New year, new me, new lessons… And that means a new bible
study because Lord knows that I need my Jesus every day…if not things can
get crazy… For real though if I don’t have time to sit down and fill my head
with some basic scripture knowledge I feel like I’m missing my guide for day to day
life navigation. So I need words of encouragement from the Almighty to put me on the right path and make me feel like anything’s possible when He is involved. I am also a big planner, a sticky note queen, is what I have been
called. I have to know my plan for the day which is on my To-do list. I have so many to-do lists that I have a stack of them on my work desk and people actually make fun of me for this, KATIE MASON! But I have to have them separated out to daily, weekly, monthly and for home, work, goals and what not....I like a schedule
and I like to stick to it. I also have all of these lists on my phone. I know that's crazy but it's just my way. Haha...So if i have my day planned out, like most days, I have to have my Jesus to light the path and steer the boat in the direction He needs me to go. Everything just works best this way. Bible studies are a great way to keep myself on track.
The last bible study I did was great. Back in the fall of
2017 I started this book Ever After with a church my
family has been visiting. Friends go there and it just felt like this book and
the teacher and timing were perfect. PERFECT is a word I should really throw
out of my vocabulary because it puts me in the wrong frame of mind. Nothing is
or can be perfect, except for God and His plan, and I find it difficult to
remember that. I can run away with that word and its meaning if I’m not
careful. I have a tendency to try to make everything in my life perfect, which
makes for a long fall back down to reality when things don’t go “my way.” So
back to this book… It’s all about the pedestal we put our husbands, our kids
and our whole lives up on when we enter into marriage. We think it’s going to
be a fairy-tale and then we get smacked in the face with the truth of things
really quickly. And it’s HARD to deal with. It just is! There is no way around
it. This book was great at, as we talked about in class, letting ourselves and
our families off the hook for meeting our all too high standards and
expectations we set in our minds. Life is complicated and messy and that’s what
is supposed to make each life and person different. That is still a lesson I am
learning every day. If you struggle with any of these issues look this one up
for yourself and dive in. It’s worth it!
I am starting a new study this week, He Speaks to Me. I am excited about starting a new one, what I can learn and how much I will grow in Christ. I will let you know how it
is as soon as I can. If you have studied this book already leave a comment
below and let me know what you thought. If you have any other great bible study
suggestions leave those for me too. I would
love to hear from you. I like following
along with a group study because I'm just not well versed enough to be able to
dig in and find what really applies to me and my life right now. I also love
hearing other women’s perspectives on what they got out of each day’s lesson.
Sometimes they get something I didn’t and it helps me. Something I may have
overlooked or read past and it didn’t faze me at the time. I have such a
peace on the days that I have read something that I know God put there for me
to see and understand. God can speak to us in so many different ways and I want
to be open to them all, even though I know I don’t always look hard enough, in
the right places or realize it when it happens. I am a total work in progress,
as we all are. But I know one day I will be in perfect peace in God’s house!
That’s my saving Grace and good night’s sleep on any given night of week.
Here is some more bundled up fashion from the frigid temps
here in Ringgold/Chattanooga...special thanks to AI for the pics.
Talk to ya’ll soon
Love Heather
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