The Blah

One of my favorite books from childhood begins, "Once upon a time there was a Blah....a nothing...a nobody...named Billy."

Sometimes I felt very much like a Blah; a nothing...a nobody...named Beth. 

In the book there is a "Terrible, Awful Jostler named Richard" who goes around smashing Billy's crayons.  He bears a striking resemblance to Billy's older brother.

I have a "Terrible, Awful Jostler" of my own.  I don't ever see him, but I hear his voice when I step out of my comfort zone and try something risky.  This happens when I sit down to write about desert times and what I have learned through them.  The voice mocks "Woo Hoo! Look who's an expert now!  Who are you to give advice?  Where's your license to practice psychology?  Seminary diploma?  hmmm?" 

The truth is I have no license to speak to these issues, no diploma either.  I only have my own journey.

"But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even the things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God"
1 Cor. 1:27


"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness'  ...For the sake of Christ then I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities.  For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Cor. 12:9,10)

Are you a Blah, too?  Join me we can be Blahs together!