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I want you to remember me for the words that God's laid on my heart,

because that's where I'm imparting truth,

that I'm trying to help the truth be applied in our everyday lives.

I'm not imparting my truth.

It's that I'm sharing the truth of God's word and trying to help us apply it.

That's ultimately the legacy I lead.

Hey friends, welcome back to the Ruth Joe Simon's podcast. I am so excited for this week's podcast because I'm going to answer some of your questions about my forthcoming book,

The Way of the Wildfire, that releases next week. I've collected the questions that you have sent me

over Instagram or in DMs or over email or in person and I'm going to tackle some of them today

so that it just feels like I get to tell a friend what I've

been working on for so long. To those of you who have already supported the book, thank you so

much. It means the world to me that a work like this can get into your hands and feel like

we're actually sharing something really special together. So thank you so much. I will just read these and tackle them one at a time.

Okay. Are you ready? Okay. So the first question I collected was, oh, this is a process question.

I love when you guys ask this. Did you decide on content or art first? Okay. So first of all, back up with the way of the wildflower.

If you're watching on YouTube, I'll hold it up for you.

It is one of my full color gift and devotion-style books.

So this one has all my watercolor art in it as well as devotional writing.

So the question is, did you decide on content or art first?

I love these process questions because the truth is I have to basically do the book twice,

once to write it and wants to paint it. And I do decide simultaneously, but I write first.

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