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“1 Corinthians 10:31: So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. When we write, we do it to glorify God and to help other Christians in their walk with Christ. If you write for God, you should pray and ask whether or not he wants you to write your novel now, with your current knowledge and experience. And according to the Bible, we should ask God’s will always. Joshua thought that he have to pray only before battles and wars, but not before ”little things” like an alliance with non-Canaanite nomads – and the result was the alliance with the heathen Gibeonites, which’s lands and cities were supposed to belong to the Israelites. It’s my best advise for you – before writing, check if it’s God’s will. Don’t repeat my mistake.”

I hope you don’t mind if I jump in here with a few thoughts. I think I understand what you’re trying to say, but just to clarify, if you like to write and have a burden to minister to people through writing, that’s a pretty good indication that it’s God’s will for you to write. You may not be the best at it and you may (and probably do!) have a lot more to learn, but that’s ok. Just write. Write for God’s glory and to encourage other people. As long as you’re writing, you’re practicing and growing and improving in your writing (as long as you recognize and try to improve your mistakes).

So I don’t think it’s as big as a deal as you’re making it out to be (or maybe I misunderstood what you’re trying to say). If you have a story that you feel you really have to write and want to write for God’s glory, you should do it. Maybe it’s not the best storyline and you might need to fix it up a bit for it to work (or scrap it entirely), but you should still write it. Remember, God uses weak and imperfect people to accomplish His purposes.

So anyway, I just wanted to bring up a few of those points. I hope I didn’t misunderstand you, and I hope my comment isn’t offensive in anyway. I only wanted to be helpful! 😉