26 Letters Say It All

Oct 11 – Why Write Poetry?

I love words.  I have always loved words.  I love learning about language and thinking about how it’s used and considering how it makes other people feel.  What an incredible gift God gave us when He gave us a way to express ourselves!  I wish I could write for you (and for myself!) some poem in this moment to illustrate it all.  But for me, poetry comes from the heart more than the mind.

Do you ever take the time to write?  Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, just to write things down…It is how I think.  It is how I dream.  It is how God whispers to me.  And it is so rarely anything more than conversational, but there it is, me and God, on paper, for the world – or just me – to see.

I love the verse for today – “The right word at the right time is like precious gold set in silver.”  That has been true in my life so many times when God has used His word or used a person in my life to speak words to me that change my mood for the day or change the way I see things.  Similarly, consider that someday when you don’t even know it, you may be used to speak truth or joy into someone else’s life.  Remember the power in your words.  They can kill or heal, break or mend.

Write a psalm today.  Write just a few lines to God expressing how you feel, no matter what that is – excited, depressed, joyful, anxious, or angry.  God receives all our emotions and has given us words with which to share them with Him.  Praise God for this language we share.