I shouldn’t be surprised, and really I’m not.  But I am delighted.  God came through with answered prayer again this afternoon.  Before I met with my editor today, I felt hesitant.  I didn’t feel like I had the clarity that I was hoping for.  I got some very sweet messages this morning from several friends, encouraging me as I headed into this meeting.  At the gym this morning, I just said, “Jesus, I just need You to be very specific with me.  I need something concrete.  I need to hear it from you very clearly.”  When I got home and was gathering everything to go over with her, I got it.  It rang clear and true.  I shared some other things with my editor before I shared the specific words and phrases that He’d given me.  But when I almost sheepishly brought out the three key phrases that I thought might be the skeleton of the book, she got a huge smile on her face.  This was it.  We began throwing ideas back and forth.  She was a huge help in taking that skeleton and finding the meat and skin that would help to make it come to life.  We both left feeling excited and I cannot wait to sit down with it some more and play with what we talked about!

Thank you, Jesus, for again being so kind in the answer You provided.  And thank you for my amazing editor who pushes me out of my Jana box and helps me to consider other perspectives.

Now I can hardly even wait for my writing retreat next week!!!!  🙂