Proverbs 23:4
King James Version
4 Labour not to be rich:
cease from thine own wisdom.
For me to write, it must be fun.
That's why essays were easy.
Maybe GOD designed me for essays.
It's the easiest thing in the world for me.
Plus, I had this perpetual love for words.
Especially word play.
My mind dances with words.
I get tickled by words.
That's why SPIRIT and I created "WIRED for WORDS".
GOD made me born again because He wanted me to write.
Being born again was necessary to complete my education.
He knew I had plenty of things to write about.
He wanted me to write about my own findings.
Even my own foolishness, and failures.
But He also wanted me to write about His FACTS.
He didn't want me to write about face, fame, and fortune.
And my Dad was right.
There's no money in Journalism.
Unless, of course, you worked for the rich, and they told you what to write.
Well, I couldn't do that.
So very not into that.
That's like making me write captions for clothes, all over again,
I had to write for a cause.
But what cause do I write about?
And for whom?
Well, GOD took care of all that.
On 6 September 2019, He made me born again.
After a five-month waiting period of whether He'll show up, or not.
Satisfied that I waited, and was true to my repentant heart, He finally showed up that day.
And led me to Bible prophecy right away.
Mercifully, He also gave His SPIRIT to teach me.
So I can start learning about JESUS.
GOD made it easy for me to understand the Bible.
He made His WORD sweet, clear, and easy, for me.
Because He purposed we create 113 blogs for His GLORY.
There was a time I could barely afford a computer.
But GOD led me to a thrift shop that sold a really cheap laptop.
The catch?
It had less than one gigabyte of memory.
Are you kidding, you'll probably ask me.
But I got it, and used it for some months.
Writing in the third person, here are some excerpts from our "BELOW 1 GIG" article of 9 November 2021:
"It was downright embarrassing.
Still, he got writing done with his laptop that only had less than one gigabyte of memory.
Your android’s got at least 32x his memory."
"But that’s how you test a writer’s determination.
One gig or less, you still get your gig done.
So, the dude wrote and wrote, and deleted and deleted.
Nah, he didn’t delete his work.
He had to delete files, as his laptop was cranking up, burping.
Occasionally complaining of indigestion.
He had to delete files, making sure he didn’t go below 50 megabytes."
We even made suggestions for would-be writers:
"But you’re no writer if you’re finicky.
You just write."
"You don’t have a computer?
Write on paper."
"You don’t have money?
Write on paper."
"You have a bit of money?
Go to the internet café, and write for an hour."
"Write really fast, though.
Meter’s runnin’."
"That’s how real writers are crafted.
From real hardship."
In 2021, the Terabytes came.
My laptop had LESS than a Gigabyte.
A terabyte has 1,000 Gigabytes.
Still, SPIRIT and I wrote happily.
It was like an adventure of sorts.
Nothing stops the writing.
Especially it was for GOD's GLORY.
And I'm sure GOD looked amusedly on.
Knowing the persistent fish would keep writing.
Now, the world offers petabyte, and exabyte.
I still wouldn't bite.
I was content with less-than-1-gig then.
Until it finally conked out.
"Of course, one day, Spiff’s 1 gig died.
It simply couldn’t go on.
He had squeezed the life out of it.
It died an honorable death.
So, he gave it a decent burial."
For some years now, I've had an upgraded laptop.
Still not a tera, but who cares.
If SPIRIT helped me manage with less-than-1-gig, imagine what we can do with over-100-gig?
Just shows you don't need fancy gadgets, folks.
If your heart is right with the LORD, and He comes first, these verses apply:
Psalm 37:3-5
King James Version
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
so shalt thou dwell in the land,
and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the Lord:
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the Lord;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Isaiah 26:3
King James Version
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
Matthew 6:33
King James Version
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 12:15
King James Version
15 And he said unto them,
Take heed, and beware of covetousness:
for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance
of the things which he possesseth.
1 Corinthians 7:17
King James Version
17 But as God hath distributed to every man,
as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk.
And so ordain I in all churches.
Philippians 4:11
King James Version
11 Not that I speak in respect of want:
for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content.
Philippians 4:12-13
King James Version
12 I know both how to be abased,
and I know how to abound:
every where and in all things I am instructed
both to be full and to be hungry,
both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.
1 Timothy 6:6-8
King James Version
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into this world,
and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8 And having food and raiment
let us be therewith content.
Hebrews 13:5
King James Version
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness;
and be content with such things as ye have:
for he hath said, I will never leave thee,
nor forsake thee.
I did say it's an adventure.
It's much more exciting to come up with something, from almost nothing.
You get creative, and resourceful.
You become patient, happy, and content.
The born again trusts in the LORD for "supply".
We don't look for what's not there.
We make do.
Glory doesn't belong to this workman.
Glory belongs to GOD alone.
Though He provides all the time, as needed for my work and fam.
Philippians 4:19
King James Version
19 But my God shall supply all your need
according to his riches in glory
by Christ Jesus.
Enough to keep the work going.
Enough to keep me humble.
Enough to keep me focused.
Knowing our work reaches all over the world.
And that the HOLY SPIRIT takes it where He will.
I write for GOD.
I'm not on anyone's writing payroll.
That keeps the work ideally pure, perfect, and precise.
Nothing dictates my work, except to honor GOD's will, ways, and laws.
As GOD would have it.
All in JESUS' Name.
Amen.
Related material:
A little book on writing:
(22 January 2016)
"JUST WRITE WILL YA: The shortest little book on writing"
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for would-be writers!
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2016
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"When I started reading, I just wanted to read on and finish the whole book! Really very short and simple. Easy to read and digest. Very helpful and motivational for beginner writers. The book in itself is a good example of the author's point about just writing!"
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good advice for the budding writer too scared to just start :)
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2016
"There are a lot of blogs/ books out there with pages and pages of advice on how to start writing,
But this book, short and simple as it is possibly has the sagest advice of them all.
If you wanna write...just write."
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