If one of the qualifications of a Proverbs 31 woman is that she is clothed in fine linen and purple, then Cynthia Clack might qualify as a Proverbs 31 blogger. Her blog, Graceful Journey, is clothed in fine writing and adorned in purple. The moment you enter, you sense her heart for God, her love for her family, and her desire to be honest about herself. Cynthia states, “It [blogging] was a way for me to communicate some lessons God was teaching me as well as some very difficult thoughts and struggles.”

Blogging didn’t get off to an easy start for Cynthia. She originally began a blog at another host site. However, she felt isolated and a bit lonely. Then, she found HomeschoolBlogger.com through a homeschool newsletter.

“I had been lamenting the loss of community of online friends, so Homeschool- Blogger.com came at a time of void for me. I have loved HomeschoolBlogger from the start. As a novice to blogging, it has been so easy.”

Cynthia picked a beautiful name, Graceful Journey. Years ago, Cynthia felt God whispering that name into her heart. She uses this name for her email and now her blog. The name represents her ministry to those around her.

“I see myself on a journey through this life, in this world. I want it to be a journey filled with God’s grace that is a testimony to His salvation.”

Cynthia has been writing since she was a young child. It also became her way to make sense of the world when she was a young adult. As a busy mother of ten, she packed away her writing for another day. But God has been drawing her back to her hidden desire to communicate with the written word. She writes out of a love for and obedience to Him. A quote by Edith Schaeffer (The Hidden Art of Homemaking) keeps Cynthia focused on what is important in writing:

One need not feel that writing has to be a career for it to be worth while, not that it has to be prepared for by formal study before it can be fulfilling to the writer. If you feel you have an unrecognized talent for writing, or if you simply love to write and want to do it, my advice is to write. But write without ambitious pride, which makes you feel it is a “waste” to write what will never be published. Write to communicate with someone, even if it is literally only one person. It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person’s eyes alone!

Cynthia defines herself as a “questioner.”

“I am the questioner of questions, a deep thinker. I lamented about this to my former pastor one day, wondering why I always seem to be asking why. He chuckled and said, ‘Do you think that God doesn’t know this about you? This is how He created you. He MADE you to question.’ So, my questions continue to lead me out of my comfort zone.”

Her busy home life and quest to answer all the “why” questions lead to a very encouraging blog. Visit Cynthia at Graceful Journey and thank her for moving out of her comfort zone and moving her blog over to HomeschoolBlogger.com to share with us.