Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing. Jan Karon More Quotes by Jan Karon More Quotes From Jan Karon When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him be in charge. Jan Karon sin blessed running When the trees and the power lines crashed around you, when the very roof gave way above you, when the light turned to darkness and water turned to dust, did you call on Him? When you called on Him, was He somewhere up there, or was He as near as your very breath? Jan Karon dust light water Give me faith, Lord, to know Your Presence as surely as I know the beating of my own heart. I've felt so far from You. Jan Karon lord heart giving I've got a lot to download on your mercy and grace. I've always rushed up to You and dumped whatever it was and hurried away, fascinated by my own busyness. I want to turn all this over to You slowly, carefully, examining every fragment as I pass it off, so there'll never be any question about it again. Every time I've dumped and run, I've nearly always run back and snatched it out of Your hands. Help me in this.......Right now, I'm certain of only one thing - that You love us, and that's where we all have to begin. Jan Karon grace running hands Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love. Jan Karon common writing book The significant, life-forming times are the dull, in-between times. Jan Karon significant dull Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic. Jan Karon toxic publishing deadline I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough Jan Karon god-is-with-us have-confidence tough My life is extremely full and wretchedly busy, and I feel that while my life drains energy from my work, my work in turn drains energy from my life. The result is, I am always playing catch-up spiritually. That is my thorn. Jan Karon energy busy life-is The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world. Jan Karon dark character book Cynics will say there are no good people out there. And if you read the papers and watch TV news you could be convinced of that. But there are good people. Jan Karon tv-news watches people There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh. Jan Karon writing two people So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place. Jan Karon dream advice giving I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be. Jan Karon editors color fiction I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers. Jan Karon christian heart trying As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves! Jan Karon feet two book My grandmother influenced me so deeply. Jan Karon my-grandmother grandmother Food is a great way of communicating. Jan Karon communicate way Paul said in the second epistle...the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine...they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn from the truth and wander away to myths. Jan Karon desire teacher people Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents. Jan Karon grandparent raised
