Cold water never tastes better then right after you have gone for a long run. It's the "ahh..." moment that makes all that effort worth while and you have the feel good moment. Sometimes when I get into the word I have that same moment. That feel good moment to simply be excited about what you have just completed. Today was definitely one of those days. I was able to talk with my mentor the previous day and she is always really encouraging and inspiring to me. She suggested me to go to Psalm 62 and to reflect and pray through the Psalm. So I spent some time today doing just that. Reading and Praying through the Psalm. It was as if reading through that was like taking that drink of cold water. Refreshing and satisfying and was exactly what I was craving.
Due to a combination of things I had decided to put bible reading on the back seat and stuck to writing out some prayers and journaling. Now I do think that those things are important but I had neglected to actually open up the bible and open a door for God to communicate to me.
It's actually a really neat thing, to pray through a piece of scripture. The first time I did it was actually with my mentor at a retreat that we were at. Its neat, meditating on the scripture and understanding what it means but then using that as your prayer. I would not say that it is any more "effective" no I do not think that is the right word. It's just neat to say the same words of love to the God who loves us more then we could ever do.
I hope that you have the same refreshing experience of opening Gods word.
Letting Him pour over you His fresh, cool, cleansing water.
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