Yea! It's a new week and both Julie and Audrey should be back with us. I'm hoping Ann will show up again soon. I'm thankful that Sarah kept me company last week here. So are you ready for this new week? Who knows what blessings God may bestow!!
and glad you kept me company too, Debbie! Done for today. My lesson today was about finding silence. I do think the author had a good point--she noted that in silence (not studying, not praying, not reading the Bible--but being silent-not doing anything) people are often uncomfortable and sometimes find their thoughts drifting to sin. She said many people fill this silence to ward off the sin but she thinks being in silence is a good way to find out where your heart is and if you are thinking things you shouldn't-- you stop and pray and ask God to forgive you and try again until you are able to just be in silence without these thoughts creeping in. My assignment was to just be silent--no questions to answer, no further studying, just be silent. I actually did accomplish this--I am finding whether by necessity or personality that I have a hard time being still and not doing something. It was a challenge since I am doing this in the afternoon-but I was silent for 10 minutes so far and plan to try again tonight. It's actually pretty peaceful!
I'm back!!! Did you miss me? :) Sarah, I was thinking about your exercise in being silent, and I'm afraid that I would fall asleep if I tried that. :)
So I finished my book and am trying to decide what to do next. I think that I am going to read two chapters a day of Proverbs and work my "church" studies in there too.
I'll let you all know what tidbits of wisdom I glean from reading Proverbs again.
I'm sure we will all benefit from your tidbits, Audrey.
It's interesting how people react to silence. Some can't stand it and others crave it. I usually enjoy it but I know many who only hear negative voices in their heads when there is silence - voices telling them they are worthless, voices that are lying. This exercise you mention might be good for them - to face the voices and realize they are actually a way for Satan to pull them down. I'll keep that in mind.
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and glad you kept me company too, Debbie! Done for today. My lesson today was about finding silence. I do think the author had a good point--she noted that in silence (not studying, not praying, not reading the Bible--but being silent-not doing anything) people are often uncomfortable and sometimes find their thoughts drifting to sin. She said many people fill this silence to ward off the sin but she thinks being in silence is a good way to find out where your heart is and if you are thinking things you shouldn't-- you stop and pray and ask God to forgive you and try again until you are able to just be in silence without these thoughts creeping in. My assignment was to just be silent--no questions to answer, no further studying, just be silent. I actually did accomplish this--I am finding whether by necessity or personality that I have a hard time being still and not doing something. It was a challenge since I am doing this in the afternoon-but I was silent for 10 minutes so far and plan to try again tonight. It's actually pretty peaceful!
I'm back!!! Did you miss me? :) Sarah, I was thinking about your exercise in being silent, and I'm afraid that I would fall asleep if I tried that. :)
So I finished my book and am trying to decide what to do next. I think that I am going to read two chapters a day of Proverbs and work my "church" studies in there too.
I'll let you all know what tidbits of wisdom I glean from reading Proverbs again.
I'm sure we will all benefit from your tidbits, Audrey.
It's interesting how people react to silence. Some can't stand it and others crave it. I usually enjoy it but I know many who only hear negative voices in their heads when there is silence - voices telling them they are worthless, voices that are lying. This exercise you mention might be good for them - to face the voices and realize they are actually a way for Satan to pull them down. I'll keep that in mind.
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