Marking up my Bible

 I have seen Bibles that were so marked up and underlined that nothing stood out. I never mark up my Bibles. I never carry around for people to see my reading Bible. It is full of clear bookmarks that do not obscure any words. The colored tabs of these bookmarks stand out so I can reread verses that mean something to me instantly. 

Truth of being honest with God

 But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. Luke 12:2

I always wondered that this verse might be referring. I think it is deeper than it appears. Everything once existed, exists forever. That I believe, is the scientific view. The water boils and eventually in an illusion disappears with the steam. 

The flesh cannot help us Jesus said.

 Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the word of God. Romans 10:17

This is the only definition of how to acquire faith of which I am aware. My belief, that is to say my own belief, is like I am filling and locking my mind so that I am building a base in my faith for it to grow stronger. That is my thought. It means I should read more often, and longer. The body is very short term while the spirit is forever. 

Praise lifts me up no matter what

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved. for you are my praise. Jeremiah 17:14 

Something I tend to kind of forget, praise is important to healing, and persistent praise is even more important. There is no time limit. I think because there is no time. Time is temporal, eternity is forever. The flesh is temporal, the spirit is forever.

Guardian angel?

 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying "This is the way, walk in it," Isaiah 30:21

 To the simple words Try on more time, I answered "Ok" and reaching up my hand, immediately felt the gutter underneath the top of the swimming pool. I catapulted myself to safety from drowning with the sense of water sour in my stomach. Shoved from behind into the deep end of a swimming pool, when I stopped struggling exhausted, I think now I was floating upward when the voice spoke and I answered as if all was natural. I was maybe fifteen, part of a church sponsored basketball event. I do not recall I ever spoke about it until I emerged from my college atheism years. Even then I did not realize what it all meant. After all who would believe what I was talking about anyway? Now I consider myself a witness, and today am witnessing for my own benefit. All others can consider their own benefit.

 

No one between us and God

 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! 1 John 3:1

I count this a great simple comforting verse. Talk about hiding in the shadow of the all mighty! Great for meditating or reminiscing about. It gives us authority to speak with boldness with no restrictions, or having to go through intermediaries. This is courage, the boldness that comes alongside the Holy Spirit.

Seeking more faith

There are many ways to gain faith but I like the best only one. That is, by myself, all alone, reading the Bible. But not just reading anywhere I want to go to the most powerfully written ones. They are the ones I like. There are a lot of them is the Psalms. There is where people go for more. More emotion and more into stronger faith. 

I used to have a red letter Bible, with only the words of Jesus in it. But I have misplaced it. Like many I suppose I read the most when I need it the most. I used to read the ones about healing, but I am fading on that score perhaps since I read Jesus words about the body will not help me. 

My focus is moving more toward the spirit and the Holy Spirit. I sense power in the Holy Spirit. I wish I could memorize more but I have to read. I tried listening to the Word but found my thoughts picking up on a good passage only to fall behind the reader. Scourby is the best. One word comes to me often. That word  is diligent. I want more, more faith and more diligence. The Bible is the only place I know of to go.

One never knows...

      ...when the blow may fall

There are many wonderfully written, very deep verses in the Bible. But it is a challenge for anyone I personally found, who was unfamiliar where they are, to discover them when I need them. One soon can get tired reading verses with little personal background to appreciate them. I myself long felt I should always carry healing verses with me in case I am suddenly informed of dangerous physical situations in a doctor's office. Eventually I learned not to count on the body. .Jesus said the body will not help me. "One never knows when the blow may fall." However, knowing them can build faith. 

The arrow that flies by day

 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. Psalm 91:1-4 

This Holy Scripture I read and reread above is by itself seen alone as a moving revelation of the great fountainhead of power of truth of the Holy Spirit all through whom it comes.

A good Psalm standing by itself

The 27th Psalm is a great read because its' beauty is spread throughout the Psalm, rather than concentrated in short dramatic meanings as in other famous Psalms. It is likely written for David, and edited by him, much like a speech written for a President of today. The Psalm asks whom shall I fear? David extols God who will hide him in the secret place of His tent. Good reading if one feels embattled by a group. The power comes out greater according to the passion that goes into it.

Grace and truth are very deep

The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17

That verse shows how great Jesus is and reading this next one over and over is faith absorping.

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! 1 John 3:1

I am who I am

 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 

15God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’

This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.…Exodus 3:14 Berean Study Bible ·