A Life of Creative Purpose: Embrace Uniqueness, Explore Boldness, Encourage Faith

by T.H. Meyer

Overview

"You'll come away with a clearer understanding of how you are uniquely gifted to contribute to the world, and why it's imperative that you honor your creative calling." ~Michelle DeRusha, author of Katharina and Martin Luther: The Radical Marriage of a Runway Nun and a Renegade Monk

 

What might be sabotaging your uniquely gifted contribution to the world around you?

 

Discover the obstacles and barriers standing between you and your God-given purpose. In this book, you'll learn how to identify ways to strengthen your calling that'll encourage you to confidently operate in the gifts and talents that God designed you to do. Through the lens of T.H. Meyer’s own journey, you’ll recognize the universal struggle in embracing your whole person as she encourages you to live a life without regrets.

 

For the individual reader looking to examine more deeply their life purpose or a group seeking to collectively spur each other toward their God-given gifts, talents, and life. This book can be used as a 12-week, 6-week, or 4-week study guide, with exploratory questions at the end of each chapter the assist you in listening to God's voice and revealing your unique purpose, path, or direction.

 

"TH Meyer delivers on her promise to help people embrace uniqueness, explore boldness, and encourage faith." ~Amy Young, author of Looming Transitions: Starting and Finishing Well in Cross-Cultural Service

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948797009
Publisher:	T.H. Meyer
Publication date:	11/26/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	283 KB

About the Author

After living in Asia and Europe, T.H. Meyer's family built a home on their Texas farm in 2011 where two mini-Australian shepherds share their couch and ice cubes from the fridge. Tammy is a Purpose-Focused life-coaching strategist who also co-authored, A God of All Seasons: Walking Towards Mercy, Grace,&Hope, and is the mother to three beautiful kids and grandmother to one.

Table of Contents

Contents
1. When You Shred Your Life’s Work ..............................1
2. One Thing That Strengthens You..............................11
3. The Fight for Your Promised Land ...........................21
4. Giving Yourself Permission........................................31
5. Called Into Discomfort ............................................41
6. When You Are The Barrier........................................49
7. How God Reminds Us .............................................57
8. Knowing God And His Gifts....................................67
9. Going Where You Never Thought Possible ...............79
10. When You Face The Doubts & The Doubters .........87
11. When You Accept Your God-Gifts ...........................95
12. How Waiting & Obedience Will Challenge You.....103
13. God Calls You A Warrior.......................................115
14. When God Calls But You’re a Woman....................125
15. Looking At Yourself...............................................139
16. When We Embrace Our (Spiritual) Life ................147
Additional Resources ..................................................152

 

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When You Shred Your Life's Work 

 

“The Spirit, not content to flit around on the surface, dives into the depths of God, and brings out what God planned all along.”  -The Message, (taken from 1 Corinthians 2:10-13)

 

....I stood with the ebony-black, leather-bound folder where I’d kept [my writing].

I pulled a neatly pressed poem from an inside pocket. Pica font from an electronic typewriter dotted the weathered paper as I hovered the page near the shredder. 

For the last time, I silently read one of my favorite poems filled with dark, Poe-like metaphors. It hid the truth of my life like a riddle. And soon, it would be gone forever. 

I fed the first page between metal teeth as the motor vibrated to life. My hand had not shaken as I had imagined. A loud noise growled as the gears slowed halfway through the page like a monstrous Venus flytrap chewing a tasty morsel. Again and again, the 10-inch font descended closer to the mouth, each line of a poem or story ripped apart and consumed. 

Writing was something other people did but not me. Fairy tales never came true.

And so I continued, shredder humming, as each piece vibrated past the narrow teeth. The last document entered the metal mouth, and I made a promise to myself. I promised to never write again unless I could do it with honesty and honor. I gave every line, every page, every poem, and every story I had compiled back to God in a pile of tattered strips. 

At thirty, I destroyed my life’s work of poetry and short stories. 

I didn’t know if I’d ever write again.

 

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Editorial Reviews

"A wonderful exploration, but not only for readers to look inwardly, but to also look around at others, at where our lives are at, and mostly upward toward God's design and dreams for our lives. Love it!"

– Cindy Coloma, best selling & award-winning author of over 15 books

"You’ll come away from this wise and insightful book with a clearer understanding of how you are uniquely gifted to contribute to the world, and why it’s imperative that you honor your creative calling." – Michelle DeRusha, author of Katharina and Martin Luther: The Radical Marriage of a Runway

"In her book, A Life Of Creative Purpose, Tammy is a trusted mentor, offering us the tools we need to step completely into God's design for us as individuals. Her relatable stories coupled with scripture inspire and ignite a renewed passion for pursuing not only our own creative callings, but even more, her words stoke the fire in our hearts for the Giver of these gifts." – Kris Camealy, author of Come, Lord Jesus: The Weight Of Waiting

"TH Meyer looks at the glass ceiling the world has placed between 'creatives' and 'non-creatives' and shatters it. This those who have felt they are not creative, too timid, or simply too late to the life they were called to live, Meyer says, 'Pish-posh.' She delivers on her promise to help people embrace uniqueness, explore boldness, and encourage faith." – Amy Young, author of Looming Transitions: Starting & Finishing Well

"A Life of Creative Purpose is a fantastic resource filled with thoughtful questions, stories, and Scripture each designed to awaken us to God's unique purposes for our lives. It is well-written, thoughtful, and engaging, an invitation to embrace our own eternally significant creative purpose." – Cindee S. Re, author of Discovering Hope: Beginning the Journey Toward Hope in Chronic Illness

"In her book, A Life of Creative Purpose, TH Meyer masterfully blends personal stories with wisdom from Scripture to reveal the importance of creative purpose (even if you think you are not creative.) The thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter will help you discover (or uncover) and embrace the unique way God has made you and inspire you to step into a life of purpose, meaning and fulfillment." – JoDitt Williams, author/artist of Delight in the Word

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