If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned in life, it\u2019s this\u2014promotion takes preparation.<\/p>\n
That truth was never more evident than when I took a magazine feature writing position at a worldwide ministry, only to be informed I\u2019d actually be doing something entirely different\u2026and I wasn\u2019t thrilled about it.<\/p>\n
My editor explained that they had a greater need for another ghostwriter, so I would be fulfilling that role. During my years at Indiana University journalism school, I\u2019d been told to \u201cfind my voice.\u201d So, I\u2019d been working hard every day since college graduation to do just that. Now, my new boss was telling me: \u201cLose your voice, and find somebody else\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
That just didn\u2019t make sense to me.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me get this straight,\u201d I answered. \u201cI\u2019m going to be taking somebody else\u2019s thoughts and words from a sermon or a presentation, and then I\u2019m going to write an article weaving all of those thoughts together in that person\u2019s voice? With no byline?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly,\u201d my editor answered. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s called \u2018ghostwriting.\u2019 You are invisible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Little did I know, not only was God working out some of that stubborn pride from my heart, but also He was preparing me for a role that would be a great blessing in my life\u2014spiritually, professionally and financially.<\/p>\n
I was able to learn to ghostwrite while getting paid to do so and being mentored by one of the best ghostwriters in the business who happened to work two offices over from me. It wasn\u2019t an especially easy season in my life, but it was one of preparation, though I didn\u2019t know it then.<\/p>\n
A few years later, I was offered the assignment of a lifetime, ghostwriting a book for a celebrity I greatly respected. That book ended up being a New York Times<\/em> bestseller, which opened up numerous ghostwriting doors for me. Over the years, I\u2019ve been able to ghostwrite for many wonderful people, and it\u2019s been a privilege to help them tell their stories.<\/p>\n But I wouldn\u2019t have had those awesome opportunities without that season of preparation at the worldwide ministry.<\/p>\n You know, there are examples of preparation preceding promotion throughout God\u2019s Word. Take Esther, for example. She was just living her life as a lovely young Jewish girl in Persia when she ran smack dab into her destiny\u2014becoming the queen and ultimately saving the Jews from annihilation.<\/p>\n However, to step into that destiny she had to go through a year\u2019s worth of beauty treatments (Esther chapter 2). God was preparing her both spiritually and physically. Had she not gone through those 12 months of preparation, she wouldn\u2019t have been in position for that promotion.<\/p>\n So, let me ask you, are you experiencing a season of preparation? If so, don\u2019t be discouraged or grow weary in the waiting. Just know that you are being prepared for promotion, and rejoice in it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned in life, it\u2019s this\u2014promotion takes preparation. That truth was never more evident than when I took a magazine feature writing position at a worldwide ministry, only to be informed I\u2019d actually be doing something entirely different\u2026and I wasn\u2019t thrilled about it. My editor explained that they had a greater […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":29843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[53,258,36],"ppma_author":[487],"class_list":["post-22398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finding-life-purpose","tag-dream","tag-goals","tag-success"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n