dar334

Another Saturday morning with study, or because of my OCD I’m actually being led to doing other things, like creating an Excel Spreadsheet of places and tribes in the Bible because I can’t mentally file them in the right places, and then opening my Kindle only to find a topic to ponder about, and then feeling the pull to write about it, and of course my laptop wasn’t connected to the wifi so I had to restart it ……. and now here I am, two cups of coffee later.

In the past, I’ve found myself feeling uncomfortable around people who make references to Biblical things during normal conversations and have even considered avoiding them.  Because of my studies, I’ve realized that I was the one in the wrong and what they were doing should be the “norm”.  And because of a recent comment about regularly referencing God’s word, I’ve come to the conclusion that those who find it uncomfortable haven’t read the Instruction Book.  Again, if I’m barking up the wrong tree, I ask that you find the book, chapter, and verse in the Instruction Book where we are told to keep quiet about God’s word.

As I opened my Kindle this morning I found myself in the book “Defying Gravity” by Tom Berlin that I’ve been reading.  It was a study done a few months back that I didn’t attend and now I’ve felt the need to read it.  God can only help you through difficult times if you OPEN THE BOOK! or GET OUT OF THE BOAT!  (insert a wink at Erin)

The verse that hit me was in the book of Matthew, chapter 10, verse 38:

“Those who don’t pick up their crosses and follow me aren’t worthy of me.  Those who find their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives because of me will find them.”

And then to the study note:

10:38 To take up our cross and follow Jesus means to be willing to publicly identify with him, to experience certain opposition, and to be willing to face even suffering and death for his sake.

Now I feel satisfied enough to continue on to Genesis 25-26, then work on a purse I recently bought a pattern for which is ending up costing me more than it would have had I shopped with Vera Bradley.

There’s always something constructive to ponder about,

-dar