Do you know the surest way to find a lion?  Write about defeating them.   So yes, dear readers, I found one.  Not only did I FALL into the pit, but I let that big cat get a couple of pounds of flesh before I could scramble out of the pit and run away screaming like a girl (which I am – so that’s okay).

I began writing this study at the start of a six-week business/ministry road trip.  I knew it was going to be complicated to keep to a posting schedule, but I was excited to see how the Lord would use this new ministry tool.  I just knew our new ministry page was going to be filled with interesting commentary, questions, and testimonies.

Therein lies the problem.  I studied and prayed and wrote those blogs EXPECTING the Lord to show me their impact.  I diligently checked the blog statistics to see how many reads there were – a handful of opens (mostly mine checking and rechecking the site).   I checked my phone repeatedly after posting to see if there were any comments (there were a few-  thank you!).  Then I would go check the blog site to make sure the post was still there.  It was like I was 16 again sitting by the phone waiting for it to ring (yes, I come from the era where the phone was located on the wall in the kitchen). 

You know where this going right?

After a couple of particularly quiet posts, I got discouraged, and I started to wonder if this is what I was supposed to be doing.  Maybe I am not any good at this?  Maybe I heard wrong? Maybe.  Maybe.  Maybe.   I am surprised David didn’t drown me in a hotel sink and put me out of his misery.

It was right then. Right there in the middle of a hotel room on the night I allowed this blog to be about ME, the big cat struck.  There was no Benaiah in that battle.  Just Lyn and her backpack full of pride running away from the battle the Lord asked me to fight.

David, who is always my champion (even when I am driving him crazy), has asked me repeatedly about said blogging commitment.  I answered him with the same excuses I gave the Holy Spirit … too busy, too tired, still catching up, other ministry projects, etc.   He didn’t push.  He just stood watch at the front of my cave and waited to see what would happen.

I am relieved to state:   the Lord doesn’t just write you off even when you deserve it.  Today I got an email (Not from the Lord -but it might as well have been) letting me know how one of the posts had touched a minister I don’t know in a state I have never been.  Nothing like being stabbed in the puffed-up heart with the sword of grace!

“Thank you Lord for the lion.  It hurts to get bit, but it hurts more to disappoint you.  Thank you for your grace and the opportunity to share your word in this unique way.  And thank you for David and his gracious spirit.  Amen.”

More sessions coming SOON!!  LT