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Potts Pages - History Making Potential
July 08, 2016
I made a purchase today. I bought a new notebook. It cost a whopping two dollars plus tax. I know you are thinking one of two things. You are either thinking “so what” or you are thinking that I have finally run out of things to blog about. Stay with me; I promise I have a point.
I have always loved office supplies. Notebooks, pens, and file folders make this writer’s heart happy. So when I saw the school supplies going on the shelves today at the store, I was like a kid in a candy store. So, I bought myself a two-dollar treat. Now, you are thinking that I don’t get out much. I assure you I have a life.
These tools of my trade represent something more to me. They represent memories and potential. When I was growing up, I remember feeling at home surrounding by these items. I would sit for hours writing in a notebook. I wrote poems, songs, prayers, stories, articles, letters to pen pals and of course, the beginning of the great American novel. I shudder to think how badly some of these things were written but every now and then something actually sounded pretty good. Either way, I learned at least one thing. I learned that I loved to write.
Even though most of my writing now is done on my laptop, I still like the feel of a notebook and pen in my hands. I use them now to keep up with ideas, to write outlines and to organize my thoughts. Hmmm. I wonder what will be in my new notebook. That brings us to potential.
My daughter was the editor of her high school yearbook last year, and she chose the theme of History in the Making. She used a Winston Churchill quote to emphasize this theme. Churchill said, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” I think he understood potential.
I know that our days are in God’s hands, but he gives us choices. He gives us a chance to help write our own history. We can live out our God-given potential, or we can make the choice to leave our history notebook with blank pages.
So, with Churchill, I say, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it” and might I add I intend to write it in my new notebook. How about you?
“For I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power” (Philippians 4:13) (TLB)
I have always loved office supplies. Notebooks, pens, and file folders make this writer’s heart happy. So when I saw the school supplies going on the shelves today at the store, I was like a kid in a candy store. So, I bought myself a two-dollar treat. Now, you are thinking that I don’t get out much. I assure you I have a life.
These tools of my trade represent something more to me. They represent memories and potential. When I was growing up, I remember feeling at home surrounding by these items. I would sit for hours writing in a notebook. I wrote poems, songs, prayers, stories, articles, letters to pen pals and of course, the beginning of the great American novel. I shudder to think how badly some of these things were written but every now and then something actually sounded pretty good. Either way, I learned at least one thing. I learned that I loved to write.
Even though most of my writing now is done on my laptop, I still like the feel of a notebook and pen in my hands. I use them now to keep up with ideas, to write outlines and to organize my thoughts. Hmmm. I wonder what will be in my new notebook. That brings us to potential.
My daughter was the editor of her high school yearbook last year, and she chose the theme of History in the Making. She used a Winston Churchill quote to emphasize this theme. Churchill said, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” I think he understood potential.
I know that our days are in God’s hands, but he gives us choices. He gives us a chance to help write our own history. We can live out our God-given potential, or we can make the choice to leave our history notebook with blank pages.
So, with Churchill, I say, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it” and might I add I intend to write it in my new notebook. How about you?
“For I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power” (Philippians 4:13) (TLB)
Sue
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