LoRee Peery: Minding My P's (Devotion)
I am thrilled to welcome my dear friend LoRee Peery as the first author in what I hope will become a weekly Wednesday devotion day on Living the Write Life. LoRee is an amazing author, and a wonderfully insightful Christian. Enjoy...
I love alliteration and admire its usage in titles or as blog topics. While taking sermon notes or reading the words of others, I’ve pictured the author and wondered if alliteration came automatically or if he or she struggled to create a productive list of words.
Alliteration works for me if I capitalize on someone else’s idea, or the words evolve from an organic depth of my soul. If I need to hurt my brain thinking about it, alliteration doesn’t work for me.These “Pr-” words were jotted in an idea file, but I failed to list the original source. I apologize. As I read down the list, my mind applied the words to writing.
The first two, pray and prioritize, don’t need elaboration. They ought to come intrinsically, and apply to tasks other than writing.
Pray~ A given that can be overlooked by independent “doers” who charge into a project.
If I don’t pray first, my writing efforts prove unsatisfactory at best. My day is wasted until it dawns on me where I goofed. God loves a repentant heart.
Prioritize~ A skill as simple as 1-2-3, unless a person is disorganized or easily distracted. J
Don’t we all need a starting point, a set of prioritized goals to keep us on task?
I consulted good old Webster’s for specific definitions of the next two.
Providence ~ God watches over me (see Psalm 121:3), as a child He created.
Webster used alliteration: “the act of providing, provision, preparation.”
Prudent ~ Characterized by prudence, which is wisdom applied to practice.
Writing as long as I have, the practice of using words has proven I will never know it all. I will never be perfect. So I keep practicing.
Prolific ~ Produces much fruit, the outcome authors seek.
This reminds me of the Bible verses referring to the fruits of our labor.
Promissory ~ A reader expects an author to deliver a satisfactory story.
A Christian author’s prime resource is the Bible, where the promises of God abound. He is the prime example, proving a promise carries weight. Though I am human and imperfect, I hope no reader is disappointed after reading my words.
PRAYER: My Dear Father God, I offer myself as a vessel, cleansed by the blood of Jesus. Fill me with your Holy Spirit to do the work You have called me to do. Whatever that work is, I want to do my work heartily for You, to use as edification of others. Thank You for extending grace, as my goal is always to bring You glory. Amen.
Christian romance author LoRee Peery writes to feel alive, as a way of contributing, and to pass forward the hope of rescue from sin. She writes of redeeming grace with a sense of place. LoRee clings to I John 5:4 and prays her family sees that faith. She has authored the Frivolities Series and other e-books. Her desire for readers, the same as for her characters, is to discover where they fit in this life journey to best work out the Lord’s life plan. She is who she is by the grace of God: Christian, country girl, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend, and author. She’s been a reader since before kindergarten. One day she slapped a story in her lap. “I could write better than this.” (Lofty assumption, eh?) Her dear hubby challenged, “Why don’t you?” Thus her writing journey began many moons ago.
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Shattered by the loss of her parents, Deena pours her love into her patients at an assisted living facility. When the son of one her charges starts showing up to spend time with his mother, Deena's wary heart is warmed by his attention to his mother...and to her.
Simon is plagued by his ex-wife's disappearance years before. When he meets Deena, who closely resembles the woman, he fears his attraction is based only on Deena's looks. But she exhibits a warmth his ex-wife never had. Dare he risk his once broken heart? As two lonely souls pursue a tentative, budding love, secrets and lies come forward to tear them apart. Can Simon and Deena overcome loss and allow their hearts to mend?
Purchase Where Hearts Meet on AmazonPurchase Where Hearts Meet directly from Pelican Book Group
I love alliteration and admire its usage in titles or as blog topics. While taking sermon notes or reading the words of others, I’ve pictured the author and wondered if alliteration came automatically or if he or she struggled to create a productive list of words.
Alliteration works for me if I capitalize on someone else’s idea, or the words evolve from an organic depth of my soul. If I need to hurt my brain thinking about it, alliteration doesn’t work for me.These “Pr-” words were jotted in an idea file, but I failed to list the original source. I apologize. As I read down the list, my mind applied the words to writing.The first two, pray and prioritize, don’t need elaboration. They ought to come intrinsically, and apply to tasks other than writing.
Pray~ A given that can be overlooked by independent “doers” who charge into a project.
If I don’t pray first, my writing efforts prove unsatisfactory at best. My day is wasted until it dawns on me where I goofed. God loves a repentant heart.
Prioritize~ A skill as simple as 1-2-3, unless a person is disorganized or easily distracted. J
Don’t we all need a starting point, a set of prioritized goals to keep us on task?
I consulted good old Webster’s for specific definitions of the next two.
Providence ~ God watches over me (see Psalm 121:3), as a child He created.
Webster used alliteration: “the act of providing, provision, preparation.”
Prudent ~ Characterized by prudence, which is wisdom applied to practice.
Writing as long as I have, the practice of using words has proven I will never know it all. I will never be perfect. So I keep practicing.
Prolific ~ Produces much fruit, the outcome authors seek.
This reminds me of the Bible verses referring to the fruits of our labor.
Promissory ~ A reader expects an author to deliver a satisfactory story.
A Christian author’s prime resource is the Bible, where the promises of God abound. He is the prime example, proving a promise carries weight. Though I am human and imperfect, I hope no reader is disappointed after reading my words.
PRAYER: My Dear Father God, I offer myself as a vessel, cleansed by the blood of Jesus. Fill me with your Holy Spirit to do the work You have called me to do. Whatever that work is, I want to do my work heartily for You, to use as edification of others. Thank You for extending grace, as my goal is always to bring You glory. Amen.
Christian romance author LoRee Peery writes to feel alive, as a way of contributing, and to pass forward the hope of rescue from sin. She writes of redeeming grace with a sense of place. LoRee clings to I John 5:4 and prays her family sees that faith. She has authored the Frivolities Series and other e-books. Her desire for readers, the same as for her characters, is to discover where they fit in this life journey to best work out the Lord’s life plan. She is who she is by the grace of God: Christian, country girl, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend, and author. She’s been a reader since before kindergarten. One day she slapped a story in her lap. “I could write better than this.” (Lofty assumption, eh?) Her dear hubby challenged, “Why don’t you?” Thus her writing journey began many moons ago.
WebsiteTwitter
Shattered by the loss of her parents, Deena pours her love into her patients at an assisted living facility. When the son of one her charges starts showing up to spend time with his mother, Deena's wary heart is warmed by his attention to his mother...and to her. Simon is plagued by his ex-wife's disappearance years before. When he meets Deena, who closely resembles the woman, he fears his attraction is based only on Deena's looks. But she exhibits a warmth his ex-wife never had. Dare he risk his once broken heart? As two lonely souls pursue a tentative, budding love, secrets and lies come forward to tear them apart. Can Simon and Deena overcome loss and allow their hearts to mend?
Purchase Where Hearts Meet on AmazonPurchase Where Hearts Meet directly from Pelican Book Group
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