Several months have passed since posting any thoughts. I may
have subconsciously wanted to give it a break and see if I would miss it. Or
perhaps, I wanted to be sure of all of my motives.
With finals done, a lull in my work schedule, and the
rain keeping me indoors, I´ve felt nudged by a still, small voice to make
writing a priority again. I have been reminded of how much writing means to me.
Writing brings greater introspection and awareness. Writing gives clarity,
perhaps because the letters are arranged at regular intervals on a white page
and neatly lined up in rows. The written words are, much like photographs, my
souvenirs of having lived.
And so, I write. I want to
write about Him—the tireless Writer. For when everyone gives up, He writes.
When the present with its joys and troubles is all we can see, He writes
eternal thoughts. When we think surely He has abandoned us, He still writes in
a quiet corner. When in our weakness we are swept away by enemy floods, He wages
war with His pen and rescues us.
His intent is simple, almost childish. His hands hold a
writing tablet and He etches, a millimeter at a time, all things beautiful. But
four letters take precedence. An L, an
O…and with painstaking precision a V and an E. Over and over, He carefully
seeks another empty surface on the same tablet and begins again. He will not
stop until it is perfect, until every space and corner is filled with His Love.
He who has begun this good work will surely complete it.
And this is my hope. For when I am not faithful, I am
called back and still God writes.
“The
tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were
written. Now the tablets were the work of God and the writing was the writing
of God engraved on the tablets.” (Exodus 32:15, 16)
“…not
on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.” (2
Corinthians 3:3)
“…this
is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,
says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts;
and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (Jeremiah 31:33)
