This morning as I was turning the page in my Bible I zeroed in on six words and sat staring at the page. My mind filled with thoughts from my past…and my present.
I became somewhat mesmerized as I contemplated what I was peering down at.
I have long been amazed at how my Heavenly Father speaks to me and reveals Himself through His word. There are passages that I have been known to camp out on for quite some time as it seems a nuance is revealed fresh and new the more I contemplate.
Today…I waivered.
Stumbled.
And felt God had challenged me in a new way through His word.
I was looking at my NIV Life Application Bible. I had turned to a page with one of those analysis of someone in the Bible.
The six words I was frozen by were
Strengths and accomplishments:
Weaknesses and mistakes:
However, I was not compelled to read the rest of the words adjoining those six words. I was locked into those six words only. And then I knew.
My challenge from the Lord…to reflect honestly about myself and place sentences after the colons.
This is something I did not (and still don’t) feel especially excited about doing. Ever so gently the thought floated through my scrambling brain that if what I do reflectively place on the, as yet unmarred, page is distressing to me … I have a lot of life yet to live. As God continues to mold this lump of clay.
Glimmer of excitement…the clay is in the hands of the potter.
Peace.
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