The last three weeks have been exhausting. I have a busy enough fall, with my full-time job, being a husband and father, Righteous Insanity, student teaching, an online class, and play rehearsals. On top of all of this, God put something on my mind that had to be put down. It took two weeks of work, but I finished the first draft today.
God doesn't come when it's convenient for us. Often it's when we're already too busy. But he gives us the strength we need. I found that to be true these last two weeks.
The project is officially in "first draft" status. I'm hoping to find a few folks with some spare time to give it a read and give me their thoughts. It's another work of fiction. Not science fiction, though. Think one of those business "parable" books that your quirky co-worker with the frequent buyer card to the Franklin-Covey store likes to pass around and share. Except there's spiritual meaning beneath the story about the business man.
Much as I want to be free of office life forever and be in a classroom full-time, I know this wouldn't have come about without the years I spent dwelling in cubicles. (Yes, Mike Judge and Ricky Gervais deserve some credit too.) Again, God always has a plan and a purpose for where you are. Even if his plans don't match up with yours.
A friend told me yesterday, if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. Lot of truth in that. Lot of blessing in breaking your plans for his.