{"id":2434,"date":"2023-04-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2023-04-04T11:15:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T15:15:59","slug":"being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens-1024x413.jpg?resize=525%2C212&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?resize=1024%2C413&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?resize=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?resize=768%2C310&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?resize=1536%2C620&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?resize=1320%2C533&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I started to think about the significance of being a pencil in the hand of God. It started with this quote from Mother Teresa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">\u201cI am a little pencil in God\u2019s hands. He does the thinking. He does the writing. He does everything, and sometimes it is really hard because it is a broken pencil and He has to sharpen it a little more.\u201d \u2015 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/663286-i-am-a-little-pencil-in-god-s-hands-he-does\">Mother Teresa, The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Once we start to understand that we are the pencil in the hand of God, we start to understand our position in life. Christ is the author of all stories, the writer, producer, financial backer, and hero of every story. We are His instrument. When we start to understand we are a pencil in the hand of God, we start to appreciate all that we can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+115%3A1&amp;version=NIV\">Psalm 115:1<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cNot to us, O Lord, not to us. But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Authoring Your Story<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Many of us go through life thinking that we write the story of our lives. We are the hero who saves the day. On the other hand, some of us see ourselves as the victim tossed by the waves of life. In either case, we are the central character that the story encircles. We assume the role of the one in control when we are actually an instrument of the creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+37%3A23-24&amp;version=NIV\">Psalm 37:23-24<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cThe Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him, though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">When we get to Heaven, if we get to Heaven, what will be God\u2019s response? Will God look at His assortment of writing utensils and say I\u2019ve never written anything with you? Will he see you and say that He remembers a story, but it was a short story once, or twice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Will God beam with joy, grab you up and hold you close, remembering all the incredible adventures of your life? Will He laugh and cry with every turn of a phrase embodying a triumph or tragedy from your relationship? Will He weep because there will be no more new stories to delight Himself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Jeremiah+10%3A23&amp;version=NIV\">Jeremiah 10:23<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cLord, I know that people\u2019s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wasting Your Time<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">You are wasting your life if you are not an instrument of God\u2019s story. There is no kinder way to say it; any good deed, or honorable act, that the Spirit does not drive is a wasted effort. All who flit from activity to activity in busy, misdirected lives are not building a legacy; you are passing the time. Forty or eighty years after our passing, others will faintly remember us, no matter our skill, intelligence, or accomplishment. But, there will be no eternal implication echoing through time, no great stories to be relived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+3%3A5-6&amp;version=NIV\">Proverbs 3:5-6<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cTrust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Even the great statesmen, who emboss their names in history, are just that, a name. We don\u2019t know them; we might know of them. They are a name, a face, and a place, real only within the context of a subject. It is in Heaven that relationships last forever. It is in Heaven that angles relived, rejoiced, and regaled over God\u2019s stories<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+15%3A10&amp;version=NIV\">Luke 15:10<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cIn the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Refocus Your Storytelling<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">We spend too much time making our mark here, where time erases because another will supersede every earthly accomplishment. Our wealth will be left behind. The great stories about adventure, tragedy, victory, and love not written by God will fade away like a mist in the morning sun. Yet, those stories driven by the Holy Spirit will prevail. They ripple for generations as angles rejoice at their retelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">\u201cSeeking to perpetuate one\u2019s name on earth is like writing on the sand by the seashore; to be perpetual, it must be written on eternal shores.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libquotes.com\/dwight-l-moody\/quote\/lbm2o6p\">D.L. Moody<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Don\u2019t waste your life by doing good for the sake of doing good, thinking the story you write has merit. Anyone can do good and be kind; it\u2019s called being human. Being Godly is to let God write your stories and guide your path. Remember, live your life so that when you meet Christ face-to-face, He will cry. He will cry joyfully at your meeting and sorrowfully that He will not write any new stories with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">\u201cThe mere fact itself that God&#8217;s will is irresistible and irreversible fills me with fear, but once I realize that God wills only that which is good, my heart is made to rejoice.\u201d &#8211; A. W. Pink<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once we start to understand that we are the pencil in the hand of God, we start to understand our position in life. Christ is the writer, producer, financial backer, and hero of every story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,6],"tags":[12,102,61,27,21,13,39,9,147],"class_list":["post-2434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivation","category-purpose","tag-christian","tag-christian-blog","tag-christian-purpose","tag-hope","tag-joy","tag-motivational","tag-obedience","tag-purpose","tag-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Being a Pencil in the Hand of God - Tomme Stevenson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Once we start to understand that we are the pencil in the hand of God, we start to understand our position in life. Christ is the writer, producer, financial backer, and hero of every story.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God - Tomme Stevenson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Once we start to understand that we are the pencil in the hand of God, we start to understand our position in life. Christ is the writer, producer, financial backer, and hero of every story.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tomme Stevenson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tomme.stevenson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-11T10:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens-1024x413.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tommestevenson@gmail.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TommeS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tommestevenson@gmail.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tommestevenson@gmail.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d1acd55338acf0053e486db30d415843\"},\"headline\":\"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-11T10:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":711,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a12f81da0d71e3d8514df06b99bdf81\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens-1024x413.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Christian\",\"Christian Blog\",\"Christian Purpose\",\"Hope\",\"Joy\",\"motivational\",\"Obedience\",\"Purpose\",\"Story\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Motivation\",\"Purpose\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/\",\"name\":\"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God - Tomme Stevenson\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens-1024x413.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-11T10:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Once we start to understand that we are the pencil in the hand of God, we start to understand our position in life. Christ is the writer, producer, financial backer, and hero of every story.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?fit=2000%2C807&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?fit=2000%2C807&ssl=1\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":807},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tomme Stevenson\",\"description\":\"Looking to the Future\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a12f81da0d71e3d8514df06b99bdf81\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a12f81da0d71e3d8514df06b99bdf81\",\"name\":\"Tomme Stevenson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Head-shot-2-102119.jpg?fit=772%2C528&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Head-shot-2-102119.jpg?fit=772%2C528&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Head-shot-2-102119.jpg?fit=772%2C528&ssl=1\",\"width\":772,\"height\":528,\"caption\":\"Tomme Stevenson\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Head-shot-2-102119.jpg?fit=772%2C528&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"Over forty years of running Christian intent businesses in the technology sector. I have had the honor of working many years with High Technologies Ministries, Bill Glass Prison Ministries, Roswell Day of Hope, International Mission Connection and International Micro Enterprise Development.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/tomme.stevenson\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d1acd55338acf0053e486db30d415843\",\"name\":\"tommestevenson@gmail.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1df08c7164557ec664d212e87b1a7ea2373e814630cb5963407375df8a9d9cbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1df08c7164557ec664d212e87b1a7ea2373e814630cb5963407375df8a9d9cbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1df08c7164557ec664d212e87b1a7ea2373e814630cb5963407375df8a9d9cbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"tommestevenson@gmail.com\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/TommeS\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tomme-stevenson.com\\\/website\\\/author\\\/tommestevensongmail-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God - Tomme Stevenson","description":"Once we start to understand that we are the pencil in the hand of God, we start to understand our position in life. Christ is the writer, producer, financial backer, and hero of every story.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God - Tomme Stevenson","og_description":"Once we start to understand that we are the pencil in the hand of God, we start to understand our position in life. Christ is the writer, producer, financial backer, and hero of every story.","og_url":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/","og_site_name":"Tomme Stevenson","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tomme.stevenson","article_published_time":"2023-04-11T10:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens-1024x413.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"tommestevenson@gmail.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TommeS","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tommestevenson@gmail.com","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/"},"author":{"name":"tommestevenson@gmail.com","@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/#\/schema\/person\/d1acd55338acf0053e486db30d415843"},"headline":"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God","datePublished":"2023-04-11T10:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/"},"wordCount":711,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/#\/schema\/person\/3a12f81da0d71e3d8514df06b99bdf81"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens-1024x413.jpg","keywords":["Christian","Christian Blog","Christian Purpose","Hope","Joy","motivational","Obedience","Purpose","Story"],"articleSection":["Motivation","Purpose"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/","url":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/","name":"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God - Tomme Stevenson","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens-1024x413.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-11T10:00:00+00:00","description":"Once we start to understand that we are the pencil in the hand of God, we start to understand our position in life. Christ is the writer, producer, financial backer, and hero of every story.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?fit=2000%2C807&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/God-will-meet-you-Tony-Evens.jpg?fit=2000%2C807&ssl=1","width":2000,"height":807},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/being-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Being a Pencil in the Hand of God"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/","name":"Tomme Stevenson","description":"Looking to the Future","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/#\/schema\/person\/3a12f81da0d71e3d8514df06b99bdf81"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/#\/schema\/person\/3a12f81da0d71e3d8514df06b99bdf81","name":"Tomme Stevenson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Head-shot-2-102119.jpg?fit=772%2C528&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Head-shot-2-102119.jpg?fit=772%2C528&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Head-shot-2-102119.jpg?fit=772%2C528&ssl=1","width":772,"height":528,"caption":"Tomme Stevenson"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Head-shot-2-102119.jpg?fit=772%2C528&ssl=1"},"description":"Over forty years of running Christian intent businesses in the technology sector. I have had the honor of working many years with High Technologies Ministries, Bill Glass Prison Ministries, Roswell Day of Hope, International Mission Connection and International Micro Enterprise Development.","sameAs":["https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tomme.stevenson"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/#\/schema\/person\/d1acd55338acf0053e486db30d415843","name":"tommestevenson@gmail.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1df08c7164557ec664d212e87b1a7ea2373e814630cb5963407375df8a9d9cbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1df08c7164557ec664d212e87b1a7ea2373e814630cb5963407375df8a9d9cbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1df08c7164557ec664d212e87b1a7ea2373e814630cb5963407375df8a9d9cbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"tommestevenson@gmail.com"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/TommeS"],"url":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/author\/tommestevensongmail-com\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbhbma-Dg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447,"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions\/2447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}