Daily writing prompt

What could you do differently?

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I’ve spent 5 1/2 decades devouring the Bible and storing up God’s words within me. I’ve diligently sought to absorb and obey His words. They’ve been the apple of my eye. I’ve read them almost every day, as a living love letter written directly to me, not like a dry theology textbook. I daily dwell on them, ponder them, savor them, let them work in me, allow them to change me, and let them direct how I live and pray.

Little by little God has written His words on the tablet of my heart. They have gradually been stored up within me. God’s wisdom continually calls, challenges, and comforts me like a dear relative and best friend. Everyday my fingers type it on my keyboard, and I post it far and wide. (Proverbs 7:1-4) “Bit by bit, day by day, the Word of God will light our way.” Here’s why and how I write differently:

I wake up very early each morning with words floating into my awareness, some individually and some in groups. They begin to repeat themselves and little by little assemble themselves into sentences.

I don’t want to get up so early, but eventually several sentences are dancing together in my consciousness. I realize that if I don’t arise and write them down, I might forget them. So I raise myself out of bed and post those intruding thoughts on Facebook. As I do more words and thoughts drift into my awareness and arrange into more sentences.

Eventually the flow slows to a trickle. The last several years I’ve been going to The Wake-Up Call by Seedbed. (Google it for a great blessing.) There I copy and paste the sentences (that I’ve posted on Facebook) in the comment space of the Wake-Up Call blog in whatever order that I feel prompted. After that I read their blog, and it causes a few more sentences to come to me. I add those sentences to what I’ve written in their comment section and post it all there.

Next, I copy what I’ve posted on Wake-Up Call and go to my WordPress blog called Free Gas For Your Think Tank. (You can also google it.) WordPress has a feature called “dailyprompt” which gives an idea to write about each day. I click on it and what I have written matches the “daily prompt.” A few more sentences float through me and I add them and post it all on my blog.

Finally, I post a link to my blog on my Facebook page. Then I go to X and break apart my blog into individual sentences or sections posting them on the former Twitter as tweets.

This process usually takes two to three hours. This morning the floating words suggested that I describe how they work in and through me. That’s what I’ve just done.

Also, before I got out of bed this morning this poem also developed in my mind:

How I Pray in Tongues

As I speak up
Words I don’t know
Begin to flow
From deep within
Releasing love,
Joy, peace, and hope
And awareness
Of God’s presence.
That’s the essence
Of how I pray
In other tongues
And languages.
Spirit-given,
O what a thrill,
I taste and see
Jesus is real.