God's Typewriter: Letter by Letter

 Letter by Letter

A LONG time ago, I took typing in grade 10.  We sat down at a desk with a manual typewriter, and adjusting the kerosene wick—joking about the kerosene—we began to type the letter “A” with your left pinkie finger and the letter “Y” with the index finger of your right hand (not joking about the manual typewriter). Boring!  But that is how it began.  Bit by bit, you added more letters with the correct finger and later, much later, you could fly across the typewriter, writing paragraphs and eventually entire letters or stories.  But you won’t forget where you started from—typing one letter!  

God’s will and God’s way are like that.  It seems God gives you a letter—-not even a word, much less a sentence, and hardly a paragraph!  Occasionally, you will get the full picture, but more often than not, just a letter.  Just a sense.  Just a thought.  Just a verse. 

What do you do with one letter?  Keep practicing the one letter until the teacher tells you what is next!  You don’t panic.  You don’t complain.  You don’t quit.  You keep those fingers pounding away.

A. Y.  A. Y. A. Y.  A. Y. A. Y.  A. Y. A. Y.  A. Y. A. Y.  A. Y.