SHELLY'S MEDITATIONS & DEVOTIONS

Saturday, February 2, 2008

WHAT EVERY WRITER NEEDS TO KNOW!

More tips from John Long: A steady diet of serious literature will ruin your appetite. Most serious writers read tons of nonfiction, biographies, and 'trash.' Eliot said that bad poet imitate, good poets steal. It is said that stealing from one book is plagiarism; stealing from several books is... Sign in to see full entry.

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[GOOD] MORNING MEDITATION

MEDITATION: And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have faith in God. "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him. "Therefore I say to you, all things for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 1, 2008

EVENING MEDITATION & DEVOTION

MEDITATION: But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day. Proverbs 4:18 [NAS] ______________________________ DEVOTION: JUST A righteous man who walks in his integrity-- How blessed are his sons after him. Proverbs 20:7 [NAS] "Behold,... Sign in to see full entry.

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AN ECHO AT MY DOOR CANTO III 'MY FRIEND'

I look up at skull hill, you are not there, but your echo's crying out. I see torn flesh, labored breathing, blood flowing and drying; A crown of thorns, mightier than any crown worn by mortal man. Somehow in all the injury there is majestic beauty; a loving sacrifice To save sinners, each and every... Sign in to see full entry.

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WHAT EVERY WRITER NEEDS TO KNOW!

More tips from John Long: Shrewd revising shortens the long and sharpens the general. ___________________________ A sensitive writer can feel intensity of individual scenes in his story or lines in his poetry much like geiger counter can scan the terrain for uranium. Focus on the dead spots.... Sign in to see full entry.

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[GOOD] MORNING MEDITATION

MEDITATION: And my people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 [NAS] As for me, I said, "O Lord, be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

MEDITATION & DEVOTION

MEDITATION: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes... Romans 1:16 [NAS] ___________________________ DEVOTION: POWER OF GOD For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is the power... Sign in to see full entry.

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WHAT EVERRY WRITER NEEDS TO KNOW!

More tips from John Long: Direct, personal experience is the bedrock of all writing. Personal experience, includes what is imagined. Convincing stories are seldom "true." Fiction is not based on fiction, rather it's imaginings based on facts. Fiction is like a spider's web...attached to life at all... Sign in to see full entry.

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[GOOD] MORNONG MEDITATION

MEDITATION: "So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the Lord your God." Joshua 23:11 Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

EVENING MEDITATION & DEVOTION

Meditation: Then the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever; because he is also flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty. Genesis 6:3 [NAS] __________________________________________ Devotion: ALWAYS I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my... Sign in to see full entry.

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