I'm a nerd

    "Mom, you're such a nerd."  It wasn't the first time I've heard that, probably not the last.  I wondered if I had a sign on me.  I felt my forehead, no sign there.  I tried to feel my back, nothing there either.  When I looked down I saw the reason for the name calling... A BOOK!  An actual book in my hands. Clearly a nerd mistake, to walk around with a book in my hands. Most people these days do their reading on the computer, a Kindle or even their phone.  But there is only one book that should always be within reach, as well as in our heart and mouth.  Joshua 1:8 says  "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. NIV"

    God has given us a book that is better than any book currently on the "Best Seller's List".  A good book can help me or make me laugh.  But only the Bible can help me now and for eternity.  The Bible has sold more copies than any other book, EVER.  Joshua 1:8 makes it clear. On the road of living a life pleasing to God requires a three part commitment.  God's Word is powerful when it is spoken out of a heart and mind that is overflowing and feet that are quick to do.  Power to do all that God has promised.  But like any recipe, it only works when all the ingredients are mixed together.  A Bible can be carried by hand all day long, but if it isn't changing what we think, say and do, part of the recipe is missing.  Only I can decide every day what ingredients I will put in or take out.  No one-else has that power. 

     I guess I don't mind if I am going to be called a nerd.  I love a good romance or even better, a historical romance.  But I also know that the Bible only works when it is not just in my hand, but in my heart, my mind, my mouth and my feet.  So I guess  from now on if you want to call me a nerd- that's Mrs. Bible nerd to you.

     

cloudy days

    Today,like many days in Michigan, was cloudy.  It is so easy to let what is going on around us to make us feel cloudy on the inside. Some days it is easy to let what I am feeling about what is going on around me put me into a "blue" mood.  A blue mood is really a gray or foggy mood. Nothing like the beautiful shades of blue. A poor me mood is really one of the most selfish moods I can allow myself to be in.  But I usually realize before too much damage is done. A day lost in the gray fog of poor me and selfishness. In Psalms 119:36-37 it says "Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.  Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. NIV"  Thank you Lord for the Word.
    When I am ready to step out of the fog and stop thinking only of myself, which can get real boring real fast, there is one place that turns my cloudy day into beautiful blue sky day.  The Word has a amazing way of reminding me who I am in Jesus.  The fog of what is going on in my life, the selfishness, is burned away by the light of God's Word.  Tomorrow, thank goodness, is a new day.   Lam 3:22-23 Says "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. NIV"  Hello tomorrow!