A friend of mine has been trying to send me a text message and it will not send; however he can send messages to others with no problems. I have the same problem with him. We have decided that our mobile phones don’t like each and other.
I saw on the news that a man fought with his computer for a week and finally he took it outside to an alley and shot it seven times; (he was arrested for discharging a weapon inside the city limits). I felt like doing the same thing yesterday after writing Words for the Day and recording it. I sent the recording to the radio station and then tried to send the written part of it to the guy that sends it out for me each day. At the precise moment I pressed send my computer crashed and I lost it in its entirety.
I called him and told him what had happened and that I would have to redo the entire thing. Then I began a tirade and my friend who has worked with my on WFTD for many years now and has seen this behavior before, calmly said to me like I was a five year old child, “That’s right get it all out”. At that moment I caught myself, sighed and crisply told him I’d send another one in a little while. I wrote and recorded another one and sent it on in. Admittedly it wasn’t as good as the first, but it was at least an entry for April 22.
In June I will begin my 17th year of writing WFTD. I have written it when deathly ill and in the hospital, while involved in serious negotiations and on vacation. I’ve sent them when happy and sad, and I’ve sent them out from wherever I am around the world including while deep sea fishing in Australia in the Coral Sea.
So several of you have asked me if I would continue writing WFTD after I sell Honey Lake and my response is yes of course I will.
Why?
Because the few times that I have tried to retire, the Lord has chastised me and told me to get back to work. I realize that most don’t agree with what I write every day and perhaps most days it means little to you if you even read it, but I do get responses every day from folks that WFTD touched that particular day. Many tell me that my words are just what they needed to hear and wondered if I happened to be writing about them and wondering how I knew what was going on in their life.
Is not this just another expression of how much God loves us? He even uses a simpleton like me and my simple musings to tell you how much He loves you and to inspire you to be all you can be.
I didn’t shoot my computer though I felt like it. I’m not ditching my phone because I cannot send a text to a buddy. I’m not going to stop sending WFTD because I’m tired or sick, or in pain, or grieving for a loved one; I’m just going to persevere.
When I pass on and enter heaven I will at long last be free from it and enjoy the rest provided by Christ. Until then, I’ll just keep on keeping on and I hope you will too.
Romans 5:4
And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
April 23, 2015 – Click here to listen