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To some extent there might not be a way around this feeling totally; however, I don’t think it is completely inevitable. You see, I have found a way (not foolproof but pretty close) to weather this storm and let
manuscript grow as God intended it to. It’s called, “Let Go.”
That’s
short version of having a “Leave Everything To God Opportunity.” These types of opportunities are all around us. They are in
panic of a mother when her child is sick. They are in
stress of a business owner who just placed a major bid and then realizes or suspects he missed something. They are in
quiet reaches of our own souls every time we feel that maybe we haven’t quite done enough in a given situation.
Here is what I told my author friend, and here is my advice to you. When you have a “Leave Everything To God Opportunity,” realize that if you could do it alone, God wouldn’t have made everyone else. Each of us has our own, unique experience that we bring to a situation. In short, each of us has a piece of
puzzle to fill in. As writers, we must realize that just because we couldn’t see
piece that someone else lays before us that doesn’t mean we don’t have skill, talent or desire, it just means that they have a different perspective, a different piece to fit into
mosaic of
work.
Instead of abhorring
pieces that someone else fills in, bless them. They just made your puzzle make more sense than it ever could have without that piece. Then thank God for bringing that piece into your life. When you begin to do that, you can then begin to slowly let go earlier and earlier in
process, and
puzzle can come together while you are building it rather than you having to knock it all apart and rebuild it later.
It’s not easy for any of us to do, but when you think in terms of “Leave Everything To God Opportunities,”
storms of life begin to look less frightening and more manageable than ever before. So try it today. Let Go, and see if He doesn’t hand you a piece that on your own you couldn’t have known or found but one that makes
whole puzzle fit in a way that it never could have without it. Then celebrate because you have now found
key to how God intended all of us to live, and that key will unlock doors you never imagined could open to you.
Let Go. Let God, and enjoy every “Leave Everything To God Opportunity” that comes your way.

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