Some Lessons Take Longer to Learn
Two days ago my computer crashed with 10,ooo NEW words written on my WIP, not to mention a revised synopsis. And I didn’t back up my work.
You’d think I’d have learned by now, but I didn’t. I hope this is the LAST time I have to learn this lesson. I know I just need to get into the habit of backing up my work. And you can bet the next time I work on something, it will be backed up, emailed, zip drived and yahooed! There’s really no excuse for me not to follow through on this.
Why can’t other lessons be learned so quickly? Somethings God keeps teaching me over and over again, and it’s not that I don’t want to learn my lesson, it’s that there’s a mental road block, an emotional wall not allowing me to move on.
Yet all hope is not lost. If I look back on my life, I do see progress. Though my behavior may not change instinctively, I’ve learned some of the reasons for my actions. And knowing this can help me anticipate and pray through the challenges.
Some lessons may take a life time to learn. Other lessons may not be meant for us to pass in this life, but I do know this. That “He who began a good work in me will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Php 1:6) , and I shouldn’t grow weary in doing good (or trying to do good) for at the proper time Iwill reap a harvest if I do not give up. (Ga. 6:9) (Itliacs my paraphrase)
