About three years ago while driving my 30-minute commute to work, I
found myself thinking about life and how God fits into it. Over a
period of days, I found myself thinking about different ideas and themes
along that line. It finally got to the point that they were like those
songs that stick in your mind and won't go away. One night, I decided
to open up the laptop and start typing them out. I thought they might
finally go away.
As I was typing them, I discovered the words I typed were things I had
never thought about, ideas I had never discovered in my head before.
Over the next week, I wrote out seven different writings. Now what?
That was when I realized I was only the typist, not the author. One in
particular brought me a particular insight. I was going to write this
one and it was very late. I told myself I would just go to bed and do
it the next day. I couldn't go to sleep and finally realized I was
being told to get back up and write. Some of you may scoff at the idea,
but I realized that it was God telling me what to write and he wanted
me to do that one right then.. With that came the knowledge I was
supposed to share them.
Share them? What does that mean? How? Why? I was full of questions
and started telling God I wanted some answers before I wrote any more.
In a sense, I went on strike because he wouldn't answer my questions.
I didn't write again for over a year, even though I could feel the
ideas and themes in my head just waiting to be done. There were a
couple times I shared a writing with someone who was going through some
life problem that I had written about. That was all I did.
Finally, I gave in and told God I would start writing again even though I
didn't know why or how I was supposed to share them. I told him I
would just do it on faith and the belief he would tell me when the time
was right and how I was to do it.
I thought about blogging back then, but it didn't feel like the right
thing to do at the time. So, I just kept writing...and writing...and
writing.
I started thinking about blogging again recently, but wasn't sure it was
the right venue. I have a daughter who has been blogging for several
years and I sent some of the things I had written to her and asked her
what she thought. She came back with a simple answer, "Yes".
I hope the writings I post out here in the future touch you in some way. I look forward to hearing your comments and feedback.
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