It Has Been Awhile

I have not written anything since May 4^th. I attempted a blog several weeks ago and deleted the whole thing after three sentences. It has been over a month since I sat down at this computer and let the words flow from the Lord onto this screen. I have not even had the desire to write. It has been a while because I had nothing to write. I had no message to communicate. There have been no fresh thoughts to jot down.

During this time I have prayed a great deal and waited on the Lord. I often wondered if during the waiting I was wasting my time or if God used that time productively to build things into me. I have feel like it has been productive time. During the last several weeks I have finished reading through the Bible once again and finished reading six other books. During this time the Lord has birthed His messages in my heart to preach here in Seminole though I am not in any kind of series. During these weeks I have walked through Seminole and enjoyed my family, the flock entrusted to me, good food, laughter, and much time alone with the Lord. I am a man at peace though I am man also being challenged by the Lord to believe for more.

Yes, it has been awhile since I sat at the pulpit of this screen and poured out my heart to the cyber flock the Lord has allowed me to serve. [Eccl 3:1] “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.” For these past weeks I enjoyed the appointed time of walking beside the still waters and resting in green pastures. [Ps 23:5] I have to be honest and admit such seasons do not come easily for me.

I have seven different projects going on right now that require my prayer, time, attention, and labors. There has been precious little time to write and even when the time presented itself I found I had nothing to say. Not that God has not been working though. He is working deeply in me. Truth is I am hearing Him loudly and clearly. He is stretching me and stretching my faith. That is nothing new. There are times when I feel like a rubber band about to snap under the pressure. God always does something astounding in times like these.

Day in and day out I continue to seek Him, prepare messages, visit the sick in the hospital, and now prayerfully begin to write again. During the season beside the still waters and in the green pastures I had a great deal of time to think. I meditated on His word and what I sensed Him saying to me. I looked in the mirror and took an honest inventory of my life. I have noticed behaviors and attitudes that did not honor the Lord. One of those things He has clearly shown me is my impatience. He has forced me to slow down and wait on Him and His timing in all things. He has slowed my pace and in that I have enjoyed the little blessings in life all the more.

Yes, it has been awhile since my last post. It has been awhile since I wrote a sentence, a paragraph or completed writing anything. I am back. I am back with a different outlook after having sat in the presence of the Lord for a prolonged season. I honestly do not know that this little writing ministry the Lord has called me to makes much difference. The hits on the blog counter tell me people keep coming to this site. They must get something out of it or they would not return.

So I consider this a kind of new beginning. I am amazed we have passed the 20,000 mark on our hits to the site. That should be cause for rejoicing but not when your vision includes hundreds of thousands people visiting and getting a fresh touch from the Lord. I desire your prayers. I cannot write under the anointing of the Lord without the prayer of God’s people. So I make a deal with you. You keep praying for me diligently to be inspired and anointed and I will keep writing as the Lord gives me fresh material. We will both trust the Lord for what happens after that. It has been a while but I am back.