The Master Author’s View
By T.R.Q.T / March 28, 2026 / No Comments / Inspirational, Writing
“Michael, what were you doing here tonight?”
“What do you think I was doing?” Michael asked edgily.
“You were going to steal from Mr. Claybrook?”
Voice of the Ashes
As authors, we place characters where we want them to be. Michael needed to break in at that precise moment so he could hear a truth long pushed away.
Gilbert Blythe needed to be rowing down the river at that exact hour so he could rescue Anne from her precarious position under the bridge.1
Theodore Bryan needed to be in front of the Bishop’s house at just the same time as the runaway horses in order to be injured, taken in, and shown God’s love through the Bishop’s kindness.2
Sometimes our characters chafe at our choices. Poor Anne was mortified that her enemy came to her rescue. But we see the complete picture. I knew Michael needed his memories brought in front of him again—and not only that, but Laurence needed an opportunity to realise that he had something to give others, and Mr. Claybrook needed a shove to get his door latch mended.
But enough spoilers.
I want to remind you that God sees the complete picture of our lives. Oh, I know we hear it all the time … yet we still chafe at things. If we don’t complain about the heat, we complain about the cold. We lose friends; we find enemies. We seek things only to have them taken away from us.
We don’t get to live happily ever after in this world because we are fallen. We think that a loving God would stop evil from happening. We think it’s His fault that we’re suffering, but really, it’s His mercy that we aren’t consumed.
Think of your life as one of many stories God is writing. He works in our experiences, our joys, our pain. In my short story Marigolds, Moses gets sent away and feels she’s been forgotten by her parents and God … but it takes that separation for her to find what belonging really means.
Remember, friend, that God is good—always. He loves you unconditionally. And each new plot twist in your life is for a reason that He, the Master Author, knows.
In Him,
TRQT