Break Time

I'll be taking a much needed hiatus from this blog for a while. I realized something tonight that has been plaguing me for a while, though I didn't know what it was until today. I was reading the book "Redeeming Love" and there's a part where the main characters realize that they were trying to play God in their lives. I paused, then read again, and then something clicked. I've been trying to play God too. Not in the same way that the characters did, but through my writing instead. So many times I've taken compliments for my writing for my own ego when in reality it had all been the Lord's doing. I'm tired of thinking of accomplishments as something I've done and not something He's done. I'm tired of boosting my own ego. I'm tired of denying Him. And that's what I've been doing. I've been depriving the Lord of the praise that He should be receiving from me, His daughter. And I'm ashamed. So with this reflection on myself, I've decided that it's time to take a little break from blogging (and writing in general) while I go back to the core of all things and start over. Pray for me while I'm gone, please, and may our Savior bless you in every way.

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be Your name,
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one."
Matthew 6:9-13