SECRET – 31 Days of Writing about Writing
Secrets
I keep secrets others have told me. I have kept some so long
I don’t remember them anymore. When I was a reporter, I took notes with a line
drawn down the middle of my paper. One side was for the story, the other was off
the record. This helped me remember what I could put into my story and what I
could not. I honored this. It sounds more nefarious than it was. Most of the
off the record things were an elected official’s opinion or a personal insight.
Sometimes it was a prediction. Sometimes it was information about someone else
that I could check up later. Sometimes it was personal issues that had nothing
to do with the story I was writing so I didn’t even write it down.
I have a secret stash of notebooks filled with words I don’t
want anyone to see. These words were carved on the gray stone of my pain,
anger, frustration, and sin. I have kept these notebooks to go back to and
review a dark time in my life and praise God for bringing me out of it. At the
time I read it, I may save some words for remembrance and destroy the notebook.
I have done this, and it is cleansing, rewarding, insightful.
I keep a special place, a secret space, in my heart where I
meet God. I keep it well lit and clean. I am there several times a day.
I write about secret things that happen between me and God.
I have a special notebook where I write my God secrets. Most of them I do not
share with others. This notebook is a special place I can go when I feel alone
or afraid or if I’m having a difficult time trusting God. This secret notebook
reminds me of the special times God showed up in a creative and amazing way.
Go to the secret place to be with God. I have an old oak
tree I go to pray sometimes. This tree was at least 20 years old when we moved
so it was allowed to grow. That makes it is special to me. The space there is
private and quiet.
“But you, when you pray; go into your inner room, close your
door and pray to your Father who I in secret, and your Father who sees what is
done in secret will reward you.” – Matthew 6:6 NASB
When you are a writer, it has to be okay to write secrets.
If we don’t, the secrets will be a wall to the beautiful words further on.
SECRET – 10-9-22 - 31 Days of Writing about Writing
Photo Info - photo taken by Rachel HT Mendell, Lowe-Volk Park, Crestline, OH
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