I didn’t write a devotional last evening because of the “Blank Brain Disease.” Long I sat with my fingers on the keyboard as I stared at the computer screen. Usually that works if I sit long enough. Last night it just didn’t work. The blank computer screen was a perfect match for my brain. Nothing happened. I finally gave up and headed for bed.
How can this be? Life is full of interpersonal exchanges. My Bible is filled with magnificent promises. My classes provide a massive amount of information and yet my brain was void. I did try prayer for inspiration and the only inspiration I received was go to bed! So I did. I did have a student drop by my office and ask what he could do with a psychology degree and how much would he make. When I told him he said, “I was sort of thinking of something with six figures.” I did have another student tell me he didn’t believe what I was telling him. And another told me he still didn’t have a textbook because he couldn’t afford it. It cost twenty dollars! So I gave him the twenty dollars and told him he no longer has an excuse.
Somehow these didn’t seem worthy of your attention. I want to write something worthy of your time. So here goes. Jesus loves you. He really does. Sometimes it is difficult to comprehend the idea of a personal God. When we almost grasp the immensity of the universe it is difficult to think that an ant such as each of us could matter. I don’t know how you feel about ants but when I find them in the kitchen, I squish them with little thought as to their value. I think the difference is we are called the sons and daughters of God. The ants are not my sons and daughters.
Written by Roger Bothwell on October 9, 2009
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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