is a blessing for life.
Suffer with those who suffer but don’t forget to rejoice with those who rejoice as well as rejoice through your suffering. There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel. A drab journey is drab for a reason—that we appreciate joy in its fullest degree when we reach our destination. There is never a dead end—every culmination always leads on to a path of rejoicing.
Copyright © Stacey-Anne Bistak