A Thought I Didn’t See Coming

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord… — Jeremiah 29:11

I didn’t know where to begin…but I knew I had to start somewhere.

During that time, I had more hours in front of me than I was used to.

At first, I didn’t know what to do with them.

But then, somewhere in the middle of those quiet days…
a thought came.

It wasn’t something I had planned.
It wasn’t something I had been working toward.

In fact, it didn’t make much sense at all.

The idea of writing a book.

I had never done anything like that before.
I had never even seriously considered it.

And yet… the thought stayed.

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with my eye.”
— Psalm 32:8

It didn’t come loudly.
It didn’t demand attention.

It simply returned… again and again.

And then, something else came back to me.

I had once started something…
a long time ago.

Something I had set aside and forgotten.

It wasn’t complete.
It wasn’t developed.
But it was there.

At first, I didn’t think much of it.

But now, in this quiet season…
it didn’t feel like a coincidence.

Looking back, I can see what I couldn’t see then.

What felt like a random thought…
was something that had been there all along.

Just waiting to be remembered.