Just Follow the Word

Good Morning on a Monday!! I have opened my blog a few times in the last 2 weeks but nothing came to my mind that I wanted/needed to share...today is really the same thing.  I am reading the Bible and trying to memorize.. know this is something that is a challenge!  I have had the same verse on my bathroom counter for months.  I read it most everytime I brush my teeth and do you think I can recall it when I am not standing in front of it.  I must have to brush my teeth more!  Makes me thankful God put His word in print so I am able to go back to it over and over to receive encouragement and discipline and love from the one who knows our every part! Sometimes I wonder...I wonder a lot by the way... What it means to die to myself...or what it means to submit to Christ...  I know what it means in my head but when it comes to life day to day, choices that are put before me each step of the way...What does it mean to die to myself in the grocery store, at school, at work or in my ho

This is really the last post on Psalm 84, still verse 11 and I can't say it enough that if life has you unable to get to that Bible Study or be a part of a small group some where... spend some time in the Psalms.  One verse can say so much for so long.  I know I have to remember myself, His word will not come back empty!! So, still contemplating the "good" that God promies in our life?  Did you happen to notice the comment on the weekend post out of Genesis.  I absolutely loved it!  He is our shield and reward!  We can look for "things" as good, but I couldn't help but to think, He promises HIMSELF and that IS good!  Thanks Shelly for pointing us up!! I was reading a book by Chip Ingram called, "God as He longs for you to see Him".  I have said it before but this IS one that will go down in the, got to have it pile!  On page 128 he quotes a professor saying, "The wisdom of God tells us that God will bring about the best possible results, b

Why? The question a Mom gets so tired of hearing from a 3 year old.  A question a teenager hates to hear from a parent.  Why is why such an important question?  One word that begs us to "think".  I had a friend this week ask me the "why" question.  It caused me to think and ask God "why".  Why am I afraid?  Why won't a take a step in that direction?  Often times the question "why" causes us to think about our thoughts, our actions, our motives and it allows God to remind us of who He is.  Yes today is the last day I will comment on Psalm 84.  It is verse 11 that has stuck in my head and as been somewhat of an answer for my question of "why" lately.  To be honest my quiet time for MANY weeks has been Psalm 84 and really it has been just this one verse. "No good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless!" Well, the very first time I read it, the word "blameless" jumped out at me.  Who is b

Good Morning! Does the start of school make you say good bye to summer?  Have you celebrated the end of  the summer?  Are you celebrating the beginning of school?  I had heard somewhere it is important to celebrate both the beginning and the end of things. So today we look back and we look forward!  So glad God knows where we have been and where we are going!   Where have you been both physically and spiritually this summer?  This was the question a friend was going to ask a group of believers.  My thoughts went in many different directions as we discussed the question.  We prayed for honesty for each woman present.  We prayed that God would bring down walls.  Personally speaking, If I was asked that question in a group, I might have answered not quite so honestly.   I would "say" I have been in the word because really I wanted to be there. The other reason I would say I have been in the word is, "What will they think if I was not in the word?"  I often forg