it’s about time people stop putting their wants before their responsibilities
I’m not going to be around forever to make sure things get done
Wisdom 13:1
ever since i turned 21 i felt the Holy Spirit pushing me to start fresh with everything going on around me, so as a first step i picked out a brand new Bible today. I’ve realized that in the past all of my Bibles didn’t really “fit” me for lack of a better word. either too big and bulky or too small and delicate, too small of text or translations that did not reach out to me (ie. thou hast readith this unrightly LOL or too contemporary of translations that make the scriptures lose their meaning. I literally spent a good couple hours with my mom at a Christian book/miscellaneous items store called “Salem Storehouse” trying out different Bibles and almost right away, i found the one i ended up with even though i spent time looking at others. Let me describe it for you
imagine a metallic burgundy faux leather cover encasing a gold-leaf embellished Good News translated Bible small enough to carry around anywhere, but with text big enough to highlight and read without any strain. o and it has coloured illustrations too! :P
aside from proactively strengthening my relationship with God i got my bible so i can learn more about being a man, a leader, a brother, a friend, a mentor, etc. lately i’ve been feeling very inadequate and don’t know why. when people would come to me with their life problems or situations in their life where they need help, i can’t help but feel unprepared to answer them confidently because honestly, without reading the Bible i couldn’t have been. I’ve read the new testament devotedly last year, but this time i’m challenging myself to read it in its entirely, not only once, but several times, simply to study it and to learn from it.
along with other do-dadsi also picked up a 100-day devotional prayerbook entitled “Prayers of a righteous man”, but that’ll be for another time
it’s funny and rad that my mom, without hesitation, offered to pay for all of the things i picked out today. she really supports me in most of what i do in the community, and reading scripture and getting pastoral care and nourishment was something she’s always been pushing me to do. i guess finally growing up is what it took for me to grow up spiritually too!
(the first verse from the thirteenth chapter of the book of Wisdom was where the bookmark was placed when i opened the bible for the first time. I’ll let you look it up for yourself and i pray you understand the laughter i had in my mind because it is EXACTLY why i got the Bible in the first place. I encourage all of you to go do the same if you aren’t already reading your Bible regularly. make it into something special for you! let the Bible be something you will boast in doing, and wouldn’t mind carrying around lol please pray for me so i continue to indulge myself in the good news, and actively deepen my relationship with God)
