It's a mystery how one can read something several times and feel differently about what he/she has read every single time. Well there are times where I read the bible and feel nothing much about what I am reading. Times where I feel like everything's just going into my head and the elevator from my head to my heart is faulty. Then again, there are times where I read the exact same verses and they come as such great revelations, comfort for my soul, strength for my weary heart, affirmation to my insecurities or even solutions to my worries. It's rhema, they say.
I don't know how to explain this but the only conclusion I can make is that, God is very real and He's a personal God who really cares about the individual. I mean, He is the shepherd and He could have governed us as a flock of sheep. But He does not. He chooses to take intense interest in each individual. I was reminded of the parable of the 1 lost sheep where He went all out to find that 1 sheep even though 1 sheep out of a 100 seems so insignificant in numerical terms.
Everyone shares the same bible. Maybe differing versions but you get my drift... Yet, in different points of our (different) lives, He uses different stories, parables, verses, prophecies to speak to each one... personally. Thank You for speaking to me through your word so specifically these few nights constantly, even though I've been trying to shut You out. It freaks me out sometimes- I could be sitting there questioning God or feeling a certain way about stuff, and once I open my bible, He begins to speak, right into my heart. And the amazing thing is, He's always right on.
I don't know how to explain this but the only conclusion I can make is that, God is very real and He's a personal God who really cares about the individual. I mean, He is the shepherd and He could have governed us as a flock of sheep. But He does not. He chooses to take intense interest in each individual. I was reminded of the parable of the 1 lost sheep where He went all out to find that 1 sheep even though 1 sheep out of a 100 seems so insignificant in numerical terms.
Everyone shares the same bible. Maybe differing versions but you get my drift... Yet, in different points of our (different) lives, He uses different stories, parables, verses, prophecies to speak to each one... personally. Thank You for speaking to me through your word so specifically these few nights constantly, even though I've been trying to shut You out. It freaks me out sometimes- I could be sitting there questioning God or feeling a certain way about stuff, and once I open my bible, He begins to speak, right into my heart. And the amazing thing is, He's always right on.
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