Today I actually did some writing before I started writing my daily thoughts. Eighteen days into NaNoWriMo and I have decided to start writing my mini-book. It will be about six-thousand words and hopefully I can get it published in January as an ebook of course! But, I am not excited about that.
It’s the burden of being a Christian Writer and putting yourself out there as such, that is if you take your responsibilities sincerely.

1 Timothy 1:3-4 (KJV)
3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

1 Timothy 4:13-16 (KJV)
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Romans 14:12 (KJV)
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Hebrews 13:17 (KJV)
17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

Hebrews 13:17 states: “They must give account” and we must. Anyone who presumes to instruct another must be held accountable for what is taught. I may never be a best selling author but someone will read what I write and if it influences them my prayer is that it influences them towards righteousness.

It is not enough that I believe what I write. If I keep my thoughts to myself if I learn something that alters my belief I can just change my mind BUT if I have written or even spoken to someone words that are later to be found in error how do I correct it. I write with prayer and study and meditation. I try to include Scriptures to support my thoughts, so far I have used four, because I want the reader who may be writing as a Representative of God herself, or himself, to know what God thinks.
I have given away Christian books and thrown away a few. The books I threw away were so doctrinally incorrect that I could not in all good conscious gift the book to someone else.

To be a God assigned Scribe a person the qualifications for a Bishop can and should be noted: “Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.” (1 Timothy 3:6 KJV) I like to think that I have matured over the decades that I first received my “call” to write. I have grown since I wrote: The Truth About Vashtai; I am not a novice That is why I think I am now ready to share with my sisters in Christ what the Lord has taught me.
A footnote about National Novel Writing Month: I don’t know if I will get my 50 thousand words, had I not deleted a lot of things I would have. I wanted to write every day but Sunday’s I am watching church and spending time with my beloved and that is more important than word counts! For me it is no longer about word counts or even daily writing, this is me getting back into doing what I love after transitioning from one life to another. (It is hard for me not to be personal and tell people all of my business but I am trying. And, in one of my blog post or YouTube videos it is already out there!)
My point today? As a Christian Writer there is more to writing than just writing- I am accountable. Christian writers are accountable to God first.

I am an active participant of National Novel Writing Month- these entries are unedited on purpose- Marsha L Floyd
*Scripture quoted is from the King James Version of the Bible unless otherwise stated
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