You know my favorite thing about reading the Bible? It's alive.
Different verses strike me in different ways at different times, and almost all of them require multiple re-readings and much prayer in the same sitting.
As much time as I'd spent with the bible (mostly New Testament) before accepting Christ, I never knew that. I never felt it. So now, I treasure it. I love the way that I can spend minute after minute after minute on the same sentence, poring over it in my heart and mind, feeling it.
I love that when I close my eyes, His words pound insistently, or softly soothe, or outright shock me.
I love that when I surrendered, He captured, and I'll live with Him forever. In the fullness of that reality.
Truly, non-ironically, without sarcasm....praise God.
imperfect and seeking Him
About Me
- ab
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- "I recently moved to Springfield, MO from the Chicago area, and now find myself trying to find a church. This blog is a testament to that task." That used to be true! And it's so iconic to me that I couldn't get rid of it. The update: God helped me find a church, then he helped me find himself, then I got cancer and moved back home to Chicago-area. Then I fell in love and moved to Pittsburgh. And now I live there with my husband who is working towards being ordained, as I serve the city's homeless population, and watch too much Netflix. I'm a work in progress. I don't agree with every word I've ever written in this blog. God is always working.
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