I was in the bookstore yesterday. I was reading through some book I grabbed off the shelf and started reading one of the chapters about how today's church is out of touch. This guy is talking about how Christians of today are misreading the scriptures and not understanding how God changes with the times and how there is nothing wrong with this sin, or that sin, and on and on he went explaining his position based on false suppositions in the first place e! It made me mad! I then put the book back in disgust of how this man has no clue what he is talking about. It's like an electrician trying to explain to us all how plumbing works and why it is the way it is,....or vice versa. It was clear to me that this man does not understand even the basics of what makes a person a Christian. It annoyed me, so I put the book back and saw...........4 more books by the same man!! My goodness! This really ticks me off! I know instantly that this ticks me off because in my heart I have some envy, and jealousy. How can he write that many books when all he has to say is mostly garbage!........IMNSHO. So I'm thinkin to myself. How can he write that many books and I can't write one? So I ask you. Why have I not tried to write a book? I really want to yet seem to be held back from the task! I think I am like many people who think they should or could write a book. I seem to have this inner passion to write but am frustrated by not doing it. A man name D. Biggs whom I don't know, said a quote that I wrote down 6 months ago. " The biggest gap in life is the one between knowing and doing". This is where I find myself. What is stopping me? I guess it will never happen unless I DO it! Thinking about it gets me nowhere. I don't think I am unique. I believe I am one of many frustrated writers. I write this more as an appeal and admission of the truth that in some ways I am not doing something that is screaming inside of myself to do. Am I lacking motivation? Am I afraid of failure or success? Who knows!....do you have any ideas?

I appeal to you. I wonder if everybody has this desire in them to write or if it is only some people. I want to reach my full potential and feel that I do have something to contribute to the world through writing. Maybe my frustration with reading such trash will get me off the couch and away from the TV long enough to write.

Daniel M.