I worked on a project this week that
took me on a trek through my Bible, reading verses from several books. As I flipped
through the pages, I noticed the growing number of verses marked throughout my
Bible as holding significance for me on different days for different reasons.
Finding
those verses reminded me that there is beauty in living in the same Bible for a
while, and an equal beauty in changing Bibles every few years. I love studying
from the same one long enough to establish the chronicle of how verses have
meant something to my life story in a season. And I love seeing the testimony of
different seasons as chronicled in different Bibles.
I
found verses texted and emailed to me from friends who walked with me through a
particular part of my journey. (I remember sending one of those verses back to
a friend a full year after she had sent it to me, which allowed me to walk with
her through her difficulty as she had done for me in mine.)
I
found verses I had read in Bible study or daily devotions that seemed sent straight
from the Lord as a gift, and I had written the dates and scenarios beside them
to remind me what they meant to me.
I
found verses I prayed over a person God brought to our lives for a very short
season. Even though our journeys weren’t meant to intersect for long, I pray
for him each time I see his name beside one of those verses.
It
was such a sweet gift to me this week because it was a fresh reminder of how
absolutely faithful God is to provide peace and comfort to my heart in every single
season. He’s no different today than he was on any of the dates I marked beside
the verses. He cares as much today. He is moving and working as diligently today.
Maybe
you also mark verses in your Bible, but if you don’t do it because you don’t
like to mark in your Bible, I sure hope you’re keeping a chronicle of them
somewhere. It’s such a great record of your faith story – your testimony.
And
one day – whether soon or way down the road – you might have the chance to talk
to one of your children or grandchildren, or even a friend, and you can point to
a verse and a date and share the story of what happened in your life and how those
holy words carried you through that time! Maybe that story will end up encouraging
them in the moment they need it most!
I’m
so glad for every single date I marked and every single verse that marked me!
No comments:
Post a Comment