Finding a book in my personal library is hard enough, but cleaning them is over the top shelf!

Dusting?

A piece of cake!

Swish, swish, and I’m done. I use a feather duster.

But when I am writing my WIP (Work In Progress) and I think of a book for reference, that starts a trip down the rabbit hole, or getting sidetracked, or spiraling out, or opening a can of … no, but definitely falling into a trap. I know what you’re thinking, and I know who is thinking it. “That’s just letting procrastination impede your writing progress, right?”

Maybe.

Probably.

Even now, when I think about organizing them by topic or genre, I smile. I love digging into each shelf, finding the book that I was looking for yesterday, and getting all distracted when I find it and by seven others that I haven’t seen in a while.

I stack them up and find a chair.

Remember. I am looking for a book for reference. There is a purpose. Doing that research is important and likely the whole cornerstone of what I’m trying to write.

Maybe.

And since the WIP is with the editor, I might let myself clear off a whole shelf of books and read. Just read. But that is rare when I am in the middle of a rough draft. 

God has a library, or so they say.

Well, for sure He has a Book. I think it’s called the Book of Life. Or the Lamb’s Book of Life.

There are verses in the Bible about it. Some of those verses are kind of … well, I’ll let you decide. Psalm 56:8. Amplified Bible – “You number and record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle—are they not in Your book?”

God loves us so much that He keeps track of where we go, how many times, and gathers our tears? One translation says, “You’ve kept track of my every toss and turn through the sleepless nights,”

This following verse isn’t as comforting, but what do we do with it? Tear that page out of the Bible? Black it out? 

Revelation 20:15. “And if anyone’s [name] was not found recorded in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire.” Amplifed Translation (Affiliate Link).