Sometimes I feel empty. Really empty. So I'll just wander around my house trying to find something to do. I'll end up upstairs, then downstairs, then upstairs again. I can't explain to anyone how I feel. No, I'm not bored. There are plenty of things to do, like the laundry, email, feed the cats, read, work on my blog, but something's missing. Maybe I have an idea, maybe I don't.
This particular day, Saturday, October 5th, 2007, I am tired, and bored, too. But it's more than that. So I decided to conquer another chapter of that big, black, leather covered book on my desk. Yes, you guessed it: my Bible.
Sometimes reading the Bible means stepping out of our comfort zone. No matter how scared and uncomfortable we are, we need to be brave enough to learn our faults and correct them. The Bible has a way of pointing out the things we've done wrong, but it also compliments us of the things we do right. I don't know about you, but I feel good after reading the Bible. Every time. It's supernatural, hearing voices from centuries ago.
Written by man, the Bible can't possibly be perfect, can it? Well, the text no. But there is a perfect, God-inspired message inside the imperfectness of the mortal-written book: love.
The Living Word, my partner, and my friend forever.
The chapter from the Bible that I read is: Psalm 48.
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How encouraging! I know MY day goes much more smoothly when I read the Word!
You encourage me to read my Bible too! Thank you!
I love your openness and honest ness. what is it about those times when we feel just blah? i feel them also as well. when there is so much to do, but i just want to take off my shoes and sit on my couch and stare at a wall. it's wierd when i fill that time with God, It always seems so much more valuable, and I feel charged. isn't that supernatural?
i also like the pepsi song. ICHTOOLICHTECH LIFF TICK NEE! DA DA! DA DAH!
It's funny and/or sad how some educated individuals bash the Bible and those who read it when, in fact, it is the truest book there is. Plus, when those who believe read it, it becomes a living document because I have the author speaking to me at the same time. I could read the same passage three different times and each time He might wisper some new wisdom or revelation meant for that precise moment. Some might think it strange that you referred to the Bible as a book of love when there is so much killing and death. But you're so right. When you read it as a whole, you realize He lets some suffer because as silly humans, that seems to be the only time we, as a group, come back to Him. He is jealous for us because He loves us so much. I know I'd die to save my kids, but there isn't anyone I'd be willing to let my kids die for. What an amazing sacrifice of love when He sent Jesus!
Thanks for writing about it!
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