The devotional I can't seem to write

As part of our work here at FCA each of the staff is assigned a devotion to share in our staff meeting. Well this is my second time around and both times I have been really lucky. You see we are also assigned the topic so depending on how the cards fall you could end up with a topic that you really don't like or maybe just are indifferent to. In my case the first one was exactly about something that I had been going through over the past several months and so I was able to share very candidly and honestly with a group of people that were still pretty much strangers at that point. With this new devotion that I have been assigned for this upcoming week, the topic is Volunteerism. Coming from the great state of Tennessee the first thing I think of is the sports team (and the school) which should make my employer and co-workers proud. But the real theme is something that I am again very passionate about. Being born in to a pastor's family I have been taught that volunteering is not something you do, it's something you are. It's just a natural part of your life and you don't just do the things that are convenient but you make your life work around the things that you are committed to. Thinking back I guess I can pinpoint times when I did it simply out of obligation or duty, but honestly I really do love it.

Back to the devotion....So I have known about the topic and date for this devotion for about 3 weeks and have been excited about it and started doing some extra reading, listening to podcasts, etc. Just didn't want to re-circulate the same information to a room full of people most of whom went to seminary so have more technical bible schooling then I do. Yet with all of the work, all the notes here I sit....1am on the Friday before the devotion and just the starting verse on the final draft. Isn't that odd?

It can't really be writers block as I have to write quite a bit for work and so I am getting used to spending a good portion of each day coming up with copy. It makes me sad because I have some great notes and if I pull them together well it could end up being a really good devotion and I would have to cut about half of the notes. So somehow getting the great topic, that I am so passionate about has caused me to flounder around searching for the answer. Maybe I should have prayed for one of the other choices that at first glance didn't make me excited to talk about (Spiritual Formation, Care or Reproduction).

Here's hoping that before the beginning of the week God and I figure out a way to get these thoughts down on paper.