Revisit

I am writing today to encourage you to revisit.  Huh?  Revisit your readings.  Sometimes I find myself trying to consume as much knowledge as I can.  I want to learn so much, but how much am I absorbing?  

I was recently very upset after an incredibly frustrating day.  I found a passage that I love to read again and again.  In fact, I have been reading it for over ten years.  I go to it when I need encouragement to carry on or when I have been unselfish and ungrateful about my life.  It teaches me again about power and to have a thankful heart no matter the circumstances.  I wish that I could put this entire passage on here so that I could share that encouragement with you.  I can't do that so I will tell you where you can find it.  It is the story about "Mabel" in the book The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg.  In the story it describes a woman who has been bedridden for twenty-five years.  When asked what she thinks about each day, she talks about how good God has been to her.  I cry every time I read it, and I am greatly inspired.  

Another good reason to revisit readings is to be more readily able to share them verbally with others (speaking to myself here).  

Favorite verses that I frequently return to:

Matthew 11: 28-30

Matthew 6: 25-34

Isaiah 40: 28-31

Lamentations 3:19-24

Psalms, Psalms, Psalms!!