SPOUTIN’ NOTHING

In 2011, I wrote 365 daily devotionals for an online Bible website.  They were short, one thought conversational paragraphs. I took on the task as a way to discipline myself as a writer.  I thought, I’m a writer and a student of the Bible how hard can it be.  Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha. 

It changed my perspective and made me greatly respect people who do that all the time.  It definitely wasn’t easy.  It pulled things to the surface that had long been buried.  Festering, yucky stuff that needed to be dealt with.  Things I didn’t realize I was holding on to.  I didn’t work on any other writing that year.  Dealing with the devotionals was all I could handle. 

Fast forward to today.  I started reading the devotionals again and man…talk about being judged by my own words. (Luke 16:22)  It was like the Holy Spirit was standing behind me reading and every so often, He would lean over and point at the screen like He was asking ‘What does that say’.  When I hit day 41, He asked a question that stopped me in my tracks. 

Lately, I have been dealing with several issues that I thought I had resolved a long time ago. (One way to spot unresolved issues is when they rear their ugly heads, you get mad or sad or afraid all over again.)  Some of them I had addressed in those devotionals.  I can say that I am farther along in my walk with God than I was two years ago.  But…

I am so thankful that the mercies of God are fresh and new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23).  Some days I need it more than others.  And after today, I am going to make a habit of periodically going through these devotionals.  Just to remind me.

What was the question?.

Did you mean that or were you just spoutin’ nothing?