Confessions

• I don't make New Year's resolutions. It wouldn't do any good because...
• I'm terribly unorganized. I have good intentions but...
• I keep stacks of work in strategic locations around my desk and around my house. This is why...
• I work from a laptop not a desktop. To maintain structure...
• I pray Psalm 90:12, "Teach [me] to number [my] days aright, that [I] may gain a heart of wisdom." It helps that...
• I'm a slow writer. That seems to contradict how...
• I sometimes rush through a piece and end too abruptly. I think it's because...
• I worry I'll forget my point if I don't hurry up and write it down. Let me explain that...
• I usually write late at night when the kids are asleep and the house is quiet. But I believe Psalm 37:5-6, which tells me...
• If I commit my way to the Lord and trust in Him, He will do this: He will make my righteousness shine like the dawn. And that enlightens me so...
• I enjoy researching terms in my concordances. It's fodder for good dreams that make me say...
• "It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep" ("Fireflies" by Owl City). Sometimes when I awaken from sleep...
• I record my dreams in a journal. Recently...
• I dreamed about giant stalks of celery growing up from a shallow river, all guarded by crocodiles that jumped and played like dogs. Perhaps it's preparation as...
• I hope "...that our God may count [me] worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of [mine] and every act prompted by [my] faith" (2 Thessalonians 1:11). Because...
• I believe my writing and editing passions are gifts given by the Lord. And...
• I desire to bring glory to His name with the work that I do. So...
• I don't make lists of things I'm incapable of achieving. Because...
• I know I am not the keeper of my schedule. After all...
• "If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ" (Galatians 1:10).