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I’m trying to get into the habit of blogging every day. (Those who do say the first 1,000 days are the hardest!) To do that, I have to write whether or not I feel inspired. I started today with nothing in mind to write so I’m talking with God, and I’m on the lookout for a word.

I started my day by writing three thank-you notes. The idea was that I would get those written and mail them while I was out for a breakfast appointment. So I wrote the notes upstairs and took them downstairs to put stamps on them in preparation for leaving. Then the notes disappeared! The pen that I had written them with was downstairs on my desk (brought down from upstairs), but no notes. I looked “everywhere.” Finally I went to breakfast with no notes to mail.

Then it hit me, “Without me, you can do nothing.” (John 15.5) I can’t even mail a note! I’ve been urging us the past few days to do the next right thing. And that’s good counsel. But it presumes that we’ll do the next right thing in God’s strength and under his guidance. 

I finally found the notes about three hours later…mixed in with note cards that I haven’t used yet. When I put those away, I accidentally included the ones I had already written. 

But I hope I’ve learned something: do the next right thing with God’s help because “Without me, you can do nothing.”