a Heart's Ramblings.

It's amazing how much you can learn in such a short time... this past year has been so full.  Yet so good.  Its hard to say that because it doesn't usually feel very "good"... but I know it is.  Why?  Because I've felt far away from Jesus, far away from my family, far away from the closest of friends.  But because of that, I've also felt so much stronger; so much closer to Jesus, so much closer to my family, and so much closer to (some) true friends.  I've tried to "do it on my own" and found I need Jesus, I've tried to "give up" and realize too much is at stake to do that.  I've learned I need to hand over the reigns to Someone more capable, yet still enjoy the ride. Seasons of life are so queer.  I was talking to another younger girl at Church yesterday, and as she was talking about potty-training their youngest, it took me by surprise, but - I didn't completely understand anymore.  I knew FULL well what she was talking...

http://jeffklick.com/blog/who-ya-listening-to.html#23.U7QjXPldV8E You need to know your own Bible.  That's really what it all seems to come down to!  Although counsel makes a man wise, how can you know whether or not it is Godly without knowing your own Bible?  How can you compare the two to see if they line up?  I guess that's the problem in our modern-day... we're lazy.  We'd rather just take whatever advice we've been given; and then if it turns out to be sour advice?  Oh, well blame the counselor - after all, it was his fault that I listened to him. I need to study my Bible better.  I want to know my Bible so well that I know what advice is Godly and what one isn't.  What counsel lines up under God's Words, and what doesn't.  I don't want it to be easy for me to slide right into a wrong, unbiblical way of living because I listen to "all the flutes around me"... and simply don't the scriptures for myself.