Just Do It

Hey Quest! It's Alexa from session 6 again and I just wanted to share a quick bit of life with yall. I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but usually when I'm around family the selfish side of me comes out, and I feel far from the Lord when I act like that. This needs to change. Also, when I am on vacation or just out somewhere, anywhere but home, it's always been harder for me to get into the Word and spend time with God. I don't know why exactly, but it's something I have been working on since Quest this year. So, since Wednesday I have been at my grandparents' house until I came home last night. And everyday since Quest i have been at home pretty much, so it was easy for me to dig into the Bible everyday for as long as I wanted to. But then I went to Arkansas to spend some time with my grandparents and cousin. I do this every summer, but i hardly ever spend any time with God at all while I'm there! It's terrible! Usually cracking open my Bible is the last thing I think of when I'm there, but this past week, the first morning I was there, i literally woke up, ate breakfast, and felt like I was missing something major. Like, I don't even know how God made me feel what he did, but I knew something was wrong. Then I walked into the kitchen again and saw my grandpa reading his bible, Job to be exact. That's when the light bulb in my head went off and I knew what was missing. It was time to spend time in the Word and get some more insight from James! So I went and got my Bible, a pen, my notebook, and a mini dictionary that i brought and sat at the dining room table and continued my inductive on James. And I did the exact same thing every morning I was there. God really surprised me, because in the past, i guess it just seemed like such an effort for me to get out of the chair and away from the tv to have my quiet time with the Lord everyday. But it was so easy! Anyways, what I'm saying is I encourage you to figure out the situation or time when you feel like you always feel distant from God, or when it's hard for you to spend time in his Word. Figure that out and the next chance you get, work on it. Try to conquer whatever it is that trips you or makes you struggle when it comes to reading the Bible.

The word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress.--Billy Graham

In his pure and holy embrace forever,

Alexa