But Christmas
In my MTW blog last November, I apologised for being early to advent.
Well, no one seemed to mind (not enough to let me know,
anyway!), so I am going to make the leap that no one will mind (enough to let
me know, anyway) if I extend Christmas-mentions in this blog.
At the beginning of this year, I was shopping with my niece. She saw a pen in the post-Christmas bargain box, and said that I should use it for my writing.
I’m currently in the early stages of editing a manuscript so, as I edit, I am making notes using a Christmas Tree pen.
And I am thankful for it.
There was a line that particularly struck me, and I’ll quote
it here.
Music plays, and Viola is asked, ‘how dost thou like this
tune?’
It was the reply that struck me:
It gives a very echo to the seat
Where Love is throned
The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven
Psalm 11:4
God, who is love (1 John 4:8), is ‘Where Love is
throned’
It gives a very echo to the seat
Where God is throned
What about our writing? Do our words carry echoes of heaven?
As Christian writers, our privilege is to catch those
Love-echoes.
Our extended privilege is to write them down.
Whether we write fiction, non-fiction, Christian,
cross-market…..our work can carry echoes of the Love which fuels it.
It gives a very echo to the seat
Where Love is throned
I am not always a fan of editing. If I’m honest, I prefer
the excitement of a new insight into a text/storyline than I do the Emily
Deeming It Trash stage, which I invariably reach by the zillionth
edit.
But Christmas:
Luke 2:12b
The Love that is throned in the splendour of heaven is the
same Love that was throned in a lowly manger.
'All shall be well.
For there is a force of love moving through the universe that
holds us fast and will never let us go.'
Julian of Norwich
The Love that holds us fast when we are catching waves of
Love-echoes, is the same Love that holds us fast when we are (eg) editing.
And I am thankful for it.
I'm off to use my Christmas Tree pen....
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