Some days I really need grace to accomplish my writing goals. Because I homeschool, I only have a few short months during the summer in which to get any substantial writing done. Some days it’s hard. I find myself reading my emails or surfing the web or staring out the window at my perennial gardens, wishing I was out there instead of in here. But I have to discipline myself. I force myself to click that little red X on the top right hand of my internet home page and ignore the emails streaming past me every couple of minutes.
And I can say I’ve never been sorry that I’ve sat down to write. It’s like my exercise routine. Some days I really need a push to get myself on the treadmill and get going. Yesterday my dear husband told me I needed to get down there and get it done. Before I had been walking for five minutes, I was enjoying myself and glad I had done it.
Writing is the same way. God gives me the grace to keep going each day, whether I want to or not. And lately things have been going well. The writing is flowing with little effort on my part. My heroine is hurtling toward the climax. I have to force myself to stop and have lunch. I love these kinds of days, when I can crank out 3000 words without blinking. So, I will enjoy the blessing of this easy writing now and I will keep disciplining myself when I hit a writer’s block. And I’ll keep praying for the grace to keep going each day, no matter what the Lord has given me to do.