The Author

An author writes a book with care and skill;
In it he writes of people whom he makes.
These people grow in character and will,
And as the story goes, their self awakes.
At times, the author finds the writing hard
Because the characters don't act as planned,
And when he tries to change, his path is barred;
They've grown a certain way, and there they stand.
And so God works in us as authors do
To fix the problems we've created there.
His job is hard: to change us through and through
So that, our hearts in Him, we will not err.
He makes us new in ways we never see
And by His help, we're who we're meant to be.


Difficult to explain in a single sonnet what I mean, but it's based on some authors' comments that certain characters in their books sort of "take on a life of their own" or can't do certain things that the author wants them to do, simply because they've grown in such a way that it would be nonsensical for the character to do such a thing. God has a similar job as the author who wants to change a character like this. He must work back until He finds the thing in us that keeps us from doing what He wants us to do, then change that. Often, it's hard for us to bear.