So some of my best friends, Marci and Betsy, and I are learning scripture together. We chose 10 scriptures to learn over 10 weeks. As we spent a snuggle weekend together as we do every now and then, we just looked at each other in the different and drastically changing phases of life that we are in and decided we need to mark this time by memorizing scripture.
First, learning this practice is exactly as hard as I thought it would be. Second, it is remarkable how scriptures applies to all time. It has been uncanny how God has decided to show me that learning his words of wisdom to me is going to be useful. I love it! I love scripture even though I wrestle with it and often struggle to recall it in the worst of times. It is the breath of God to my dry being.
It is scripture that reminds me that I am doing better than I deserve because of a great love someone has for me. That someone being the Lord. This week's scripture is one I have used as a prayer for all six of my nieces and nephews. It is the thing I want for them now and as they grow. It is something I hope they gain as I try to love them and give them advice when they are older. It is something I hope they gain from each laugh I try to get, each tear that falls on my shoulder, and each "love you" that's passed on before bedtime. It's what I want for them as a result of being a good aunt.
"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you maybe able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ-to the glory and praise of God." No I didn't write that whole thing from memory, but most of it did come from the heart and well on its way to coming from both! Well, I am just a bamboo shoot growing a mile a minute; hope to catch you on the next mile!
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