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Last week at the Night of Hope<\/a> in downtown Los Angeles, Victoria Osteen shared a story about a very special birthday present from a dear friend. It wasn\u2019t expensive jewelry or a designer handbag or her favorite perfume. It was a decorative box. And <\/span>though it was lovely, the box wasn\u2019t the real gift.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Victoria\u2019s friend presented it to her, she said some wonderful things about the birthday girl. Then, she acted as if she were putting those compliments into the box and began passing it around to everyone else at the table.<\/p>\n

One by one, Victoria\u2019s family and friends said loving things about her, and one by one they \u201cplaced\u201d their kind words into the birthday box.<\/p>\n

Victoria shared how much that night had meant to her, and that today she has that beautiful box in a place of prominence in her office as a reminder of the sweet words that were put in the box and in her heart. <\/p>\n

I relate to that story because I have what I call \u201can encouragement drawer.\u201d As a writer, I sometimes get rejection letters from editors and publishers.<\/p>\n

In fact, over the years I\u2019ve probably received enough rejection letters to wallpaper my entire office, but thankfully there have been acceptance letters, contracts and awards along the way, too.<\/p>\n

But you know what means even more? The thank you cards and sweet notes that I\u2019ve received from writers I\u2019ve met at the many writers\u2019 conferences where I\u2019ve been blessed to serve as faculty.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t teach at these conferences for the prestige or the money or the chance to reconnect with some of the most talented writers in the world\u2014I teach because I made God a promise that I would.<\/p>\n

Before I was ever on faculty at these events, I was a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed conferee, hoping to sell an article and pitch my picture books to the right children\u2019s editor.<\/p>\n

More than 15 years ago, I remember looking forward to one particular conference. I knew the cost of attending really wasn\u2019t in our budget, but I also knew that if I asked my husband to give me the conference for my birthday, he would. And that\u2019s exactly what he did.<\/p>\n

We were living in Texas, and the writers\u2019 conference was several thousand miles away. I had researched the editors who were going to be there and the workshops being offered, and I was sure this conference would be life-changing for me.<\/p>\n

It was\u2013just not in the way I\u2019d anticipated.<\/p>\n

The very first day of the \u201cWriting for Children\u201d class, I sat in the front row. I was so excited that I hardly slept the night before. I couldn\u2019t wait to learn from this prolific children\u2019s book writer\u2013until she greeted us with: \u201cWell, I wish I had better news.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The children\u2019s market is almost impossible to break into right now. I mean, I am well-published in this genre and even I\u2019m having a tough time making a sale\u2026Honestly, if you\u2019re interested in writing anything else besides children\u2019s, I would try that for now.\u201d<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t believe what I was hearing! Some of my fellow conferees got up and left. I stayed until the end, hoping her mood would improve and praying she would offer some words of wisdom.<\/p>\n

Neither happened.<\/p>\n

I walked back to my room that afternoon defeated, discouraged and downright mad. Later that night, I prayed: \u201cGod, if I am ever on the other side of the podium, I promise You that I\u2019ll never miss an opportunity to bless others. I\u2019ll work for You, God, and I will encourage others to write for You, too!\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a simple prayer but I meant it, and I\u2019ve never forgotten it.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why when I receive emails, thank you notes and cards saying, \u201cthank you for helping me see that I can really make it as a freelancer,\u201d \u201cthank you for encouraging me to write that devotional proposal\u2013I got a contract!,\u201d or \u201cthank you for being so excited about my children\u2019s manuscript. I was about to give up before meeting with you,\u201d I put them in my encouragement drawer. (I have four!) <\/p>\n

And, on those days when I receive three rejection letters or a bad review of a recent book, I\u2019ll sneak into my office, open one of those encouragement drawers and read a few cards.<\/p>\n

Like Victoria and her birthday box, I immediately feel uplifted after spending a few moments meditating on the nice things that people have written to me.<\/p>\n

Maybe you don\u2019t have a birthday box filled with wonderful compliments or an encouragement drawer filled with thank you cards and notes, but you do have the Word of God, and it\u2019s filled with promises, affirmation and encouragement\u2013just for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spend some time in His Word today and meditate on the good things that God says about you and maybe write a few thank you notes of your own.<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be nice to fill up somebody else\u2019s encouragement drawer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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