Sometimes it’s best to procrastinate.
by Andy Scheer
Eight weeks ago I got an assignment for a week of devotional articles. I scanned the assigned portions of Scripture and confirmed they all fit the theme the editor wanted me to address. But beyond placing the verses into each day’s devotional format, I set the project aside.
A month ago when I had some spare time, I reviewed the passages again. Again, no ideas sprang to mind for what I’d write. So I turned to another project and promised myself I’d work on the devotions this week.
Come this morning,
my time has run out.
Come this morning, my procrastination time has run out. I need to write not only a 1,500-word magazine piece, but also my February 2016 devotions.
So I again opened the project file. But this time my eye fell on a different verse in the passage of Scripture than the one I’d highlighted a few weeks back.
I thought of the conversation my wife and I had recently enjoyed with old friends—people we’d known thirty years ago and had just seen for the first time in a dozen years. Our experience with them would serve as a great illustration for a devotion on this passage of Scripture.
Why couldn’t I have thought of that a month ago? Simple. A month ago, I hadn’t seen them for a dozen years—and we hadn’t had that experience.
That’s one devotion down and six more to go. I just hope the other six aren’t also ones I’m not yet ready to write.
