HANDS FREE

Today's reading: Ecclesiastes 1-2

"...While still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness..." Ecclesiastes 2:3 NLT

I'll share what I am prone to do, not as an example for you to follow--but as a warning against what you should look out for in your own life.

I'm in my Bible a lot. I'm reading it. Studying it. Referencing it in notes I send folks. I mark my Bibles with notes and highlighted passages. I re-write verses, to get it from the vision to the fingers.

I admit, I keep a Bible in my desk at work. A Bible on my coffee table--open. A Bible beside me at my prayer chair. I Bible propped up beside me as I write these devotions. I usually even have a Bible in my purse, if I know I'm going to have some down time--like in a waiting room.

I'd like to think I'm seeking wisdom from the pages of God's Word.

Until Solomon brought that thought to a screeching halt.

Like tires braking on asphalt.

Like insert an audio clip here.

Because, as Solomon puts it in this verse, I was seeking wisdom, while still clutching at foolishness.

I wanted to know what God's Word said, but still continue to manipulate many of the situations I found myself in.

I wanted to be well versed in my Bible, but still work my fingers to the bone attempting to work my plan out.

I wanted to be noted as having logged my time in the Good Book, but still leave enough time for me to see done what I wanted to see done.

I was seeking wisdom, but clutching at foolishness.

And it wasn't working out well. Not well at all!

I want to begin again. I want to start over. I want to remodel my time in the Word. I want it to be hands free. 

I want my nose in the Bible, my heart in its passages and I want my hands to be open to all He might give--not busying myself about things that are too grand for me to understand, let alone handle.

Hands free. Yes, hands free.