Thoughts from some Psalms
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Thoughts from some Psalms
| Fri, 02-25-2011 - 3:13pm |
I was reading in the book of Psalms and a couple of verses stuck out to me...mainly because of how they were repeated 3 times within two of the Psalms.
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I think I'll come back for an in-depth answer to the questions you've raised because I want to give more thought to this than I can when I'm also keeping the boys from fighting. (Rolling eyes here. ;))
I did want to share one of the verses I reached in my daily reading just before I saw this post: And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. (Romans 8:38, NLT)
The part that really stood out this time is "neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow." So when I'm battling those negative thoughts, I need to remember that they can't keep me from God. That in itself is an encouragement to get me started on a positive-thinking path because the fear and worry monsters aren't so scary when I have the Creator on my side. :)
I think this is exactly what i've been wanting to express but don't quite know how... I don't know if it's off topic a little or just expanding it.
I've been listening to really old preachers (puritan old) and I think we (as a whole, not just "us" Sisters) don't know and trust God like they did in the days of old. I know that things are different now. We don't have the time or patience to spend upwards of 8 hours reading His word on a Sunday. But, doesn't it affect us? How do we get that assurance and deeper understanding that they seemed to have without meditating (thinking deeply, studying,memorizing. Not new age hocus pocus) on His word. I feel recently like I'm missing out on knowing Him deeper, like they did. I struggle to understand the OT and to be able to read it undistractedly.
Another one I have posted on my monitor (have for years): For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline (2 Tim 1:7, NIV I think)
I don't know if my ramblings are meaning anything but i did want to also share something that my pastor talked about this Sunday--he said that sometimes we pray for God to do something, when really, it's something WE should be doing. For example, praying for God to reach out to someone, yet doing nothing to reach out to them (if that makes sense) So that's somewhat off topic, but i do think that to be more like God and to know God more, we do need to put actions behind prayers and reach out to others.
Ok, so that was off topic but for some reason i felt i wanted to share that lol
I'm so with you on this, Heather!
"If we don't read God's word we have no idea about Him, His ability or His character. If we don't ask for it, and communicate with Him, He won't force us to learn it, or bless us with it. If we don't act on what we then know as truth, we will never be changed to be more like Him."
Amen!
This is something I actually learned from doing the National Novel Writing Month in November. If I managed for one month to write an average of 1700 each day, with two little ones in the house and making all the meals most days as well plus grocery shopping and other errands... There's something wrong with my time management normally!
I've gotten better since then, but there's still more time available that can be spent reading and reflecting on God's Word.
And I'm also on board, though sometimes scared, by the idea that a need I see could very likely be the thing God's calling *me* to fill!