\u201cI can\u2019t wait till I get my license, so I can drive myself to the library.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Exclaimed my fifteen-year-old when we were on our way to get bubble tea.\u00a0\u00a0I am blessed. How many fifteen-year-olds would be excited about having their license, so they can read more?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bubble tea – a commodity we previously drove to Columbus for. Well, not just for that. We would not drive four hours round trip just for tea. We would for IKEA, of course. Bonus prize – bubble tea from the Fashion Mall, at a time when we couldn\u2019t find bubble tea locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After my daughter\u2019s book desire statement, I asked if she needed a trip to the library.\u00a0\u00a0A resounding yes cemented our designation post-tea.\u00a0\u00a0The new bubble teas from Grand Pacific Popcorn and Sweets did not disappoint.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While at the library, my husband, who was a last-minute addition to the trip, asked if I ever thought about writing at the library.\u00a0\u00a0I said, not this one, it\u2019s too small.\u00a0\u00a0I had gone to another larger library pre-covid to write.\u00a0\u00a0I gave our cozy little library a look around \u2013 a second chance.\u00a0\u00a0There were a few tables in the corner that could work, so I blocked off some time in the coming week to return.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day arrived.\u00a0\u00a0My first trip to the local library to write.\u00a0\u00a0But what was I to do?\u00a0\u00a0There are a thousand things on my writing to-do list.\u00a0\u00a0Surely, when fellow writers heard that I was going to take a year off from work to write a book, they mocked me in their heads.\u00a0\u00a0A year to write a book?\u00a0\u00a0Nonsense!\u00a0\u00a0Truth be told, the plan was always to take a year off, then reassess our finances and my book status to determine the next steps.\u00a0\u00a0That reassessment was almost two years ago.\u00a0 The to-do list continues to be long and daunting.\u00a0\u00a0But alas, this morning\u2019s Bible verse and accompanying devotional led me to put my trust in God – yet again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCommit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.\u201d Proverbs 16.3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n So I drove to the library with no plan in place.\u00a0\u00a0For me, a planner, a to-do-list-scratcher-offer, it was quite unusual for me to not know what I was going to do once I reached my destination.\u00a0\u00a0Normally, without my faith, it would even be anxiety provoking.\u00a0\u00a0But I trusted God and let Him direct my steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n My steps led me to the table tucked away in the back corner. My laptop wasn\u2019t even awake before God led my eyes to his plans. I found myself looking at the secluded bookshelf next to my corner table. The mahogany shelves looked more like a doctor\u2019s private library bookcase rather than one you would find at the local library. My eyes searched the titles to see what the prized books were. <\/p>\n\n\n\n MEMOIRS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve read enough memoirs in the last couple years to know these were no ordinary titles. It was a complete section of memoirs. When I was at the library a few days prior, I wondered if there was a separate memoir section despite the small but mighty size of our library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I perused the titles and a few book jackets for something that might be related to my memoir. One of the many things I need to do to publish a memoir is to read, read, read \u2013 especially memoirs like mine. Not just read them, analyze them, and compare them to my memoir in the book proposal I will eventually send to publishers. Not just one or two memoirs \u2013 five to twenty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Although not a single title seemed relevant, my search led me to the internet. Before I realized my time was escaping, I had spent 90 minutes researching memoirs online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn\u2019t have a plan for what I would \u201cwrite\u201d today. But God did. And He planned those minutes long ago. He planned for the local bubble tea, the inclusion of Matt on the trip, Bella\u2019s love for books, the addition of the library visit, Matt\u2019s idea to write there, the Bible verse and devotional for today, the placement of the table in the corner, and the placement of the memoirs. Hmm\u2026 I wonder when that bookshelf of memoirs was created. Yesterday? Wouldn\u2019t be surprised. Makes me want to go back to the library to see\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n I also didn\u2019t know the content of my next blog. Thank you, God, for supplying my needs for that too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Often, we don\u2019t know what our day will bring. We don\u2019t know what challenges, successes, pain, or joy will come of our day. But when we commit our minutes to God, He will always bring good from everything and anything – even a trip for some bubble tea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI can\u2019t wait till I get my license, so I can drive myself to the library.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Exclaimed my fifteen-year-old when we were on our way to get bubble tea.\u00a0\u00a0I am blessed….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n