Yay! Today is the first day of the GMG bible study. My group is studing Ruth and Esther these next twelve weeks. As I opened my bible today, I was so excited to turn to the passage today Ruth 1:1-4. The bible opens to Ps. 37 and there was a brand new $2 laying between the pages. I cannot figure out where that came from. I think the last time I seen a $2 besides getting some from a co-worker to pay for her Girl Scout cookies was when my sister had some but my bible hasn't been near her. I will probably rack my brain all day trying to figure out where the bill came from and how it got in my bible. I know I should just receive my blessing (by blessing, I mean the scripture) and be happy with it but...
Ps. 37: 1-7 in a nutshell basically states to not be jealous of those who do wrong for in due time they will reap what they sow and wither away. But trust in the Lord, do good so that I may live in the land with his protection. If I delight myself in the Lord, he will give me the desires of my heart but also be still and wait patiently on the Lord and don't get inpatient when I see others succeed and they are doing wrong.
Woot Woot! Thank you Lord. As a social worker, I see alot and know alot. I get discouraged alot because I help alot of different people and some of them abuse the help. There is one particular situation that I'm just frustrated about and I'm helping them once again to pay for their utilities but yet, she's getting her 3yr, 7yr, and 10yr old a cell phone. They got all these things over the last few months and now I'm suppose to help you with the necessities. When I struggle to put food on my table, get my rent paid, buy clothes. BUT Ps. 37 is my scripture of hope. Everytime I feel this way, I will be reminded of this scripture and just be THANKFUL. I am thankful and will work on being thankful without the "but"!
Okay so back to the real reason I am here, sorry about that. Now I will not be writing my passages everyday. It's Martin Luther King, Jr's Monday and I'm off and have time to write. Thank you Martin for being a willing vessel for the Lord and walking in your assignment. I wouldn't be where I am today if you hadn't said yes to the Lord and acted. You did not let fear stop you!
Day One
Passage: Ruth 1:1-4
Scripture:
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.Now Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,
Observation:
I observed that times were bad in the land, there was famine. Elimelech wanted better living for his family. Once in a "better" place, Naomi became a widow and a single mother. Elimelech passes away.
Application:
Prayer:I am living in a world that is experiencing hard times and unlike Elimelech, I can't just get up and leave but I can do things to help change/improve the world.
Lord I thank you for today. I thank you Lord that you are bigger than our current situation and bigger than this world. I thank you for your word and how it never changes but you reveal to me new applications each time I read it. Lord I am not living in famine but this world has the same heartache. Lord we need you more than ever. I pray that during these next 12 weeks, you will show yourself to me and the other 36 ladies in my GMG: Rising above group. Lord show us how we can be better women of God. Show me/us how I/we can be your light to people I/we encounter. Thank you for showing yourself to me this morning in Ps. 37:1-7. As I strive to be more positive, I will delight in you. I thank you for who you are and give you the praise. In Jesus name, Amen.
This is my first day and I definitely don't know if I'm doing it right but I pray the Lord will show me what to do. Now, I'm not perfect by any means (I know shocker, huh) but I wanted this notebook to look perfect but as I started writing, I had to already scratch out stuff. I was going to just start a new page but if I continue to do that, there would probably only be like 5 pages left in the notebook and it's only my first day. I wanted to share my chicken scratch. Look how messy it is. I guess it's not about the presentation as it is the application of the bible study.
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