Since I try to be as authentic as possible on here I'm going to be honest. I haven't memorized any of my verses. I should call them something other than Scripture memory verses. They are simply verses that I need at the moment.
I have a brand new Key Word Study Bible that I've had for quite some time. It's barely been cracked opened. And I have never read a Bible with Red Letters. This is really neat. You've probably read them and can't believe I'm making such a big deal about it. Well, I can't tell you how it affected me when I was flipping through it. Those words affected me differently knowing they are the Words of Jesus Himself.
These words popped off the page when I read them:
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me." (John 14:1)
I could hear Jesus tell me straight. Do not LET your hearts be troubled. So I have a choice to either trust Him or not? It's up to me to let myself get all worked up about the concerns that are weighing so heavily on my heart. I guess I knew it, but I have a hard time letting go.
Sometimes I get so passionate about what I think God wants that I can't just sit back doing nothing. I don't want my life to change. I hold on to relationships for too long and I'm finally learning that my begging and pleading won't change the outcome. I don't know how to be passive and I'm not convinced God would want me to be anyway. I know He told me not to let my heart be troubled, but to trust in Him and in His plan.
The opposite of "troubled" is calm and easy. I think He wants me to calm down. Sounds easy, right? Yes, if I make the right choice.
I better settle down and let God be God. (Especially this week!)
2 comments:
oh, my, is it ever hard fot us to 'rest in Him'....even though we know that is what is best. I think he just shakes His head at me and says, "That Tonja, won't she ever learn?" I do keep trying.
It is very hard for me to memorize verses. So, since I know that about myself, I try not to stress. I bought me a little notebook and in it I put the verses I would memorize if I could memorize. Then it stays right with me.
I find it much easier to trust my notebook than my memory these days!
Angelic Ang,
The only way I could start this process of hiding God's WORD in my heart was to commit to meditating on the verse I need for the 1st and the 15th. In the process of just meditating on the WORD and NOT trying to memorize it...I had committed it to memory. That was a huge epiphany for me.
There is more to the process and I am getting better now third year to attempt this process. Each year I learn little bit more about myself and how I can make this work for me. It is about about God's Grace in my life.
Angie you are so precious. Love you and your authentic self.
This is a Song I Must Sing. Sylvia
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