Being real....

Back in Bible School, my good friend and I would end our days with "updates" and prayer, remembering those sweet times of friendship make me smile and warm my heart. We would share with each other our hearts and she would always point me to the Lord and His Word. We were daily learning from God's Word in our classes, but it was still up to us if we were going to live by it and apply it in our every day life. Now, years later, this remains to be true. I am BLESSED with God's very words in my hands and yet, unless I commit my ways and entrust my heart to God as I enter a time of reading His Word, the words only go so far. God's WORD is profitable and ALIVE, His very words inspired and so lovingly given to me!
Since I was blessed to grow up hearing God's Word throughout the daily talk of my family, going to church since I can remember, attending a Christian school for most of my education, attended two years of Bible school, I can become "lazy" in my approach to my time in God's Word....since I "know" the basic truth of the Bible....SHAME on me, that is the bottom line...I have everything I need for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3) at my fingertips and whether or not I submit my life according to it is my choice!
I so don't want a "dry" approach to the goodness of God's Word. I don't want to become used to the truths of His Word....Thank you Lord for your Word and the beautiful LIFE giving message that flows throughout the pages. Your Word is a lamp unto my feet, my daily bread, and my source of pure refreshment....may I continue to draw from the depths of love as you mold me, refine me into all YOU have planned for me.

"All Scripture if inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped, for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17
THANK YOU God for equipping me through Your Word. I am blessed and I praise YOU!

My sister and her family are embarking on a mission given by God to "go and make disciples of all nations..." She is a missionary in PNG and is in the beginning stages of building relationships with the national people there in her new home land. She is living in extremely hard living situations, all the while trusting in God for safety and wisdom as they learn the language and culture with the goal of translating God's living Word into their native tongue. When I stop and think of how those people across the world were created by God and are in need of knowing and believing in a Savior, the only way they will ever know is if someone goes....and that is my sister and her family. Translating God's Word so that they will read it and be "trained in righteousness" for the work God has for their future is a long process and an opportunity for God to be glorified in my sister's obedience in "going", even when the day in and day out are hard.

All this to say that, I am BLESSED by having God's Word, ready to give me instruction and guidance. I can pick it up and READ it, there are countless study guides and helps in my language. Everything I need to understand and learn. So, as I wrote in the beginning....the choice is up to ME and whether or not I enter in and learn from HIM.

Lord, I choose to, I need YOU and I thank You for the wonderful GIFT of your Word to me. Every day and in every situation, You are there, equipping me with all that I need to follow and glorify You. What a blessing, thank you.

I am humbled and reminded of God's eternal plan, that ALL may know Him and believe! Strengthen and continue to equip my sister and her family, give them the energy and wisdom as they follow You.
I PRAISE You for Your goodness and grace...