"gracious words are pure..."
Those words shined out at me when I read Proverbs 15. It made me think about purity. It also made me think of how some people stress legalism for purity, and others stress that truly knowing God's grace will keep them pure in gratitude to Him. I'm again seeing the tensions in life, and remembering dear Dr. Maxwell's famous quote, "Keep balanced!"
I want my words to be pure as I post here, or on Facebook. And the thought comes from Psalm 119 about how can a young man (or woman) keep his ways pure? It's by the Word of God. Keeping in the Word. Oh, how we need to flood our mind with the Word!
I just read a book of a lady who went through the Holocaust. How precious the Word became to her when she didn't have it! How she yearned to have learned more, to have memorized more!
May I encourage myself and you today....get in the Word every day. If you have trouble memorizing, go over it several times til at least the thoughts are in your mind. God can bring it back to your mind then when you need it. But to have the exact word of God to quote to somebody needing truth is even better.
Blessings today!
Those words shined out at me when I read Proverbs 15. It made me think about purity. It also made me think of how some people stress legalism for purity, and others stress that truly knowing God's grace will keep them pure in gratitude to Him. I'm again seeing the tensions in life, and remembering dear Dr. Maxwell's famous quote, "Keep balanced!"
I want my words to be pure as I post here, or on Facebook. And the thought comes from Psalm 119 about how can a young man (or woman) keep his ways pure? It's by the Word of God. Keeping in the Word. Oh, how we need to flood our mind with the Word!
May I encourage myself and you today....get in the Word every day. If you have trouble memorizing, go over it several times til at least the thoughts are in your mind. God can bring it back to your mind then when you need it. But to have the exact word of God to quote to somebody needing truth is even better.
Blessings today!
