Myself, Tricia, & Brooke

I “met” Tricia Goyer online last fall when she agreed to write the forward of “Hope for the Weary Mom”.  I met her in real life a few weeks later at a blogging conference called, Allume.  She was teaching a break out session called “Becoming God’s Writer Mom”. I sat on the front row, and may have appeared to be stalker(ish) or in the least a little over excited. She was everything kind and gracious.

You are called! God said “I have a passion for you. I have a plan for you.  I have called you.” – Tricia Goyer,

Tricia is the author of over 30 books and 500 articles. She has won numerous awards for her words. She opened her talk with this:

The world sees a quiet office filled with the books I’ve written. But God saw an unlikely scribe raising little blessings.

Tricia spoke for about an hour on the topic of how being a writer impacts my kids, and how being a mom impacts my writing. When she was finished I wanted to stand on the table and start a “Writer Mom Cheer.”  I did not, but I wanted to. Tricia, helped paint a vision for me that has stuck solid in the days since, especially on days when struggle with words and time to get it all done.

She inspired me to involve my girls in my writing and ask them to pray for me. For example, the other day I shared a decision I needed to make about a writing opportunity with my girl tribe while we drove home from Target. My girls listened, gave me their opinions, and I have to say—they were precious thoughts. They felt valued as I shared my heart with them. In the end I took their advice.

If you know any of Tricia’s story, then you know God is most certainly in the business of calling and using moms as writers. But, sometimes when I’m tempted to doubt my own calling I need reminders and others to share their story. Tricia does this every chance she gets. She doesn’t hide the fact that she was a single teenage mother who still had a dream. One that God placed in her heart and she was willing to work hard for. I love that about her. 

God sized dreamers can simply tell their stories and inspire me to want to pursue mine. But, when a God sized dreamer cares enough to remember those walking a few steps behind her and offer a hand up, then my God sized dream has a chance to soar, as well. Tricia has done this for me on more than one occasion.  She took a chance and wrote a forward for tiny little e-book called “Hope.”  She has also emailed me and offered to help out in any way she could with my writing journey. She genuinely wants to see other women become God’s Writer Moms. See, don’t you love her now, too?

Thank you Tricia for being a God sized dreamer.

Thank you for inspiring mine.

Q: Do you know a God sized dreamer who has inspired you? I’d love to hear about it in the comments.

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