heck yeah it’s been long, but to be honest I just haven’t found the desire to write posts lately. I guess I haven’t had the longing to share online because I have been sharing a lot in real life. Or there hasn’t been much to share haha. But Christmas is in a week and the week after will be New Year’s Eve. The year will come to an end soon.
And like any other year I went through, this year was yet another good one. It was tough alright, but good is not determined whether it was easy or not. At least in my opinion. One thing I will forever remember about this year is that this was the year that I finally finished the Bible (I had to finish reading Isaiah and by the grace of God this task was completed in 9 May 2011). Not only that, but this year was the year that I fell in love with the Bible all over again.
There is something so beautiful about the Word of God. Not only is it alive, but it is so lovely. It is so wonderful. I know I would rather spend all day looking at the Word of God than see the most beautiful features the Earth has. I know I would rather embrace and touch the leather bound book than embrace any other human being or lovely thing. There is something so unique and powerful about the Bible that draws me in. It calls me in. It exposes itself little by little and I stand in awe of its beauty. This beauty struck me so hard that I was lead to reread the Bible all over again. And omahgoodnessjkl;dasf. It was 100 times better. It was so delicious. Usually in real life having a certain type of food over and over again gets really old and pretty disgusting. It also becomes tiring to finish. But it is completely different when you are devouring something eternally beautiful. Not only does the taste and the longing of the Bible stay fresh all the time, it somehow tastes so much better the second, the third, the fourth, the hundredth time! And it is just because of who God is. The Word doesn’t have to freshen up every time I read as if the Word needs to renew it’s beauty. The Word does not have to put any effort to appear beautiful. It is who the Word is. It is beautiful.
This year has taught me that it is not what I find from the Word that is beautiful, but that the Word in itself is beautiful regardless of how I see it. Regardless whether I appreciate it or not. Regardless how stressed or depressed I am. Regardless of what the world is going through. Regardless of what I go through. Regardless of the past, present, and future. The Word has been, is, and will always be beautiful.
So in the end, I have decided to always see it that way. When it doesn’t make any sense and I have too many questions that it stresses me out, I will strive to hold the Word as the most beautiful thing time and time again.
Lord, I thank you for such simple yet necessary reminder that the very words you have spoken is beautiful. That you, oh Jesus, are beautiful. That it represents the Most High. And it moves and dances with the Holy Spirit. So thank you. Thank you.
