As the title says, this will be the last of this series (if I can call it a series). I had set out to write something every day for a year, in fact, I felt, and still feel that God put it on my heart to do so. I wrote every day for almost half a year and in that half a year something happened; Writing turned from a privilege to a chore. It turned from something that I wanted to do into something that I had to do and reflected it at times. So, I believe that God just took it from me. We had a tremendous thunderstorm with winds that gusted in excess of eighty miles an hour and some pretty bad lightning which fried the internal something or other wire in our computer causing us to have no internet access for a week. (Thankfully the cable company was able to bypass it and make us wireless.) God knew that I was just halfheartedly writing on some evenings and that I felt as if I were chained to this blog but I wouldn't give up so He just pulled the plug for me.
Before anyone thinks that this is just a cop-out please consider that God wants and deserves our best and He also wants us to give cheerfully. Giving isn't always a financial thing, in fact I dare say that money is what the Lord our God wants the least. He wants us to willingly, freely, and cheerfully give of ourselves. I didn't always give Him my best and I certainly didn't always give cheerfully so I believe that instead of accepting my leftovers He just cut me loose of the obligation. I'm saddened that I wasn't able to keep going but I'm also relieved and now I will only write when I have something on my heart and therefore give our Lord the best I have.
