I actually had two days this week with no meetings scheduled, so I should have hunkered down in my office to catch up on the day-to-day work. There was plenty of work at home too, but I wanted a break from everything so I took two days off.
When my body and my mind are tired I've found the best thing to do is just sit, read and escape for a while. I had saved up a few books by my favorite author, Dee Henderson. It had been so long since I had carved out time to read that I had forgotten what a great writer she really is. She pens what I would call a Christian crime drama. By the end of each book you know the characters because they've become your friends. You feel their stress and joys. You understand their questions for God and their conversations with God. You've probably even had some of those same conversations.
Dee Henderson was blessed with an extraordinary talent for writing. She has chosen to use it for God's glory. I wonder if I'm using my talent for God's glory.
Romans 12:4-6a For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them.
I encourage you to read Dee's work. She's written 18 novels and it's hard for me to pick a favorite. I would suggest starting with the O'Malley Series. Dee's current goal is to get teenage girls to read this series for examples of good Christian relationships as they begin to date. What a splendid idea!
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