More than Writers

Let’s be honest for a moment - how often do you feel completely unseen – by others and even by God?  When weeks go by and no-one calls us to see how we are doing, we feel unseen.  When we are passed over and someone else is called on for a job we would love to do, we feel unseen. When we aren’t included by friends or family, we feel unseen. When we pray desperately for an answer and everyone’s prayers seem answered but our own, we feel unseen. How do these feelings about life transpose to our writing? Perhaps we see others post a Facebook question which generates interest and enthusiasm, yet when we post one, it fizzles.   Perhaps we launch our latest Bible devotional, blog post or novel and the numbers we see it clocking up are nowhere near those we had dreamed of – and we feel unseen, unnoticed. Perhaps we feel unseen more than we would care to admit.   Feeling unseen is synonymous with feeling unloved, unnoticed.   It can provoke in us feelings ...