“Small numbers make no difference to God. There is nothing small if God is in it.” ~ Dwight L. Moody

My friend, Mary Yerkes, has an excellent post at The Artist’s Way, entitled, “Writing for Publication is a Marathon, Not a Sprint.”

I’m entering into a new phase in my writing. Initially, I spent every free moment working on a new devotional or article for publication, neglecting my health and, sometimes, even my husband (blush). Granted, we all push a little harder with a deadline looming, but that should be the exception not our standard mode of operating. I was running on full steam every day–not a sustainable pace.

I’ve suffered mental and physical exhaustion from simply sitting at my computer for too many hours a day, all in an effort to “produce.” Like Mary says, “it’s easy to get caught up in the publishing machine and measure our success by the number of clips we have or how much work we produce.” But that’s not God’s intent. Burning the candle at both ends is never healthy or productive in the long run.

If writing is a marathon, maybe we need to pace ourselves. For the rest of Mary’s enlightening post, go here .