My New Year's Resolution for 2012: spend more time meditating on scripture.
I need it. I have days where I just "lose it" emotionally. I get so caught up in hopelessness and sorrow that I forget all the wonderful promises God has made to me as His redeemed child. The enemy really knows how to catch me in my weak moments, so I need to have more scripture fresh on my brain and active in my life to cling to during spiritual battle. Also, for the "good" days I need to be grounded in scripture so I am reminded where my blessings come from and that they are pure grace and mercy! So, either way I need to spend more time "sitting" in scripture instead of only reading larger passages.
The Plan (all goals need a practical plan) :
-I spend most of my "down-time" either in my car or nursing a baby. So, I will select a scripture or short passage and put a copy of it on a note card by my bed (where I nurse) AND in my car. I will leave this particular scripture there for a few days to a week while I meditate and pray through it. Then I will replace the cards with a new scripture.
-I will use the following questions to help me mediate on the scriptures. These questions are questions that Sue Cortese uses as aids to meditation on Scripture.
How do I fail to realize this truth in my life; what do I believe instead?
What am I like when I forget this truth: What do I feel? How do I act? How do I treat God and others?
What are YOUR New Year's Resolutions????
I like it. I think I'll steal it from you.
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