Yesterday I wrote about how I learned to read as an adult. No matter how laborious it was learning how to read well, I also learned to love reading. Sitting down with a good book became one of my greatest passions in life.
This past year has been a trying time for me. I started college pre-requisites for the nursing program winter term of 2013. Between taking a full load at school, working full time, running accounts for the church and our missionaries, and being initiated as an elder at our church its been the busiest year of my life.
What this means is that all these responsibilities interfere with the time I previously had to sit down and dig into a book. Even reading the bible has suffered from all this. Where I used to be able to make time to read through many chapters each day, or sit and meditate on a few verses for hours, this time is now taken up memorizing anatomy of the human body or crunching numbers. I enjoy those things, but I enjoy the bible more. I still make time to get up every morning and commune with God in prayer and His scripture. I don't ever want the busyness of life to interfere with that time. Should such busyness ever hinder that time it will be the indicator to cut those responsibilities as quickly as possible.
This term I cut back to only 3/4 time school and the classes I'm currently taking turned out to be easier than expected. I started reading a book not required for school and ended up enjoying it so much I started another. Last night at our community group we decided to go through a book so I now have three books with me that I'm working through on top of my normal devotions in God's word every morning. I've been spending more time in the bible throughout the day as well and it had been so joyous. This past week has continually raised my affections for Christ.
I'm so grateful for the written word. There is something powerful about communicating this way. Thanks be to God who has given us His word to know Him. Praise to Him for graciously giving us the people who have written such great works to help us understand the bible better and raise our affections for God ever greater. Praise God for the written word.
This past year has been a trying time for me. I started college pre-requisites for the nursing program winter term of 2013. Between taking a full load at school, working full time, running accounts for the church and our missionaries, and being initiated as an elder at our church its been the busiest year of my life.
What this means is that all these responsibilities interfere with the time I previously had to sit down and dig into a book. Even reading the bible has suffered from all this. Where I used to be able to make time to read through many chapters each day, or sit and meditate on a few verses for hours, this time is now taken up memorizing anatomy of the human body or crunching numbers. I enjoy those things, but I enjoy the bible more. I still make time to get up every morning and commune with God in prayer and His scripture. I don't ever want the busyness of life to interfere with that time. Should such busyness ever hinder that time it will be the indicator to cut those responsibilities as quickly as possible.
This term I cut back to only 3/4 time school and the classes I'm currently taking turned out to be easier than expected. I started reading a book not required for school and ended up enjoying it so much I started another. Last night at our community group we decided to go through a book so I now have three books with me that I'm working through on top of my normal devotions in God's word every morning. I've been spending more time in the bible throughout the day as well and it had been so joyous. This past week has continually raised my affections for Christ.
I'm so grateful for the written word. There is something powerful about communicating this way. Thanks be to God who has given us His word to know Him. Praise to Him for graciously giving us the people who have written such great works to help us understand the bible better and raise our affections for God ever greater. Praise God for the written word.
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