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Charming and I had a discussion the other day about Thoughts. He had been "Thinking about Thoughts." Actually, he had been thinking about Handwriting. Now, I am pretty proud of my handwriting. There was a time, in eighth grade, when I could do a fair imitation of any of my friends' script. Those were the days of autograph books, and so I had permanent samples. When I would write things down, I'd say to myself, I'm going to write this like Janet T*gtmeyer or Betty Sw*ndler. Wow. Hadn't thought about that for awhile. But back to my own hand, I can be really neat if I want to, every letter well-formed and evenly spaced. I can also be really, really messy, like when I'm taking sermon notes. Charming, on the other "hand," has a hand that is really small and cramped-looking. Even after 34 years of marriage, I sometimes have a difficult time reading it. Maybe he shoulda been a leftie; in those days they frowned on that, you know. But, my sons Johnny Tremain and Alvin Fernald have the same hand, and there is no longer any stigma. So anyway, it is what it is, right? Back. to. our. discussion. He was writing down the lyrics to a song he had written, hurrying to get them all down on paper, when the Lord impressed him of the importance of our handwriting. After all, thoughts are just thoughts until they are spoken or written down. Only you know what you are thinking, but when you share that thought, it becomes "public" so to speak. Think about how the Bible came to us. God inspired the writers with what He wanted us to know, but at some point, those writers had to WRITE IT DOWN. How very monumental those thoughts were, written down for the very first time! Now, of course, not all of the thoughts we write down are monumental. Some thoughts are "just for a day," like my grocery list. It is of no importance after I shop. A note to the attendance office after my child has been ill is useless after he is marked "excused" in the permanent record. Letters (you remember those, right?) may be important or unimportant. I have every one that Charming wrote during our courtship, because, though he did not write very many, they were thought-out, very romantic and, well, Wonderful. He kept every letter I wrote him, as well, but very few were actually worth keeping. I wrote him every day, just rambling little things about what I did. We never know, though, who will keep our letters. I could go on. Journals and diaries are treasured when they come from relatives. I kept a few thank-you notes my mother wrote as she grew older. I knew that someday, reading her thoughts again would be very precious. The lesson the Lord wanted to teach Charming was to take a little more time when writing something down. Maybe make your handwriting a little neater. At least, Think about what you are writing. We know that having a "thought" is not sinful; only when we act on that thought does it become sin. We also know that a "thought" cannot hurt someone until we speak it. Death and life are in the power of the TONGUE. So I think we need to be a little more deliberate when committing thoughts to paper, as well. (or to the email or internet, of course!) I will post this, naturally, under "Thought Life!"
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Posted by Pinky Marie