Since Zoe has been born I have not been in the Word like I should. Each night I go to sleep thinking, "oh man, another day without reading my Bible." I get so frustrated with myself b/c I can always make time to send photos of my zoe girl to friends or blog about my day... but I can't remember to make time to read the Bible. What a terrible example I am already setting for my daughter!
My sister in law encouraged me to read Proverbs. This verse keeps playing over and over in my mind. Proverbs 17:1
"Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife."
This is SO TRUE! It reminded me of how much I love my home life. I love my husband. I love my new baby. I love the way our little family works. I can't imagine living with daily strife in our home. I would really lose it! Matt provides me with a life that is peaceful.
Feel free to share a verse that has touched you this week.... I know that I can use any encouraging message from the Word. (I'm sure others can too!)
I challenge you to read the Bible today. I am challenging myself each day too!
Happy Bible Reading!
Okay, you know that I couldn't resist putting a picture of my sweet Zoe on here!
I just love her so MUCH!! She just started cooing and doing this laugh that is too cute! I am so thankful for her happy times of the day.
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The verse that seems to be running through my mind lately is John 20:29 and it says, "Because you have seen Me(talking to doubting Thomas), have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." It a constant reminder that even though I will never see Jesus Christ on this Earth; it doesn't make him any less real! We have to spend time studying and learning about our POWERFUL CREATOR! Thank you Valerie for encouraging us to get more in the WORD...I know I always need the reminder!
And to Zoe ;0)! She is PRECIOUS...I just want to eat her up! And is that one of the onesies I bought her???? LOVE IT and LOVE YOU!
I am not good at reading every day- in fact sometimes I hit a real dry spell. One thing I did was sign up for an e-mail that sends a passage from the Bible to you every day. That makes me make sure I read at least something! But, the one I was getting recently stopped sending them and changed their format - anyone know of another site that sends them?
I really love reading your blog. I completely agree with what you said about the computer taking up all free time. I am an email addict...and I LOVE to crop and fix pictures of my girls and add them to my website...and recently I joined myspace, trying to find info on a 10-year high school reunion. I definitely don't take the time I should for quiet time in the Bible. One thing that does help is my Sunday School class is working through a book of very short studies and it helps give me a guide to work on each night on my own. I certainly don't keep up like I should--but for me, the best time to get in the Word is about 30 minutes before bedtime. Sometimes that means I'm not spending time with my husband--it's always a challenge to balance everything!
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