A Thought I Didn’t See Coming

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

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.

Un Pensamiento Que No Esperaba

“Porque yo sé los planes que tengo para ustedes…” — Jeremías 29:11

Durante ese tiempo…

tenía más horas de las que estaba acostumbrado.

Al principio, no sabía qué hacer con ellas.

Pero en medio de esos días tranquilos…

llegó un pensamiento.

No lo estaba buscando.

No lo había planeado.

Simplemente apareció…

y no se fue.

La idea de escribir un libro.

No tenía experiencia.
No tenía un plan.

Pero el pensamiento regresaba…
una y otra vez.

Y entonces recordé algo.

Había comenzado algo tiempo atrás…

y lo había dejado.

Lo había olvidado.

Pero ahora…

ya no parecía coincidencia.