Author Rhonda Walthall
God’s Sense of Humor
God has a great sense of humor. I know, because I’m one of His crazy jokes. You see, for years I wanted to be a writer, but one day God distinctly told me that it wasn’t my time because I didn’t have anything to say yet. It wasn’t exactly what I wanted to hear, but what came next was truly outrageous.
The psychiatric department in which I worked experienced some conflict between staff. That’s when God prompted me to write for the bathroom wall. Though it wasn’t what I envisioned, I decided not to argue with the Almighty. I grabbed a poster board and wrote out what I hoped would be a message of healing. Sheepishly I sneaked into the bathroom to post my writing.
A coworker amazed me when he approached with misty eyes and asked if I had written the poster. In our department staff meeting, another coworker admonished the entire department to head to the bathroom if anyone needed encouragement. Some even admitted to taking patients’ family members in to read the wall.
God is telling me to write again—this time a story about a very disturbed young lady and the hope she finds through dying. I can’t wait to see what He does with my writing this time.