As I cleaned out the frig today, I thought about the wonderful growing season that we’ve had this year. God has blessed us with fantastic weather and glorious crops. The vegetables were exceptional as well as the fruit. I have to confess though; I have a very bad habit of going a little crazy at the vegetable stand. Often I find myself buying much more than either my husband or myself will ever be able to eat. Its probably a sin, I know, but I think of all the things that I can do with the vegetables, all of the meals that I can prepare and I go a little crazy with my purchases.

Today I had to clean out some of the fruit and vegetables that had spoiled before they could be eaten. I felt so guilty as I picked through the peaches sorting the good from the bad. My husband had gone out of his way to drive me across the state line so that I could buy these peaches; he knows how much I love eating them. Throwing them out really caused me to feel uneasy, as if I were taking my husbands care and obvious love for me for granted.

It was then that I knew the contents and topic of my first article for Faithmania.

For years I have loved to write. I have kept a journal filled with not only my memories, but also with conversations with God as well as answers to pray. God has blessed me with an ability to express myself on paper. I’ve always felt that He has done so because He knows how very difficult it is for me to express myself through speech. For most of my life I have felt very uncomfortable when asked to share something that I have written. There’s a part of me that feels my writing will never be quite good enough to share with others.

Cleaning out the spoiled fruit and vegetables from my refrigerator caused me to think about the fruits that God has placed in our lives as Christians. Some are blessed with an ability to speak before others; some are terrific at soul winning; others have musical talents with singing abilities, and most of us have talents that we aren’t even aware of.

I’ve never really considered myself talented, but I really don’t want to be guilty of wasting any “fruit” that God has invested in me. Throwing out those peaches caused me to think about the possible gifts that God has invested in us and about our responsibility to use those gifts. While I don’t particularly think of myself as a writer, I do feel that He has invested much into my life and its time for me to begin to share those experiences and the lessons that I’ve gleaned from life with others.

So, I’ve taken the leapt and decided to share with you from my heart. Many of my articles will be based on experiences that I’ve had, a few will be lessons that I’ve learned while walking the Christian life, others will be based on memories. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy reading my contributions.

God Bless, hope you’ll stop by again real soon.