February 19 2015

February 19 2015 Greetings My Friend For the longest time I got that I may be the only Bible that a nonbeliever may have to meet Jesus. I feel it is very important to read my Bible so that I know God’s Word in my heart and the more I walk with God the more I sense Jesus in my actions. As I was writing my Letters From Janet Facebook page I was talking about how a woman was created from man’s rib to be beside him not under him. I mentioned how Junior has taught me that I am valuable and have worth by the way he treats me and I feel like I stand beside him. This type of relationship is fairly new to me. Junior strives to live what he learns in his walk with Jesus and I benefit from this walk. I kept pondering this thought after I finished writing and I saw that Junior lives the Bible the best he can and in his living the Bible my faith has grown deeper. I had never fully read the Bible before I met Junior and he kept pointing me to just that. I have and I am learning and growing. I also find even today I still find seeing the Bible/Jesus in Junior and this teaches me deeper lessons also. Sometimes I get stuck on something I am reading and don’t understand. I pray before I read for God’s guidance on my heart and He answers me with a whisper on my heart and sometimes I find I ask a question of another believer who shares their thoughts. God teaches me through others often. My thoughts turn toward “we must live the Bible for ourselves as much as for other believers and for unbelievers. God seeks my highest good and I am striving to seek the highest good of all I am in relationship with. The nugget I am taking from this is throughout the Bible. I hear God wanting us to live the way He created us to be and He is. We are to care deeply. We are to encourage not enable people into dysfunction. If I am doing this then I am learning to be the Bible for whomever I encounter even for “me.” The more I read the more I understand the devastating effects of sin on my life and I learn that God wants me to confess. Today I understand that we can’t begin to solve a problem unless we admit there is a problem. Only when we understand the way we are wired by our creator the more we understand how our lives should be lived. I find this to be true in my faith journey the more I ask God to show me how to live the more peace I have even in the struggles of life. God doesn’t take struggles away but He will be beside me and teach me and frankly I like this better than staying in my dysfunction. Reading the Bible, living the Bible grows an individual and an individual grows God’s kingdom. My God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet