Psalm 119 Study: The Word of God is Sweeter than Honey

Today's reading passage is: Psalm 119: 97-104

Psalm 119: 103- " How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth."

When we devote our hearts and minds to studying the Word of God and learning about Him; the benefits are endless. You fall in love with the Words and ultimately with Christ. It fills your heart so that outside things can't lead you astray. It completes you.  We should meditate on the Words that we study all day; holding it in our hearts and carrying it with us through life.

Through meditation of the Scriptures we gain: wisdom over our enemies and understanding of those around us. We also gain a deeper understanding of who Christ is. Ultimately we gain knowledge of the characteristics of Christ and how to implement them into our daily lives.

The knowledge of God is sweet. It's something we should crave everyday. It's something that we will love and get joy from.  The more we meditate on His words, the more understanding we gain, and our time with Him each day gets sweeter and sweeter.

SCRIPTURE IS SWEET TO GOD'S CHILDREN

Psalm 119 Study: Always the Same

Today's reading passage: Psalm 119: 89-96

Psalm 119: 89 " Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens."

The Bible is a timeless book. It applies to every person, in every era, in every trial of life. Once spoken, the Word of God never changes; and neither does He.  It's easy to get stuck on our own roller coaster of emotions and changing trials and triumphs of life. We forget that God is immovable and unchangeable. But God never changes. He doesn't pick or choose the people He helps. Him and His Word are there for everyone. But it's up to us to allow the Word to change us. 

Verse 92 Says that unless you choose to find help, comfort, peace, and joy in His Word, you will continue in your affliction. But when we choose His words and allow them to root themselves in our lives the Lord saves us (verse 94). He carries our burdens. He holds our hands through trials. and He loves us in our sorrow. 

We must remember that He promises to be faithful in every season of our lives. He never changes, even when we do! We can fill ourselves with that promise and find comfort in His never changing Word; and ultimately allow the Word of God to change us. Change our reactions, outlook, and love for life and those around us. 

GOD'S WORD NEVER CHANGES, BUT IT DOES CHANGE US.

Psalm 119 Study: Our Hope

Today's Reading: Psalm 119:81-88

Psalm 119:81- "My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word."

Hope in Christ. We get into valleys in between our mountain tops of life and more often-than-not we don't understand why. We are confused, lost, and searching. But what are we searching for? If you're like me, your first response is "How can I fix this situation?" "What can I do?" "How did I get here?" But what is the common word in all of those phrases? "I" Unfortunately you can't do much.... without Christ. 

As Christians we don't have to rely on ourselves or other people to get through life. We have the One who knows it all! All we have to do is give ourselves, our lives, our trials, our troubles to Jesus Christ. Our hope is in Him! As we study through Scripture and hide His promises in our hearts; we are engraving His words into our minds. We can pull from these thoughts the strength we need to push on!

The Word of the Lord is faithful. Never Failing! We will be treated unjustly in life by others and by circumstances we find ourselves in; but in those times, don't forget His promises! We should use these trials to search for Christ. Long for His presence and comfort. Those around us aren't always going to be there, but God is. He is eternal. Look to Him. Run after Him. Hope in Him. He will never fail you.

WE KNOW HE IS FAITHFUL. WE KNOW HE IS GOOD.

Dog Days, Date nights, and Decor

The last two weeks began with a box at my doorstep from my favorite entrepreneur! Kristin Schmucker is a fellow believer and has an adorable online shop where she makes and sells: devotionals, candles, notebooks, prayer journals, and so much more! You can checkout her shop here.

I bought quite a bit of things from the shop (and I don't regret it at all!) Out of all the items I purchased this "Give Thanks" mug is by far my favorite for the Thanksgiving season! But I also received Kristin's Psalm 119 Devotional Study. It is AMAZING! It's so full of God's grace and love for us. I am writing my daily thoughts from the devotional on the blog under the Bible Study tab. If you haven't had a chance to read it, I highly recommend you do! Oh! and purchase one for yourself! It's worth the $15!

Last Friday Joel officially finished training by passing his review boards for the Highway Patrol. It's been almost 2 years since we started this long journey and I am so glad training is OVER!  To celebrate, Joel and I got to go on our first date in over 4 months..... Crazy! He has had some crazy 2nd and 3rd shift schedules for so long and I have been training for my marathon everyday and we just haven't had much time for "us." But thanks to a sweet friend who "treated" us with a dinner date to Outback we had some much needed sweet time together! 

The following Saturday we attended a beautiful wedding at Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, NC. An old co-worker and a sweet friend of mine married the love of her life. Isn't this venue absolutely gorgeous? It's an old rock quarry that flooded when they hit a spring. The water is so clear you can see hundreds of feet down to the bottom. We had the opportunity to attend with our sweet friends from Thursday night "small group." and of course I had the most handsome date there! Even the rain couldn't ruin this flirty, whimsical wedding.

We followed the wedding up with a trip to my favorite farmer's market to pick out pumpkins. While I picked out pumpkins my sweet husband also let me pick out these gorgeous flowers. Locally grown, fresh cut flower arrangements are one of my favorite things in the world! and the colors brightened up my kitchen all week!

Wednesday night I had the RARE opportunity to go to Target with my HUSBAND! He hates shopping so this was a huge thing for him! Not only that, but he let me pick out lots of fall and Christmas decor for the house. In the middle of all the addictive things found in Target's aisles, I picked up these beautiful "thankful" place mats for our fall table! They were $3.99 on sale. You can shop them here.

On Thursday, we celebrated my dad's 60th birthday. Isn't he just the most handsome man?! It's hard living 600 miles away, but phone calls and random trips to Florida seem to help. haha!

This week has been full of puppy snuggles and family adventures while Joel is at work. I have a strange addiction for dogs. If I could collect anything, it would be puppies haha! And my dogs are like humans to me. I like them more than most humans. Maybe I'm just anti-social. But enough babbling! Hope everyone has a great rest of the week since we are official over the "hump!"

Psalm 119 Bible Study: Day 8

Today's reading is Psalm 119: 57-64

Psalm 119:57 - "The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your words."

He is enough! We should come to Jesus with our whole hearts. When we realize that He truly is all we need, we can easily give Him all of ourselves. When you give your life to Christ you turn from the path you're on and follow Him. You strive to learn about and love Jesus more and more each day. There is a hunger that never goes a way!

Even when trouble comes we have comfort in Christ because we know He is enough. "He's all I need, when I just need someone to talk to. He's always there to hear my prayers each time I call Him. He's my everything and He's all I need!"

As verse 62 says, we should rise and give thanks at all times because we know Him. God allows us to see His heart and His desires for our lives. It's all written down in the Bible for us. His goodness is shown each day of our lives. In each moment. We run to Him in prayer and praise and we are reminded of and consumed in His Greatness!

HE IS ALL I NEED

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Psalm 119 Study: He is Faithful

Today's passage is from Psalm 119:73-80.

Psalm 119:75 "I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me."

God created you. And God created the path that is your life. And through this journey down the path of life, God is with you...ALWAYS. He is faithful. Even in the hard times He is still faithful. Verse 75, When we get into a valley we often don't think that God is being faithful. A lot of times we feel like He has left us and we are alone. We lose our joy and our hope. But we must always remember: our hope comes from Christ and true joy comes from your relationship with God.

Verses 76 and 77 remind us that God is merciful in our lives even when we lose sight of His presence. Run to Him.He is your comfort and your strength. Your journey with Him is what brings true Joy. 

The Psalmist finishes, but telling us how to respond to situations we feel are against us. Verse 78- "Meditate in thy [God's] precepts." Submerse yourself in Christ. Talk with Him. Cry out to Him. Pray until you feel His presence in your heart and life. When we strive to know and learn Christ, we also strive to respond like Christ. No matter what season of Life God has placed you in, He is Faithful!

IN ALL SEASONS, HE IS FAITHFUL