what a crazy week it's been!! i journaled about it forever in the van ride back today (sunday) and more will come later. but def. not tonight.
for all 3 of you who keep up with this, this blog may be the best and the worst thing i've done- at the same time. if it took you 5 minutes to read, it probably took me 10 times as long to write. but i really feel like this could substitute for therapy. it's cheaper, too!
i would love to write more about the wedding, but my brain is about to shut down 'cause i'm so blasted tired.
so i've decided to make this an audience participation note- ha ha! now it's YOUR job to help me in my own little therapy session!!!
the reason is this: not to use this as an excuse, but with as busy as i am i have a really hard time getting my little Bible reading in each day. a friend said she often writes down verses and sticks them in her scrub pocket so that even if she can't even read it, she is at least reminded of its and His presence all throughout the day.
SO… i'd like to make a collection of encouraging/uplifting/etc Bible verses to carry with me. i will go first and say that my new-favorite Bible verse is Ephesians 3:14-21. it's pretty blasted awesome- you should read it and think about Paul praying for you to somehow be able to understand the non-understandable with the understanding that this impossibility is going to happen.
i absolutely must get away from this and put myself to bed before i pass out on the living room floor, but i would definitely love suggestions to be shared!! thank you for all the friendship and support you've been- all of you!!
***i actually wrote this last night, but couldn't figure out why this thing wasn't letting me add another post... got it!!***
Isaiah 49:4
ReplyDeleteBut I said, "I have labored to no purpose;
I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing.
Yet what is due me is in the LORD's hand,
and my reward is with my God."
This was pretty much the verse that inexplicably came into my mind when I'd been at one of the most depressing moments of my life... (Close to 7-8 years ago, now...) At the time, not being particularly well versed among the OT books, I had humorously not even imagined Isaiah HAD 49 chapters, (much less 66!) and almost discarded the thought offhand before deciding to search it out anyway... Thankfully, it was just what I had needed to hear at the time! And has since remained among the first verses I'll turn to when all of my carefully furnished plans crumble, and I can't really make sense of things anymore. I guess that I find it something reassuring that God's picture, plans, purposes & perspectives regarding life are so very different from my own... =)
Psalm 94:18-19 "When I said, "my foot is slipping" your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy."
ReplyDeleteThis is a verse I found myself going to many times during the stress of nursing school :)