Brain, Brain, Where Have You Gone?

Something I could do today
Is write this post in verse
But trying to make things rhyme, they say
Just goes from bad to worse

For after hearse, adverse and purse
I could run out of words
And thus be left here with the curse
Of birds and curds and surds

So in fact I'll try to stop
If that is possible
And start the post now from the top
Instead in prose(-ible)
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As you may be able to tell, my mind is not really focussed this morning. It would rather be off writing poetry, or making up stories, or in fact just back in bed. And I'm running out of time in which to call it back into action. I'm far too busy to daydream.

I have a pretty good brain, when it decides to work, and I'm rather pleased with that. There are lots of compliments that I'll quibble with, but 'intelligent' is a name I'll accept. I am intelligent. I may act stupid sometimes, as we all do, but there's no denying I have a very juicy brain.

So where is my brain today, then, when I need it to be intelligent on demand? I stared at this blank page for at least half an hour before I got any inspiration. And even then it was a poem. I rely a lot on my intelligence to write this blog, and when it fails me I feel a bit lost.

Hang on a second. Cast your mind back to June, when I created my first proper post. Who am I supposed to be relying on to write this blog?

It's easier to rely on God for the things I can't do by myself. It is easier to ask Him to make up for my inadequacies in the areas that I don't feel I am strong. But I am intelligent. Why would I need Him to support me in my cleverness? Surely I can do that without Him.

Sometimes the positive labels we give ourselves are just as bad as the negative ones. I am intelligent and I am fat. Those are two facts about me, but neither of them define who I am. Let's not forget that our true identity comes not from our strengths or our weaknesses. Our true identity is who we are in Christ.

I am a lot of things. But first and foremost, I am a forgiven child of God.