My lovely reader,
Welcome to another month, and a new season!
Everything is warm and sunny and I don’t think there’s much better than opening all the windows and letting in a fresh spring breeze. Spring brings more joy to everyday tasks, I think; hanging out the laundry, washing the dishes, collecting the mail. It all feels lighter.
Being the start of spring I’m conscious of new beginnings and starting well. It feels like the right time to start something new, or to adjust something old. In this, I’ve been thinking of my blog. More specifically, how I can use my words to bring something more of God’s heart to my online platforms.
Words, when truthful and chosen with care, will not lose their meaning as time goes on. In this way, I want my blog to speak to the eternal. I wonder how I can bring more truth, more beauty, more joy, more love, more vulnerability to my blog, and to this newsletter as it grows.
Yesterday I was reading through a few of my old blog posts, and I found that the ones I like the most are those that resonate still, even months after they’ve been written. (One of my favourites is Swimming Lessons if you’re interested.) I like to think I do not write foolishly, but there are posts that hold more depth, more weight, and something that speaks to the heart rather than something to skim over on a rainy day.
I’m not, please understand, saying that fun or humorous writing does not have a place, because it does and I welcome it. I used to love going to the library and borrowing a selection of light reading; books that do not require so much energy or thought. And while I’m not opposed to writing such things, I don’t want that to be all that I write.
I want my words to mean something, I want my blog to represent who I am and what I believe.
I love how in Genesis when God creates the world, what He speaks comes into being. Not only is this an amazing image of God’s power, it’s an indication of how much weight words can hold. Of how important they are and what they can do.
While I am not God and cannot create literal fish by speaking about them out loud, I can use my words in a way that glorifies God, or not. I can write the story that He has placed in my heart, or I can ignore the gift He has given me.
Spring is the time, for me, to dig into this gift even more and maybe begin to write what is out of my comfort zone, if I believe it is what He has called me to write.
Has the new season brought about any changes, inklings, or questions for you? I’d love to hear from you!
Sarah xx
Currently listening: It’s OK by Nightbirde
Currently reading: The Hard Crowd by Rachel Kushner
the softest words 