It's been a busy year. There have been lots of projects, lots of writing, lots of changes - lots of lots of things. I find myself in the second half of the year marveling at the twists and turns of events and how much I have and haven't accomplished with these days.
In all of this the one constant has been the Word and the sweetness of the presence of the Lord.
I am reading slowly, carefully through the Epistles trying not to view them through my education or experience and see with fresh eyes. Some days, I barely get through a verse or two. Often, I have to run to my computer to look up a word in the Greek because I get so caught up in needing to understand what God is trying to say. I find myself thinking, pondering, talking with the Lord about what I read.
It has been a somewhat solitary journey, though not intentionally so.
I meet with the Lord in the morning with my cup of tea. I come awake with Him and these words He has placed before me but I find something missing. I want to talk about what I read, ponder it with someone, ask how it changes us and renews our minds before the day takes over and I forget what He told me. Before the writing and projects and events of the day.
There is a feast of the Word in my life and I find I really don't like eating alone.
So, here's my plan. Friday mornings, Jaime and I will get back to reading a book together and interacting with it and each other. Every other Saturday I will meet with two other women in a discipleship triad. I will still seek the Lord in the morning and deliberately be part of His body during the week.
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