WORDSMITH

Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 (NAS)

In your walk with God have you considered how collaboration with others can strengthen your gifts? We’re blessed with fellow Christians to share wisdom and guidance to hone our talents.

We all have gifts to glorify God. The list of gifts is as long as the imagination of our Creator. Mine is writing.

There are many synonyms to the word “writer.” My favorite is “wordsmith.” It creates a word picture in my mind of how we craft each script we write. This task is like taking something akin to iron, working and shaping it until it fits the purpose for which I am calling it.

A blacksmith wields his hammer, shaping the iron into a useful implement for the purposes intended.

God’s Word is the sword of the Spirit. When wielded, its power can accomplish the task of shaping hardened hearts into what God intended.

A wordsmith is similar to a blacksmith or farrier, who uses his skill making the tools of his craft in combination with a hot furnace.

As Christian writers, we put our words in the fire of critique with the assistance of other wordsmiths gently and lovingly reviewing our work. We laboriously shape our tools into devotions and other useful compilations of words.

We sharpen each other’s words so that when combined with God’s Word, they accomplish His goal.

We pray our words reach the hearts of readers drawing them closer to God and living a life that brings Him glory. This is the intended use for the craft God gifted us.

Whatever tools God has given, I pray we seek guidance from other believers to help sharpen them into usefulness for God’s kingdom.

Father, thank You for the strengthening “iron” of other believers.

©2019 Bonnie Mae Evans