I have been discussing with myself this past week the topic of reading about God and His Word. Sometimes I read... and then I wonder what I read. Did I learn anything?
I remember Gail's mom reading in her late years not long before she passed. I knew she read the words on the page but I wasn't sure she knew what the book was saying.
This is my conclusion.....We may not understand or retain all we read but we will learn something so KEEP IT UP!
I heard Charles Stanley say in one of his messages this week, "We don't drift towards holiness." We won't become holy without working on it. We won't be what God wants us to be without working on it.
As with anything we do that we want to be good at - be it your job, a sport, or parenting - we must work at it. So it is with being a Christian - we must work at it.
SO: Keep reading! Write in your book! Take notes! Make an outline!
This year I am using a journaling Bible given to me as a gift. I love that there is room to write in it. So as I read through my current book about the Sermon on the Mount I am writing in it and I am writing in the columns of the Bible what I've learned in the book about the sermon from Jesus. Sometimes we will have time to do this in-depth study....other times we may just get to read a little bit in the Word or in a book that will help us in our Christian walk.
I'm saying all this to encourage you to keep on reading and learning as you pursue your Christian lifestyle. You won't become better at it without continuing to learn and grow. You won't remember everything you learn but you will grow! What you learned will be a help to you for the day you read it. Sometimes you will only have a few moments to read a little. Other times you may be able to dig deeper into the Word. Just do what you can when you can!
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