I did not come up with a verse to use for today. Listening to a book about Hope so I am sure I will find some inspiration from there.
Love to you all!
Tues: So I looked it up. There are 31,102 verses in the Bible. I am pretty sure I am the one that missed the inspiration and direction that was thrown at me. If I did one verse a week, it would take me 598 years and 6 weeks to cover them all. (Well only 598 years and 1 week, since I have published five already.) Even if I only cover 10% of them, I have almost 60 years of work ahead. Time to get to reading and listening! <3
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Joshua 1:9 - Strength and Courage
August 19, 2018
Joshua 1:9
NIV - Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
MSG - Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Do not be timid; do not be discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you take.
Prepare: My preparation for this every week is looking back on my week before. What was good, bad. What song did my brain give me. Where was I weak, strong. What do I think God is saying to me.
Boy, oh boy, work was something last week. I did not do so well keeping my cool and joy while at work at the beginning of the week. Remember last week when I was told to stop focusing on what isn't working and focus on the love? Well, work made me have to really, really focus on this idea, and work really, really hard at smiling, especially at my co-workers.
There is a song from long ago Bible school that was about racing since it was the time of the Olympics. Every once in a while that is the song that won't leave me.
"Jesus, the way before us, we're running now to win. Jesus, the way before us, our eyes are fixed on him. We are God's children, we're living by Faith. Each day a discovery that Jesus is the Way. Jesus is the Way!"
I was trying to figure out what verse I was supposed to learn this week, and then realized the song was telling me. It is that trust thing again! Our eyes are fixed on Him!
See: The "Strength" and "Courage" are kind of hard to miss in this verse. "Do not be discouraged." Stop looking at your feet and the crap that is down there and look up! Quit grumping about things and get them finished. "God is with you wherever you go."
Listen: I like that this verse is another reinforcement of a promise. This one was given through Joshua. My job isn't really too difficult if I compare it to what he was supposed to get done. I am just moving some paper. He had to move 12 Tribes! I need to complete tasks and keep my eyes on God and do what He has for me to do, and stop with the grumpies already. Strength! Joshua was a great leader and he was given amazing guidance from God. We get to be a part of that teaching even without the desert wanderings. I just have to remember why I am wandering around the office. And stop being timid or terrified with the tasks I am given. I have to get these small things done to get the bigger ones!
Do: "Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in that wonderful face." This is the living word. Word made flesh and He is smiling and eager to teach us a little bit of something. Maybe tug us out of our wanderings and onto the path He already has ready. Be courageous this week!
Love to you all!
Joshua 1:9
NIV - Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
MSG - Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Do not be timid; do not be discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you take.
Prepare: My preparation for this every week is looking back on my week before. What was good, bad. What song did my brain give me. Where was I weak, strong. What do I think God is saying to me.
Boy, oh boy, work was something last week. I did not do so well keeping my cool and joy while at work at the beginning of the week. Remember last week when I was told to stop focusing on what isn't working and focus on the love? Well, work made me have to really, really focus on this idea, and work really, really hard at smiling, especially at my co-workers.
There is a song from long ago Bible school that was about racing since it was the time of the Olympics. Every once in a while that is the song that won't leave me.
"Jesus, the way before us, we're running now to win. Jesus, the way before us, our eyes are fixed on him. We are God's children, we're living by Faith. Each day a discovery that Jesus is the Way. Jesus is the Way!"
I was trying to figure out what verse I was supposed to learn this week, and then realized the song was telling me. It is that trust thing again! Our eyes are fixed on Him!
See: The "Strength" and "Courage" are kind of hard to miss in this verse. "Do not be discouraged." Stop looking at your feet and the crap that is down there and look up! Quit grumping about things and get them finished. "God is with you wherever you go."
Listen: I like that this verse is another reinforcement of a promise. This one was given through Joshua. My job isn't really too difficult if I compare it to what he was supposed to get done. I am just moving some paper. He had to move 12 Tribes! I need to complete tasks and keep my eyes on God and do what He has for me to do, and stop with the grumpies already. Strength! Joshua was a great leader and he was given amazing guidance from God. We get to be a part of that teaching even without the desert wanderings. I just have to remember why I am wandering around the office. And stop being timid or terrified with the tasks I am given. I have to get these small things done to get the bigger ones!
Do: "Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in that wonderful face." This is the living word. Word made flesh and He is smiling and eager to teach us a little bit of something. Maybe tug us out of our wanderings and onto the path He already has ready. Be courageous this week!
Love to you all!
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Matthew 6:34 - Don't Worry
August 12, 2018
Matthew 6:34
NIV - Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
MSG - Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
I chose this verse because all week I have had a song stuck in my head that Beth True used to sing a lot. I did tell her not so long ago that I loved this song and remember her singing it, though I do not know the name. Maybe "The Brush". I will look it up later. The words I sang over and over this week are:
We have this moment to hold in our hands and to touch as it slips through our fingers like sand.
Yesterday's gone and tomorrow may never come, but we have this moment today.
I lean on this, along with the promise of peace and the promise that tomorrow is not mine to worry about. Sometimes I am a lot clingy to that, desperately clutching a life saver as the world churns around me, choosing to sing in the middle of chaos. Which, truth be told, sometimes annoys even me, but I am not sure how else to breathe.
Since I know the NIV version of this verse pretty well, there was nothing new that stuck out to me in reading other than CHILL OUT ALREADY like it always does. I do like the Message version of this verse. I like that it says not just to not worry but to focus on God's today work.
To make each verse come alive, to be a Living Word, I try to envision Jesus telling me His message in the verse in real live words. Today, He came to me grinning like a little kid and pointed to the flowers, "Aren't they beautiful!" And to the sky, "Is that the best blue you have ever seen?" And to me with a grin and a huge hug, "You are my perfect child."
Is this what it means to be child-like in our faith? To stop focusing on what isn't working and start focusing on the love that is right in front of us? I had to work extra hard this week to hang onto the promised "My Peace". I had to focus and pray for joy in the moment, and give a prayer of thanks that tomorrow is not my choice. And maybe that is why "We have this moment" was stuck in my head so much (over and over and over again. Good thing it is a good song!) this week.
I am a little unsure about whether or not I am "doing it right" when it comes to Lectio Divina. Is anyone else having a different insight, a different idea on what is being said or what should be seen or heard in the verses, or if there is a level that is missing? I like how it feels each Sunday and through the week, but I want to make sure I am not missing the big picture, point, etc.
Love to you all!
(Ok. So not really a surprise is that the song is a Gaither song called, "We have this Moment". And "The Brush" is also an awesome song, sung by Ben Speer, written by Chuck Milhuff, Beth also sang. You all look those up and listen!)
Matthew 6:34
NIV - Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
MSG - Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
I chose this verse because all week I have had a song stuck in my head that Beth True used to sing a lot. I did tell her not so long ago that I loved this song and remember her singing it, though I do not know the name. Maybe "The Brush". I will look it up later. The words I sang over and over this week are:
We have this moment to hold in our hands and to touch as it slips through our fingers like sand.
Yesterday's gone and tomorrow may never come, but we have this moment today.
I lean on this, along with the promise of peace and the promise that tomorrow is not mine to worry about. Sometimes I am a lot clingy to that, desperately clutching a life saver as the world churns around me, choosing to sing in the middle of chaos. Which, truth be told, sometimes annoys even me, but I am not sure how else to breathe.
Since I know the NIV version of this verse pretty well, there was nothing new that stuck out to me in reading other than CHILL OUT ALREADY like it always does. I do like the Message version of this verse. I like that it says not just to not worry but to focus on God's today work.
To make each verse come alive, to be a Living Word, I try to envision Jesus telling me His message in the verse in real live words. Today, He came to me grinning like a little kid and pointed to the flowers, "Aren't they beautiful!" And to the sky, "Is that the best blue you have ever seen?" And to me with a grin and a huge hug, "You are my perfect child."
Is this what it means to be child-like in our faith? To stop focusing on what isn't working and start focusing on the love that is right in front of us? I had to work extra hard this week to hang onto the promised "My Peace". I had to focus and pray for joy in the moment, and give a prayer of thanks that tomorrow is not my choice. And maybe that is why "We have this moment" was stuck in my head so much (over and over and over again. Good thing it is a good song!) this week.
I am a little unsure about whether or not I am "doing it right" when it comes to Lectio Divina. Is anyone else having a different insight, a different idea on what is being said or what should be seen or heard in the verses, or if there is a level that is missing? I like how it feels each Sunday and through the week, but I want to make sure I am not missing the big picture, point, etc.
Love to you all!
(Ok. So not really a surprise is that the song is a Gaither song called, "We have this Moment". And "The Brush" is also an awesome song, sung by Ben Speer, written by Chuck Milhuff, Beth also sang. You all look those up and listen!)
Sunday, August 5, 2018
John 14:27 - My Peace
August 5, 2018
John 14:27
NIV - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
MSG - That's my parting gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left - feeling abandoned, bereft. So don't be upset. Don't be distraught.
As I wrote this down, I had to erase the second "peace" in the NIV version because I missed the "my". This is the word that came to me as the focus of this verse. MY peace I give you. From the King of Kings, Son of God. He gave me HIS peace. Perfect and complete.
Thank you, Jesus for your perfect peace. Let me have enough sense to accept it!
Joyce Meyer put it this way in her book. It is like we're trying to sit in a chair, when we're already in it. We search in vain and get frustrated. But Peace is already there. We just have to relax and enjoy it.
For the listening part, I had heard loud and clear the part for me. Do not let your hearts be troubled.
Knee to knee with me, I hear my Jesus and my Comforter say, "Don't be uspet. I've got this. He is my child, too." What a hug. What a way for me to feel my burden shared and by those so much more than me. I just have to accept it. Trust it. Follow the promised path and know that I am granted not just the power to overcome the evil that gets in the way, but also granted the peace of knowing I am not alone.
This trust thing keeps popping up. I think that might be my work now!
This week I will write the passage on a little piece of paper to carry with me, but I will do it without my glasses on so I can actually read it when I see it in my wallet.
Love to you all!
John 14:27
NIV - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
MSG - That's my parting gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left - feeling abandoned, bereft. So don't be upset. Don't be distraught.
As I wrote this down, I had to erase the second "peace" in the NIV version because I missed the "my". This is the word that came to me as the focus of this verse. MY peace I give you. From the King of Kings, Son of God. He gave me HIS peace. Perfect and complete.
Thank you, Jesus for your perfect peace. Let me have enough sense to accept it!
Joyce Meyer put it this way in her book. It is like we're trying to sit in a chair, when we're already in it. We search in vain and get frustrated. But Peace is already there. We just have to relax and enjoy it.
For the listening part, I had heard loud and clear the part for me. Do not let your hearts be troubled.
Knee to knee with me, I hear my Jesus and my Comforter say, "Don't be uspet. I've got this. He is my child, too." What a hug. What a way for me to feel my burden shared and by those so much more than me. I just have to accept it. Trust it. Follow the promised path and know that I am granted not just the power to overcome the evil that gets in the way, but also granted the peace of knowing I am not alone.
This trust thing keeps popping up. I think that might be my work now!
This week I will write the passage on a little piece of paper to carry with me, but I will do it without my glasses on so I can actually read it when I see it in my wallet.
Love to you all!
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