Dear Sister,
Today I went to Barns and Noble bookstore to pick up a book for the book club I am blessed to be in. As I was looking for the book, I was also browsing around. One book caught my attention, “The Phonebook at the End of the World.” I read the synopsis and was intrigued. Oh, how I wish I could read so much more than I get to. I love learning from books. I find that in all books you get to have a look into the mind of another person, and they share things that cause me to think and grown in my understanding of the world I live in and my inner world. Over the past few years, I have come to the realization that in books I find my truest friends. I get to have a meeting of the mind, and I find rich friendship and kinship there. Writers are thinkers and expressors and I need these types of people in my life. My thoughts after I read about the above said book, and as I looked over the spines of many others, was how beautiful it is to get to know another person (real or fiction) through words. Just like you can have a beautiful friendship over letters (I’m thinking of pen and paper mailed in real life), you can also have a beautiful connection with someone over their writing. Maybe it is only one way, but internally I think there is a meeting of the soul with the author, in that you relate to them by their words to you. Then my thoughts went to the Bible. We have a relationship with God through the written word of the Bible. I sometimes get frustrated with only hearing from God through written text. I do have him guide me and push me and pull me back through his Holy Spirit. I am very careful to say that God spoke this or that to me. I think I’m careful with this because I have rich inner dialogue that never stops, and I don’t want to mistake my thoughts with His words. Today, I needed to hear from God. I was having a rich internal dialogue about something that was upsetting me, and I really needed his help. The previous post I wrote here on this blog was what I read today and spoke to my soul right into the issue that was on my mind. “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12. This is truth is so powerful and penetrates my soul. At the bookstore, the idea of getting into the mind of an author through their words were married with the idea that we come to know the mind of God through his word. This is the bible verse that comes to mind: I Corinthians 2:16 “For who can know the LORD’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him? But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.” Due to the Holy Spirit in us and the Word of God in us we know the mind of Christ, the living Word of God. May God’s peace flood you and me knowing that he is always there for us. (I always need this reminder. What I write is mostly speaking to myself.) ~Smile~ Sincerely, Deanne
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AuthorI'm a woman who has the spirit of the teenage girl I once was and that is why I love life, people, and being silly and laughing. I can be mature and grown-up, but it isn't my default setting, more like life's program. The color of my spirit is Hot Pink, and the color of my soul is Teal. Dark chocolate is a health food and I believe there is food for the body and then there is food for the soul. Eat responsibly and enjoy the treats. These devotions are from the heart and meant to help me think and share. I hope that these devotions will be a health food to your soul as well. Archives
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