2/17/2021
Psalm 119:105 "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
As I sat down to write this evening, I couldn't help but wonder if my writing every day is worth anything. I check my stats every so often, and I do not have a lot of people reading this blog daily. People tend to read it a bit more frequently, however, the days my husband posts it to his Facebook page. Does my lack of readership get discouraging? I guess sometimes it does. After all, I am human and I crave interaction, especially now when everything is still so quiet in life. When I get a comment on a post, it is encouraging to my soul and brings me great joy.
So why am I still here? Why do I still sit down at the appointed hour every evening and spend time reflecting in a very public way? After all, my original goal was to write about Oswald Chambers' study daily during 2020. So what keeps drawing me back night after night when that goal has been achieved? I think the answer is a simple one: it helps me to focus on the truth of God's love, strength, and mercy in a time when everything seems so disjointed and out of control. Spending this time writing brings me into God's Word and grounds me in the truth of it. It gives me something to hold on to when I am feeling weak. It is one of the ways God draws me nearer to Him. I start my day with a morning devotional time with my husband, I have a quiet time of reflection and writing every evening, and my family prays together every night. I am so blessed that this difficult and unusual time in our world has also been such a profound time of spiritual growth for me and my family. It is just one of the many lessons that God is teaching us through this time, and it is the only real way to weather this or any storm.
I continue on this journey because Jesus is my way, my truth, and my life.
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Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
—Galatians 6:9
As part of my morning routine I read the scripture. After my reading is done I check a pair of websites in this order, Verse of the Day and Blooms of Faith, the above represents today's verse of the day, appropriate no?
While I understand nothing lasts forever, and that there may come a time when God calls you to cease your writings, this seems like a great opportunity to thank you for what you do. This blog, which was recommended to me by an unexpected source during a much needed time, has been a great resources for my spiritual journey and maturity. The verses posted here have time and again spoken directly towards the trials I have faced, and have helped God's strength to become perfect in me.
So once again thank you for your work, and God bless.
DO not despair Lehann!!! You are writing because you were called to do it. God has a purpose for it and you may never know it until you see Him again. It may be to guide those who read it to deepen their relationship with Jesus, it may be to pick someone up on a bad day, or it might just be to deepen your strength and devotion to our Lord. When it is "God driven" there is a purpose. And if you just reach ONE soul, and you reminded ONE person that God's love is unconditional and that we should all be focusing on Him, then you did what He asked. I know you have most certainly impacted ME!!!
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