writing Archives - Dr. Brenda Rambo Author

Time to Write

March 17, 2023 Filed Under: Writing

Last night I went to a writer’s group and found encouragement and freedom to release the “real” writer within.

Writers are raw, real, transparent and “in your face” about everyday life. I now have permission to be that person.

As we age, we are done with nonsense. Many older people will tell you what they really think even when you don’t want to know.

Our group’s speaker challenged us to put on the written page all God has deposited within us. For me that’s a lot. I have walked in the deeper things of the Spirit and hunger for God for fifty years. I have worked as a psychologist for forty years and lived in the trenches with the desperate and broken hearted. I was given a treasure and kiss from Jesus when He extended to me a paint brush and palette covered in beautiful oil paint, and an amazing art instructor and friend in retirement.

Let us get up and pursue the depths of what God created us to be and do. Let’s not fall short of the purpose for which He created us. Now is the time.

Letting Creativity Flow

March 23, 2022 Filed Under: Art & Crafts

So, how do you tap into your creativity?

The first thing you do is SHOW UP!

If you have a talent for writing, then start writing, and the more you write the more thoughts will fall on the blank page.

What is your creative bent? The more you give it time, the more it will FLOW. This morning I have been writing for hours, so I have been writing as long as the words have “fallen on the page.”

In the wee hours of the morning, when the birds were waking up and glorifying God, I heard His words falling into my mind and spirit. I knew it was time to write.

When you move and flow under the direction of the Holy Spirit, you are “quickened” or “unctioned” by the Spirit to move forward.

You can quickly accomplish more when guided by the Spirit and being obedient to whatever He is telling you to do. The more I write, the easier it becomes.

When you show up, new things start to happen.

I overcame my hesitancy to write because of personal exposure because we are all in this together–a journey where we need each other.

Show up for your creative gift and let it flow!

Slay your dragons and move forward!

If you have enjoyed this writing, please go to my blog site and subscribe at drbrendaramboauthor.com . Comments and conversation are welcome. You can also purchase Whispers of the Spirit, a devotional book, at this website.

Writing Again!

July 13, 2021 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Last summer I started blogging for the first time consistently and found I actually enjoyed the writing process. I posted every day for months and discovered writing was an act of discipline and commitment which takes an inordinate amount of time.

To be honest, I am not excited about writing again, but I have heard the Lord say of late it is time to write messages of hope during these dark days of rampant godlessness. For the past year, I have spent most of my time going deeper in my relationship with God. A lot of time has been spent thinking about how sick and wounded America really is and the schemes and plans for her destruction. Large segments of the American Church for decades have been playing church games and starving the people of God to death with empty messages and powerless sermons.

When you run off the Holy Spirit, not much is left but empty religion.

Many are stuck in the old dead way!!

Writers never know if we ever say anything that changes another person’s life. Somehow we keep pressing in with hope our voice will be heard and life will be awakened and people will choose to rethink life and what they believe.

My writings will be edgy, so if you are easily offended and living in deception you may not last long with my posts. On the other hand, if you are hungry for God and tired of status quo everything, you may enjoy them. You may be stimulated to wake up, grow, learn more about the Kingdom of God than you have ever known, and activate your voice for the liberties we love in America. After reading powerful books all year about all aspects of life, many of these books will be reviewed and recommended.

I am a random writer writing about deep spiritual issues one day, and lighthearted issues the next. Probably not much will be said about politics, because the whole system is so corrupt, bought out and compromised that both parties are nothing but a joke.

I am no longer on Facebook, so if you enjoy my writings, please forward to your friends and recommend they subscribe at drbrendaramboauthor.com.

Let the flow begin.

Freshly Mown Hay

June 25, 2020 Filed Under: Art & Crafts, Spiritual

A familiar summer scene in Tennessee is freshly mown hay bales dotting the countryside. I absolutely love bright yellow hay bales laying in disarray across a field. It speaks of the summer season, harvest, and preparation for winter. The scene is so powerful for me, that I actually want to get out of the car, set up an easel, and paint the beauty of what my eyes behold.

The above painting is titled “Golden Days of Summer” and portrays the vibrancy of summer color seen through my eyes. The golds, yellows, oranges, and shades of green with a backdrop of dark green shadows deep in the trees speaks life to me. My favorite summer sky is cerulean blue with pink and sometimes with pale yellow in the early morning hours. (painting is for sale)

A writer has to “find her voice,” which hasn’t been very heard for me. But finding my voice as an artist has been like an “out-of-body experience.” I just cannot grab hold of what that means. But if I show up long enough at the easel, I will find my voice and the deeper joy of the wonderful world of color.

In the past weeks, I have written about showing up for your life and your gifts. If you don’t exercise the gifts you have, they wither up and die. If you exercise and cultivate (I love that word) your gifts and talents, they start to take on a life of their own. It is as if God is pulling out of you His very best.

Show up for your gifts.

He has gifted all of us in amazing ways to share with each other. The friend who helps me with my writings is an amazing baker, and she creates the yummiest desserts I have ever put in my mouth. What a loss to all of us who love her if she did not use and love her gift. (She has many!)

Find your gifts, dust them off, and get them out and take a new look at something that was special to God.

He wants so much for your life. Join Him in the discovery and amazement of your wonderful life.

Should you be interested in one of my paintings, please contact me through my blog site at www.drbrendaramboauthor.com. I have many more paintings, and I would also be delighted to paint something special for you via a commissioned painting.

My paintings are in oil.

Make Space for Creativity

May 4, 2020 Filed Under: Art & Crafts

I retired in April 2017 and headed to England and France in September with my daughter. I have always loved Impressionistic paintings and while on the trip my passion turned into a blazing flame. Andrea and I strolled through art museums and saturated our souls with masterpieces painted in the 1800’s by Monet, Van Gogh, Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, Cezanne, and many more.

One rainy afternoon as we were floating down the Seine, we were offered a brief art class which I participated in wholeheartedly. The trip and the one-hour art class flipped my world upside down.

Within a few months, I was taking art classes four hours a week for almost a year and then moved on to more intensive three to four day workshops offered at Ontrack Studios in Franklin. My little art preoccupation turned into a costly investment and an absolute delight. Before my art class on the boat, I had never drawn or painted anything.

Retirement provided space to discover dormant creativity that was hidden from my awareness.

In faith I stepped out to start a delightful learning process that has grown into a multifaceted discovery.

I have attached a few paintings that are special to me, and by the way, they are for SALE framed or unframed.

MOVING ON TO CREATIVITY IN WRITING

I wrote two books while I was working full-time and started a Word Press blog site three years ago, but it has been impossible to make myself write consistently.

Writers write!

But I would not do it. There was nothing I could do go make myself WRITE–then came COVID. Once again I had lots of extra time to think and write. Without COVID coming along, I doubt I would have ever made myself write again.

Space and free time can open you up to creativity that moves in and takes over.

I have now made space to write for almost two hours a day everyday.

So the question is, what is dormant in your life–drawing, painting, writing, sewing, music, woodworking, refinishing furniture–any creative outlet?

If you HAVE wanted to do something forever, NOW IS YOUR TIME.

You are not too old, too sick, or too anything. Just make space in your life and GET STARTED.

I can’t believe my love of painting showed up so late in life–but it showed UP!!

Open yourself to interesting, challenging, amazing creative adventures and you will be amazed what God will do with your five loaves and two fish!

My paintings are in oil.

Happy creativity!!

Time to Write

Letting Creativity Flow

Writing Again!

Freshly Mown Hay

Make Space for Creativity

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