I don’t know about you, but when I first started learning how to use Microsoft Word on the computer as a kid, I was taught to “save early, save often.” Now, you would think that after all these years and the occasional disaster, I would actually remember to do this. But, apparently my brain just doesn’t work like that.
I spent over a week working on a creative piece of writing for my next blog post. I literally poured my heart and soul into it, expressing a lot of the different ways that I’ve been feeling this past year. It was something I needed to write. I finally got to the point where I was ready to post it, AND it deleted. I forgot to back it up somewhere else, so it’s now gone forever.
I’m not gonna lie, I was really upset. Now, I may rewrite it sometime soon, or I might not. But whether or not anyone else reads it, I wrote it, expressed those feelings, and God saw me. That’s all that really matters.
But this whole situation got me thinking… I need to be saved early and often too. Heck, if I had been saved early from making certain decisions in my life, I would’ve saved myself a whole lot of time, energy, and heartache that’s been wasted on my own stupidity. And you already know I need to be saved often, because I’m a human being and I make mistakes on the daily.
Let me just say that the friends I have in my life do such a great job of saving me when they can. For real, there’s so much I can’t take any credit for because they do such a great job of seeing where I’m at and calling me higher. It’s so hard to believe that they can love me and forgive me like they do.
However, it’s inevitable that there are times when I don’t get saved early or often. And you know what happens then? God deletes my mistakes. I get a blank slate I never deserved. Sometimes it doesn’t look like a good thing, but this second chance always leaves room for something bigger and better than I could have ever imagined.
Coming to this realization, I’m just like, “WOW.” Even in this real example, my writing being erased allowed me to be able to write this blog that has not only affected my mindset, but I’m sure your perspective has shifted in some way too.
So, continue to save yourself and those around you early and often, and God will gladly pick up the slack and wipe your slate clean when necessary.
-Catherine Choquette 🙂
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