My Ghost Writer

 Ghost writer:

'Someone who writes a book or article, etc. for another person to publish under his or her own name.'

(Cambridge Dictionary)

“Thanks. Just put the key back through the letterbox when you leave.”

My friend was leaving the house after me, and had said she’d lock up.

When I returned home a couple of hours later, the key was on the mat.

The house was empty.

But something had changed.

In my study, I saw this:

ALT: a doll sitting in front of a computer keyboard

Sarah (yes, of course my doll has a name) does not usually sit at my desk, yet there she was! 

It made me smile.

I messaged my friend, asking if she was subtly suggesting I need a ghost writer?!

Before I’d left the house earlier, I’d given her a pre-release copy of my new book. Bit late for a ghost writer now….

 

When I moved Sarah from the chair, and replaced her with myself, I was still chuckling.

Later, I thought about it some more. 

I think I do have a ghost writer.

And could it be that God, not Sarah, is my Ghost Writer?

My name may be on the cover, but He wrote the book?

 As Christian writers, that is our aim.

We seek to write God’s way.

And we don’t write alone.

We have the ultimate Ghost Writer.

'But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things….'

(John 14:26)

Romans 8:26 (a version of):

The Holy Spirit helps us in our writing-is-flowing moments. For example, we know what God wants us to write. And the Holy Spirit enables us to do it.

 

How many of us have been in the writing-zone, looked back at what we’ve written, and realised it is not at all bad.

Thank You, Holy Spirit.

My Ghost Writer.

 Romans 8:26 (a version of):

The Holy Spirit helps us in our blank screen moments. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to write. And the Holy Spirit guides us.

 

How many of us have wrestled over a section we are writing, staring at a blank screen….and then inspiration has come. (Often, in my case at past-the-eleventh-hour.)

Thank You, Holy Spirit.

My Ghost Writer. 

Romans 8:26 (a version of):

The Holy Spirit helps us in our writing-joy moments. For example, we don’t know what God has in store for us, and then: a blog published, a book completed, a poem written… And the Holy Spirit shares our joy.

Thank You, Holy Spirit.

My Ghost Writer.

 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Ephesians 3:20

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