Hello again. For those who have been following this site regularly, I'm sure you've noticed the recent lack of updates.


For that fact, before anything else I write in this blog, I want to apologize. Writers and artists can't exist without an audience, and your continued support -- even during this lull -- has been greatly appreciated.

Were there reasons for the lack of updates? Sure, there's always reasons. Every member of the team here at NewCreationNow.com has their own personal lives and projects in addition to our work here. Sometimes those workloads overlap and require some creative juggling. Sometimes things blow up and derail our plans completely.

It could be anything: A personal illness. A financial crisis. A family tragedy. A church split. It could be something we should have seen coming. It could be a surprise that came out of nowhere. It could be all of the above and then some.

But no matter the cause, the result still looks the same to an outside viewer -- a silent website, an empty in-box, and unfinished stories.

So as we roll up our sleves and get back to our figurative and literal drawing boards, it raises an important question: How does one deal with disruptions to our plans?

HUMILITY
When our plans don't work out, it's understandable to be upset. But we also have to ask ourselves, are we upset because of the results (late comics, disappointed readers, etc.) or is it really because it reminds us that there are things outside of our control? There's an old saying that "If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans". Or as the Bible states, "A man's heart plans his way, but it is the Lord who directs his steps". (Proverbs 16:9)

LETTING GO
Sometimes, being frustrated is a perfectly appropriate response to a disruptive situation. So is anger, sorrow, fear, and worry -- up to a point. But we finite human beings can only handle so much. There comes a point where our arms are simply too small to hold any more, and we have no choice but to let go and trust in a God whose hands are big enough to hold all our problems -- and us too.

GET BACK UP
Once momentum on a project is lost, it's hard to get back to work on it -- but it only gets harder the longer we let it sit there. We need to dust ourselves off, stand up, and keep moving. It might not be fun, it might be hard work, it might even be frightening -- do it anyway.

It's too intimidating to face the blank page and start drawing again for a story that's been stalled for so long. Pick up the pencil and face it anyway.

It's too overwhelming to turn on the computer and face a screen full of unread emails. Boot it up and face it anyway.

It's too embarrassing to write a new blog post after such a long dry spell between updates.

But here I go -- posting it anyway.

 

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