Thank you, Laura!

Kelli, thank you so much!

thank you.

Thank you, Don. I have spoken at women’s events and to women’s groups over the last few years, and enjoy it, though writing is far more stress-free. Yes, I will wait for God to open doors if he wishes me to use the gift in the short term. In the long term, I feel sure he will open doors–that must have been the purpose of all the hours and hours i spent on debating in school and college.

I really like Luke 14–take the lower place till God says, “Friend, come up higher,” because then you are in the exact place God meant you to be, and are not risking pushing yourself into a position beyond your gifting.

Thanks much:-)

Yes, I agree that it’s best to wait for God to open the doors. 

Still, I think it would be unwise to dismiss the importance of live interactions. There is a place for both written and aural communication. (Rick Joyner has written about some of the differences between people who mostly read and those who mostly listen.) As a result of a medical problem, for the last few years I have not been able to attend conferences, as I used to. I miss the immediacy and the impartation that are possible in a live setting.

I hope God gives you more opportunities for speaking. But absolutely, your writing has a great impact.

Genevieve, thank you for visiting my blog. So glad you like the post!

Thank you. I have won a lot of prizes at debating in school and college, but since then have only spoken on a handful of occasions. I would love to–but I would prefer to wait for God to open the door.
Also, Chuck Colson in later life regretted all the time he spent speaking, feeling that would he wrote could bless people over and over, years after he wrote it, whereas the spoken word generally vanishes into thin air.
So I am going to wait for God to open doors for me in his way and time, and not hammer on them! 🙂