Day 1: At the Scent of Water
Hello there! Welcome to 21 Days of July, and thank you for doing this with me. It’s been a while since I wrote, and I’m just going to use the first few days to shake off the rust. I’ve been ruminating on doing this since the beginning of the year, and I almost backed out because I was trying to avoid starting what I cannot finish. But here we are. Thank you to those who sent in suggestions. You know it’s funny to see how the brain works. As soon as I shared my intention on my WhatsApp status, a few ideas started coming in. I still don’t know what I will write for every blog post, but then that’s the intriguing part of this challenge. I’ll write on everything that comes to mind within this timeline. It would be about my faith, my dreams, my desires, or simply what I’m learning. I’m also going to be writing about whatever you want me to share, if I can. It’s going to be an interesting ride! The posts can be long or short, depending on the inspiration that comes Today’s blog post is titled “At the Scent of Water,” and it’s for a reason. As I was in between sleep and wake on Monday, 29th June, I heard the word, but “there is hope for a tree…” This is from Job 14:7, but two verses down the line in verse 9, it says, “Yet at the scent of water.” And for me, it was a sign from God. I encourage you to read Job 14:7-9 if you can. You see, June was pretty hard for some reason; it was emotionally hard. I was on a good trajectory at the beginning of the year, and zap, it felt like something sucked the energy out of me. I stopped doing the things I normally do, and I was just living on autopilot. I showed up where I needed to be and then lay in my bed watching movies when I wasn’t, knowing fully well that there was a pile of deliverables waiting for me. While I’m still trying to figure out what happened in June, I know the only thing to do is run back to God. I’m like, God, the year was going on well; what went wrong? And little by little, I started getting some instructions; one of them is to go through the Forty Days Soul Fast book by Dr. Cindy Trimm, which I started on Tuesday. I’m looking forward to unpacking what went wrong in June. So when I woke up with that verse, I knew it was God saying, “I got you.” There is hope for a tree, even if it is cut down… Yet, even at the scent of water. It didn’t even say at the drop of water or at the rain. Just the scent of water is enough to cause it to bud again. For me, that scent was what I experienced Monday morning when this scripture came to me, and it was the response I needed. I look forward to experiencing all of it. It’s going to be cathartic working on this 21-day challenge. I can already sense it. As I was ending this, I got the nudge to leave you with a scripture every day, and the one that comes to mind right now is in 3 John, verse 2 (NIV). Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. And that’s where we wrap up today. On that note, let me welcome you to July!. July is the best month in the year. Don’t worry, you can take it up to God if you were born in a different month! See you tomorrow. And don’t forget to share with your friends. P.S. You can still fill out the form if there’s something you want me to share. HerePPS. This is also me working on my writing technique. If you have resources that can help, please share