How do you like our background? Well, after waiting around for a while to see if God would send someone who "does computers" I decided just to jump in and try it myself. It's so pink that I'm not sure I'll be able to stand it for very long. The fact that it looks different is a huge praise, though. I know the banner needs work. I'll have to keep at it! Pray for me. Nothing steals my joy like modern technology.
Let me encourage you to keep at it too. Summer is the right time to get in God's word. Don't wait for a study to come along. Summer is free and easy. Pick a book of the Bible you have never read before. Mine this week has been Lamentations. Before you roll your eyes, let me tell you that what shocks me so often about reading the Bible is that it almost never conforms to what you expect. Not all of Lamentations is sad. There are some wonderful promises here.
For instance, I have been looking for a verse that I had "lost" a few years ago. It was very encouraging to me when my children were babies, but per my typical pattern I didn't memorize the reference or write it down. Last year I remembered it and started looking for it, convinced that it was in Psalms. Couldn't find it, but, you know, Psalms is long. Anyway, I opened up Lamentations yesterday, and lo and behold, there it was! I had underlined it and everything. So exciting. Am I a geek? Maybe, but I am one encouraged geek.
Here it is so you can look it up: Lamentations 3:22-23. Keep going on through v.26 if you have the time, and then come back later and pick up the context in all of Chapter 3. Chapter 3 is so where my head is at during February and March.
Our souls need encouraging during summer because autumn keeps getting larger and larger on the horizon. Soak in it now, and store it up. You'll need it before long.
Enjoy your summer days however you spend them!
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