Remember the days of sitting in elementary school and the teacher would tell you to get out your Indian Chief writing tablet. Yes, I’m dating myself. I remember groaning every time I heard those words. I learned cursive writing in the fifth grade, (many, many moons ago) and my handwriting teacher was very particular. Every letter had to touch either the solid or the dotted line, and for a student who strove to please, handwriting caused me much anxiety. I never really mastered cursive writing. My dad on the other end had extravagant penmanship. It was more like calligraphy. I still cherish the papers I have kept that has his handwriting.
I have also come to the age that if I don’t write it down it will leave my mind the moment I walk out of the room. Gone are the days of going to the grocery store without a list.
I have even considered when I leave one room to go to the next room writing down what I am going to do in that said next room. I have found my self many times scratching my head wondering why I walked into the room.
And Bible reading, don’t even get me started on trying to remember what I just read from my daily Bible reading plan.
But like I have written before, it’s summer. “In summer” my life has slowed down and I am trying to listen to the rhythm of this slow dance with God. “WRITE IT DOWN.” Now I realize most people aren’t in this slow season of life as I am. Most moms are still chauffeuring kids from one summer event to the next, or you are grabbing that last bit of coffee before you rush out the door for work. I get it. I’ve been there. I was just there a few months ago. But if you can I highly recommend taking just a few minutes to “WRITE IT DOWN.” Take one verse, write it down and keep it with you throughout your day.
Welcome to my writing couch. Welcome to my thoughts and how they flow through my brain.
I have a journal for every season. I even have a special pen to match that journal. I would apologize for how my thoughts work but I won’t. I just encourage you to try to follow along in my roller coaster ride and keep your hands inside the vehicle because some of my thoughts might derail the ride.
As I said, “WRITE IT DOWN”
Ha and these are my thoughts stuck to bathroom mirrors and stuck to bedside lamps and walls. Not glamorous not stylish but it keeps them at the forefront of my mind. I call these wisdom stickers. They are things God teaches me as I read His Word or a how He spoke to me through a devotional I read that morning. God is teaching me, “Don’t let God’s lessons fade from my mind.” “WRITE THEM DOWN!”
TBC. I can get quite wordy with this post because I am passionate about this subject. I’m passionate because writing is the way the Holy Spirit speaks to me and I don’t want to forget what He is saying. It is how God created me. I know the Holy Spirit of God will speak to each of you in different ways depending on how God wired you. But as for me, when the Holy Spirit speaks it is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING in my life. It is most worthy of writing it down. When the Holy Spirit speaks everyone needs to listen up. And so I write this post.