Devotional: Writer's Block

I was staring at a blank screen wondering what on earth to write. Writer's block afflicts me every so often.

As I sat staring at the computer screen a line from a verse popped into my head. "...my tongue is the pen of a ready writer..."

"Right", I thought, "I can't even get a few words on this computer screen. Ready writer, my foot."

So I decided to see what the context of this phrase was. Here is the verse.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. -Psalms 45:1

It is set in a greater context of a king speaking about his love for his bride. Matthew Henry points out that it is a prophetic Psalm about Christ and His bride, the Church. The Psalm  foresees the time when Christ will take the Church, as His bride.

Matthew Henry says, "Those that speak of Christ speak of a good matter, no subject so noble, so copious, so fruitful, so profitable, and so well-becoming us; it is a shame that this good matter is not more the matter of our discourse. "

The matter of my writer's block has just been cured.  When I can think of nothing to write, I have only to think about Christ and "my tongue will become the pen of a ready writer."