Bible in Hand....

My husband comes to our bedroom Bible in hand and asks to share a few minutes with me.  I know it is important.  He lays his Bible gently in front of me and says his words…thoughts he has had on his mind for a few days.  I sense this is more than just important, it is paramount to his life that I listen.

He directs me to a passage and waits.

He waits for me to read and then re-read what only God can say to me but that which my husband wants me to understand he feels as well.

It is a powerful passage….it speaks of my and Ian’s journey.

It speaks of how we are to live the balance of our days.

It conveys a message...important words

Which carry weight because of their author…..God.

I have lived on the milk of God’s word for too long, far too long.

I am called to live on the meat instead, but it is a difficult thing to do.

Simple it is to do what a person’s heart wants to do and hard it is to do what the heart of God would require.

A sibling told me recently that “God does not promise us happiness, Sissy, in our life”….and, he was right.  I agreed with him right there and then.  I knew already.

I still know that God does not promise us happiness.  Nor does God call us to happiness…He calls us to Holiness.

But, how does one know Holiness when one sees it?  It is tangible?  Can you grow it?

satan delights in blinding us with our fears. It is his great joy to pull us into a venue where we rely on self and not on HIM.  It is satan’s job to grow doubt, and fatigue and worthlessness.  satan beats us to the point we are desperate and yet do not know for what.

That is why laying down your Bible in front of yourself is vital.

That is why sharing your Bible with your wife is important.

That is why seeking HIS will in the word is crucial.

It is the only way to shield yourself from growing away from what is Holy.

I am grateful for a husband who challenges me to grow as a Christian. 

When I think over my life and my mistakes and my failures…as wife, as mother, as daughter, as sister…there is much I have to learn, much I would re-do…forks in the road I would take differently.

 I fully relate to that portion in the movie “Live, Eat, Pray” where Julia Roberts kneels on the floor, tears streaming down her face and begging God to tell her what to do.  “I’ll do whatever it is you want me to do, just TELL me.” 

And, HE does. 

There is not a single question we have which God does not answer.

Which is why it is important to lay open the Word and read it.

That is why it is important to be the kind of person who not only reads for yourself, but who also shares with others…

Like my husband did for me.

And, for that, I am grateful.

Blessings on your day,

Lesa