On Writer's Block

Tonight, I must admit, I'm having a hard time figuring out a subject on which to post. Most days, posting comes pretty easily. Today, however, has been a different matter. So, when all else fails and you don't know what to write about, you write about not being able to write. Problem solved.

Ideas are funny things. Sometimes we have these great epiphanies regarding what we should do or say, and at other times, our minds seem completely void of any good thoughts whatsoever. Ideas ebb and flow. Sometimes we just seem to know exactly what to do, and at other times we have to sit and wait for something to come to us.

Sometimes life feels the same way. At times, we know exactly what we need to do. God's leading voice comes to us as clear as a bell, and we have a well-defined sense of the direction in which we should go. However, there are many instances in our lives when the directions just aren't clear. The answers don't come. The ideas of what should come next never pop into our heads or our hearts.

It is during these moments that we must do the same thing that we do when we have writer's block......we wait.

God promises us that he will guide us. Sometimes this guidance is easy to follow, and at others it's just not. That's life. That's faith. That's when we have to truly depend on the sovereignty of God and wait.

Writer's block is no fun. Neither is being unsure of what we should do in life. However, waiting for God's guidance is much more rewarding than the alternative of running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

However, one final note of warning: Just like with writer's block, there is a difference between waiting and procrastinating. Waiting is good, as long as we are actively waiting.

Then, when the direction comes, we'll be ready to act.