The Feast Begins

He humbled you, causing you to hunger, then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that people do not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Deuteronomy 8:3

I started a new Bible study tonight. After spending over an hour reading, writing, listening to God, and searching scripture I felt satisfied for the first time in a LONG time! I'm really excited to get to spend the next 10 weeks gorging myself on this buffet of scripture and insight from Beth Moore and other scholars.

A few of my favorite Quotes:

"God is committed even when we're not. God keeps covenant even when we don't. Somehow his plan gets accomplished, and anyone who has been privileged to be part of it is left without a shadow of a doubt that it happened through God alone."

"God's purpose in blessing one is to bless many: 'I will bless you'(Gen 12:2) 'and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you' (v. 3). If God blesses us we don't have to wonder if that blessing has further purpose. We're blessed to bless."

"God calls us to leave our familiar spiritual countryside- our ruts, our comfort zones, and every hint of mediocrity- and "go" to a place He will show us."

"We'll find that Abram was deeply flawed just as we are, but we'll also find that faith and obedience went a long way."

Abram set out on his journey from mesopotamia. His first stop was Haran where they stayed until his father died. He then continued on his journey that is estimated to have been around 1,000 miles, the entire time not knowing where he was going.

I wonder if my life journey right now is kind of like Abe's was: left Springfield, made a stop with the family for a bit, and then my 1,000 miles will continue. 1,000 miles feels like a long time. I've made some dumb choices in the past. For a while I didn't want God's guidance for my every day life I just wanted him to give me the "inside scoop" on what job I should have, and for him to use his "super powers" to give me the hook ups. Luckily God always keeps his side of the covenant even when we get off track. God in all his grace and love has taken my hand again and is leading me day to day on my 1,000 miles. He's so good.