Reflection

 

 

Now that I'm just sitting around waiting for my ankle to heal, I picked up my current journal to glance through. My journals consist of quotes that I've read, either a sentence or paragraph, that spoke to me. 

 

My current journal began in my 70th year, and on the first page I wrote: "I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life." Ronald Reagan, November 1994.  I also wrote "Lord, teach me to number my days, that I may gain a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12

 

 

And thus began another journal. I hand write short sentences or type the quote if it is long. This one is from Elisabeth Elliott: "A Christian who is saturated with the Lord, my father wrote, is likely to have a calm, wholesome outlook on life; to be kept steady in the path of God's will in either joy or sorrow, wealth or poverty; he is likely to be a pleasant companion, not voluble in aimless talk; and he will not be overly disturbed by world conditions."

 

I keep quotes that encourage me, inspire me, motivate me and or cheer me. Whether it was written a thousand years ago or this year, I receive the perspective of a man or woman of God. It fills me up. It assures me that those who came before me can teach me as I walk my life.

 

F. B. Meyer said: "I used to think that God's gifts were on the shelves one above the other; and that the taller we grew in Christian character the easier we could reach them. I now find that God's gifts are on shelves one beneath the other, and that it is not a question of growing taller but of stooping lower, and that we have to go down always to get His best gift."

 

Words can make us think and learn. That's why it's so important to stay well grounded in God's Word. And each quote I find that makes me think and desire to draw closer to God is worth reading.

 

 

 

In earlier years I purchased the book Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World. I learned of this book when I was just starting out writing and knew it would be a book I use often in my writing. I love to peruse through it and consider words written that will help me.

In yesterdays devotion from Strength for Today, David Jeremiah said: "God allows disruptive moments in our life that we almost always question or resist because they are painful, unanticipated, misunderstood, and often not optional. Yet in hindsight, they are always embraced for the good or blessing which results . . . If God has allowed a disruptive moment in your life, walk through it by faith rather than by sight--and be prepared to say, 'Now I understand.'"

 

Well, my broken ankle was certainly disruptive so I'll try and embrace it for good and wait for God's results. It made me pick up my journal, and I am rewarded each time I go back and read words that touched me. I definitely have the time to do it right now!

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