Obstacles in the way…self perhaps?
Ok. So….
Anytime a thought starts with “ok, so….” it’s bound to be a doosey!
This is just a quick thought I had as I was preparing to post a somewhat choppy, but very relevant blog article. I have been “working” on a few articles and have seemed to be in procrastination mode. I have jotted down thoughts as they enter my mind thinking to elaborate more in writing. I have done a rough draft write of an article (which I will be posting as soon as I follow this mental rabbit trail). And as you can see by the date of this post…none of the thoughts or articles or tidbits have made it to the blog. And as I was fumbling to get onto the blog dashboard, the thought hit me (as thoughts so often do) that I (spelled me, myself and I) might be the obstacle from God’s message for me and others getting to where he wants the message to land. In my frequent moments of perfectionist tendencies, I long for perfectly formed sentences and thoughts rather than the jumbled, jumpy, choppy ones that the random thoughts usually start out being. I want it all nice and neat and in nice little blocks. What if…God wanted the message out more than he wanted an eloquently formed article? What if my hesitation and procrastination to share caused harm to the body, or lack (of knowledge, insight or the lesson) to the body? What if it was my ego getting in the way (surely not me!)? What if I really was “the weakest link” (and you’ve gotta hear that in the true tone that my teen and tween age daughters use with me when they say it to me)?
So the thought hit me…and I learned some lessons in that moment…
Lesson to self #1. God doesn’t need my perfection, he needs my obedience.
Lesson to self #2. God can pretty up even the most vague thought.
Lesson to self #3. God perfects whatever (and whoever) he wants.
Lesson to self #4. It’s a blog…you can always go back and revise!
Lesson to self #5. Just do it!