Your Meditation Has Been Chosen!
I receive a lot of “we’ve picked you” e-mails. For example, “you’ve been selected as a distinguished professional” or “congratulations, you have been chosen to receive a large sum of cash.”
I know the tag lines so well that I don’t give the subject a second look before it gets permanently filed in my junk box.
So, today, when a message landed in my inbox with the subject, “Your meditation has been chosen”, I came very close to deleting it. I’m glad I didn’t. Here is what it said:
“Dear Mr. Mills:
Your meditation based on Isaiah 41:9 has been chosen to be in the Sep-Oct 2011 issue of The Upper Room. If your meditation is deferred to a later issue, you will be notified.
Enclosed is a copy of an agreement required by copyright law. Please sign it and return it to us within 10 days so we can proceed with publishing your meditation.“
I can’t believe it. I’ve finally written something publishable.
I know it’s only a small meditation for a daily devotional. And I know it won’t be in print for a full year.
But it represents the accomplishment of a goal I set for myself at the beginning of the year–to get something published.
So, for those of you who are well acquainted with failure. Keep trying. One day you might surprise yourself and succeed.
