Summer is for reading. I recently signed all of us up to participate in reading challenges at our public library. We do love to read. Those prizes we get are a nice perk too!
Have you thought about the lasting effects of what you choose to read? Some books I read don't have a lasting effect. Except for the Bible. Every time I go to it, I leave with hope and increased peace. I also gain a deeper knowledge of God.
What do you read when you need hope? Social media posts? Poetry? Fiction? What are the lasting effects of your reading choice?
I believe that whatever we choose to read can benefit us. I am learning that only the Bible offers eternal effects for my soul.
The effects of other sources of hope do not last. I feel good for a little while until I don't. I learned to organize my reading schedule with the Bible as a priority.
When I wake up feeling burdened by worries and concerns, I go straight to my Bible. Even if all I do is read one verse, it helps me. The word of God is true. I need God's truth to guide my thinking and my living. I would be hopeless without it.
The guidance I receive from the Bible informs my thoughts, actions, and the direction of my life.
I appreciate the many ways I can interact with the Bible. I can read it on my own. I can read it with my family. I can study it at church. Each time I come to the Scriptures, whether by myself or with others, I grow in my love and knowledge of God.
It has been said that the heart can't love what the mind doesn't know. I am determined to know God so I can live the way He wants me to live.
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