I surely hope this post encourages you, whether you like to write or not. It’s just a little scrap of my heart that came to the surface of my mind and then onto the page. I didn’t intend to share it with anyone (other than the circular file). Yet I felt that these thoughts weren’t just for me, but for you too.
For me, there’s almost nothing more invigorating or intimidating than a blank page. A blank page welcomes ideas and ignorance, promotes creativity or conforming, and encourages worship or thoughts of “what in the world am I doing here?.” A blank page can show me whom God has made me to be or what I wish I was.
A blank page makes me choose. A choosing not just of words to fill its space but of what fills the spaces of my heart. And most importantly, a choosing of Who I let fill the spaces of my soul.
A blank page can be a tangible reminder of that bringing forth from nothing of creation done by my Good God Who made everything with His words alongside the Word made flesh. Only He can bring something from nothing, including these words on this (formerly) blank page.
Only He can bring good from what seems to have nothing good in it.
The good work of my Good God prompts my worship of Him in my work of filling blank pages with the truth spoken in love for lives in need of hope.
A hope without disappointment or denial. Rather a hope that brings light to those living in a world seemingly full of nothing but broken promises, and barren people. Because the same Light Who was there in the beginning will be there with them (and me) all the way to the end, no matter how many blank pages we’ve already filled up with bad choices.
His grace is stronger than our sins and greater than our giving ups. And the truth of those words is most powerful hope I’ve ever known!
Romans 5:1-2 ESV. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
written by and copyrighted to Beth Madison, Ph.D., 2024.
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