I sat down to write this post and I'll confess, there was nothing there. Oh, there were wisps of notions, bad ideas, pompous platitudes and worse. This happens more frequently than I'd like to admit. I mean with the infinite God of the universe and His characters, His promises, His ways as subject matter, you'd think the ideas would overflow. Yeah, me, too.
Maybe you don't have creativity blocks, but we all have times when we are spent, nothing left in the tank and a deadline of some sort looming.
Panic? – No. And rather than just write something–anything– just to have it done, I left it. (That is not an easy thing for me and it's taken years to learn to let go that way.)
Priorities – We had church last night. My littlest one asked me to snuggle at bedtime. My son needed a snack after football practice. I needed to go to sleep. My morning Bible study time. All of those "interfered" with my post-writing time. However, they're only interferences if I choose to see them that way.
Prayer – Yep, I prayed for a post. Something eloquent like … God, give me words, words I need, words someone else needs. But then I went to sleep. I didn't sit up all night banging my head against the desk because I have managed to develop a little …
Perspective – A blog post that's a few hours late probably won't matter much in the big scheme of things. And truthfully, the rigid, graceless schedule is only one person's doing-mine. It reminds me that if I rely too much on myself to accomplish His purposes, things get bumpy.
So how's that? A post about having nothing to post, but seeing how nothing can turn into something when Somebody else is in charge. Thanks for letting me share it.
"…for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5
Lauren says
That was really good! And a pretty creative way to figure out how to make a post from nothing. All very good tips I need to keep in mind when I’m backed against the wall with nothing. I may find I really have something.