Tag: #readtheword

I need to do that.

I need to drink more water. I need to clean that closet. I need to work out. I need to start saving money. I need to go back to church. I need to read my Bible more. I need to (fill in the blank.)

It’s funny how unanticipated events can kick our “need to” back into motion. We experience a sudden loss or natural disaster and we find our way back to our Bible. We recover from an illness and make our way to the gym (or quit smoking, quit drinking, take vitamins). Many of us can relate to the dusty Bible lodged in the bookshelf or lost in a stack of reading material. Many of us still have the Bible we were given when we went through confirmation as a child. We took it to church every Sunday. We studied out of it. It became a familiar friend. Perhaps a life altering event caused you to pick it up again, but only while the crisis lasted.

Enter LIFE. Bibles get replaced with text books, the internet, and social media. Our familiar friend sits, collecting dust, contributing little value to our daily life. Your “dusty Bible” might be a paint brush, running shoes, or garden. Maybe it is prayer, ambition, or hope. Or simply re-connecting with people you care about.

Whatever it may be, I challenge you to pick it up, dust it off, use it. If it sparked joy, moved your heart, or challenged your mind, you probably need it. God gives us what we need. He placed His word in our life to guide us because He knows life is messy.

I have been pretty good at picking up my Bible most of my life. But when I went to get it the other day, I realized it had been far too long since I spent time with my friend. Prayer is good (I do that a lot) but the Word is living and speaks to us every time. We don’t need a crisis for the word to save us. It works in good times too.

Are things a little dusty around you? Paint the picture, sing in the shower, go for a walk, call that friend. Whatever it is – do it. Get your spark back. Challenge your mind. Go after the dream. (It’s not dead). Dust off that Bible, rediscover joy, and live life again.

In Christ,