How I Write My Blogs

How I Write My Blogs-This blog is the process of another sleepless night. I
asked the Lord if He could give me a topic for my next blog. I couldn't
sleep anyway so I figured I may as well be thinking about something positive
rather then spending the long hours fretting about not being able to sleep.
Immediately, I felt to write about how I write my blogs. I know I have
written before about my blogs but, if I remember correctly, that was about
why I write these blogs. This time, I want to focus more on the process that
I go though.

The first step in the process is getting a topic to write about from the
Holy Spirit. I always post the blogs on Tuesday. Then , for the next few
days, it is a matter of waiting for the Holy Spirit to reveal the next topic
to me. I like it best when the topic comes quickly and I know, beyond the
shadow of a doubt that it came from the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, that is
not always the case. Sometimes, I don't get an idea until the last
minute and I am not 100% sure that it from God. But I write it anyway. I
would rather write about something that wasn't from God than to risk being
disobedient to God by not writing about it.

Once that I have settled on a topic, I like to mull over what I might say
about the topic. In my head, I make sort of an outline. At least, I think up
several points that I would like to write about. But I don't, or try  not,
think of specific words that I want to use. For two reasons. First of all,
by this time, I have learned that, when I start writing, the words that come
out probably won't be the same as I have thought up and, secondly, I don't
want to share with you my own, personal opinions and insights. No doubt,
they sneak in from time to time but, on the whole, I would rather let the
Holy Spirit speak to you through my writing.

Then comes the actual writing. Because it takes me so long to write anything, I like to start writing it on Saturday morning and finish it on Tuesday morning. A lot of times, but not always, before breakfast. It helps to make my Saturday mornings go by much more quickly and means less to write on Tuesday.  I always have a general idea what I am going but the specific words come as I start writing. Not very often do I have to stop to think about what I am going to say next. Sometimes what comes out is new to me too. Other times, it may be a bit of  a rebuke for me. Or maybe it is something that I know but have never put into words. Whatever the case, the next step in the process is also my least favorite. Proofreading. It takes so flipping long to move my cursor around to correct errors. Plus, by the time I finish the blog, I am tired and the last thing I want to do is proofread. But I do anyway, though I probably miss some mistakes.

After the proofreading comes the posting. I confess that I have been too lazy to learn how to post it so I just e-mail to a friend and she posts it for me. Once it is posted, I look forward to reading any comments about the blog. Positive feedback always encourages me to continue on with the blogs.

So that is the process I go though to write a blog. I do need spend some time thinking, in general, what I want to write about or the blog would just be a bunch of random thoughts with no cohesion. But I enjoy thinking about my blogs as it takes my mind off more negative things. The actual writing is always interesting as I am never 100% sure what I will say.