Wrinkled Music
February 4, 2019 by Cynthia Ruchti
Filed under Daily Devotions, Worship
The young man scuffed the toes of his laceless shoes. He stared at the twelve-inch squares of linoleum on the floor of the music department’s practice room.
“Yeah, I’m not what you’d call prepared for today’s lesson.”
“Why not, Brad?”
I waited while he balanced his trombone in one hand and dug something out of his backpack with the other.
“My…my music’s wrinkled.”
It was indeed wrinkled. So was my smile.
As excuses go, it was one of the lamest I’d heard.
Was it too reminiscent of excuses I’d used?
“Lord, I want to trust You with our finances, but…but…”
“Father God, I intended to obey You on that issue, but…”
“Lord, I’d worship You, but my music’s wrinkled.”
It was time for Brad’s lesson. And mine, too.
PRAYER: Lord, I can’t imagine how tired You get of my lame excuses. Help me to recognize them for what they are. Please give me the courage to be honest with myself and with You, and to push past the excuses into a place of victory.
VERSE: “For the Word of God…is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart,” Hebrews 4:12b KJV.
Today’s devotional is by Cynthia Ruchti, writer/producer of THE HEARTBEAT OF THE HOME radio ministry and president of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). Cynthia’s debut novel—They Almost Always Come Home—releases with Abingdon Press May 1, 2010–http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtZb0by984g. Cynthia writes stories of Hope-that-glows-in-the-dark (www.cynthiaruchti.com).
Cynthia Ruchti tells stories of Hope-that-glows-in-the-dark through her novels and novellas, devotion collections, speaking, teaching, and a history of 33 years as a radio writer/producer. Her books have been recognized by RT Reviewers’ Choice, Retailers’ Choice, Family Fiction Readers’Choice, and other honors. Her novel When the Morning Glory Blooms (Abingdon Press Fiction) releases April 1, 2013. A nonfiction project—Ragged Hope: Surviving the Fallout of Other People’s Choices—releases July 2013 from Abingdon Press Christian Living. www.cynthiaruchti.com
Cynthia–that’s a good one! Reminds me to check my excuses at the door and worship with abandon. Thank you.
Thanks, Cynthia. No, really. I mean it. You just blasted a hole in my excuses. Now what? 😉