Blah Bible Time??????
Good Morning Girls! Last night I was looking through one of my journals from last year. I started reading all of the notes from my devotional times. There were so many awesome revelations and treasures to read. It made me really hungry for the Word. I got into bed all excited with my new journal and Bible, ready to experience some mind blowing revelation form the Lord.
Well let's just say that didn't happen. First of all, it was one of those nights where I wasn't sure where to start. I looked in my index for a topic that jumped out at me.....nothing. I asked the Lord what to read.....nothing. I tried my old fall back which is to take the day of the month and read that Proverb.....nothing. Then I read Psalm 2.....nothing. I sat there with my pen and paper, heart open, mind receptive, but I was getting nothing. Now don't get me wrong. As I read about the goodness of God and how He is quick to forgive us of all our sins, I was comforted and blessed. It's just that I was going for "mind boggling revelation"....what I got was "reminders of things already known".
I suddenly remembered what one of my Girls from group shared a month or two back. She said "I try to read my Bible, but to be honest with you, a lot of times I don't feel like I am getting anything out of it. I don't know where to start. I hardly remember what I read". I suddenly knew exactly how she felt, and what she was saying. I was about to write my devotional time off as "one of those nights". A night where my Bible time was a thing on my to-do list. A time where I tried, but failed to connect with the Lord. I was about to........
But then I remembered something. I remembered a promise the Lord made to us in 2 Chronicles. I remembered the song I used to sing as a kid.....seek and you shall find.....knock and the door shall be open.....". So maybe last night was not one of those mind reeling moments of revelation. Maybe last night was a night to be reminded of things I already know. I believe in my heart, that is exactly what my time with the Lord was supposed to be! I believe that something I read last night will rise up in me at just the right time and place- to lift up someone else....or possibly myself. I believe that even though it wasn't one of those times where I felt like the Holy Spirit was sitting next to me pointing out things, He was. After all, He did bring me to 2 Chronicles 15.....which is pretty random if you ask me!
So Girls, if you sometimes feel like your Bible time isn't "worth it", or you feel like you didn't get much out of it, please remember God's promise to us. He promises us that if we seek Him....we will find Him.....you just may not realize it right away!
2 Chronicles 15:2 The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him.
Love, patience, and peace to you all-
Jen
Well let's just say that didn't happen. First of all, it was one of those nights where I wasn't sure where to start. I looked in my index for a topic that jumped out at me.....nothing. I asked the Lord what to read.....nothing. I tried my old fall back which is to take the day of the month and read that Proverb.....nothing. Then I read Psalm 2.....nothing. I sat there with my pen and paper, heart open, mind receptive, but I was getting nothing. Now don't get me wrong. As I read about the goodness of God and how He is quick to forgive us of all our sins, I was comforted and blessed. It's just that I was going for "mind boggling revelation"....what I got was "reminders of things already known".
I suddenly remembered what one of my Girls from group shared a month or two back. She said "I try to read my Bible, but to be honest with you, a lot of times I don't feel like I am getting anything out of it. I don't know where to start. I hardly remember what I read". I suddenly knew exactly how she felt, and what she was saying. I was about to write my devotional time off as "one of those nights". A night where my Bible time was a thing on my to-do list. A time where I tried, but failed to connect with the Lord. I was about to........
But then I remembered something. I remembered a promise the Lord made to us in 2 Chronicles. I remembered the song I used to sing as a kid.....seek and you shall find.....knock and the door shall be open.....". So maybe last night was not one of those mind reeling moments of revelation. Maybe last night was a night to be reminded of things I already know. I believe in my heart, that is exactly what my time with the Lord was supposed to be! I believe that something I read last night will rise up in me at just the right time and place- to lift up someone else....or possibly myself. I believe that even though it wasn't one of those times where I felt like the Holy Spirit was sitting next to me pointing out things, He was. After all, He did bring me to 2 Chronicles 15.....which is pretty random if you ask me!
So Girls, if you sometimes feel like your Bible time isn't "worth it", or you feel like you didn't get much out of it, please remember God's promise to us. He promises us that if we seek Him....we will find Him.....you just may not realize it right away!
2 Chronicles 15:2 The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him.
Love, patience, and peace to you all-
Jen
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