We Did It!!!

Well friends, today marks the 90th post since I started this Journey in late April.  The Lord has REALLY used this season of my life to bring me through some storms, celebrate with me in the sunshine, and teach me many things along the way!  It is amazing what we learn when we spend time in His word, and I'm coming to think that the morning is such a great time to do it...go figure.  Just as we give the firsts of our money to the Lord, I love the idea of giving the firsts of my day to Him in sacrifice as well.  And He responds when we do this.  This shouldn't surprise me because the Lord is calling out to His people all throughout the Bible -- He will give us good gifts when we spend time with Him (more joy, less stress, more hope for the future).

Let's take a look at the verse that is the namesake of this blog: Psalm 1.

¹ Blessed is the man
   who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
   or sit in the seat of mockers.
² But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
   and on his law he meditates day and night.
³ He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
   which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
   Whatever he does prospers.  ⁴ Not so the wicked!
   They are like chaff
   that the wind blows away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
   nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
 ⁶ For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
   but the way of the wicked will perish.

Notice the bolded parts of that Psalm (my doing).  This challenge was because of Pastor James MacDonald who I listen to on my iPod while I run.  The Bible is crucial for our growth in the Lord, so he challenged us to a 90 day journey:

After the first 30 days, I would be disciplined (setting the alarm earlier is just plain hard to do!),
After another 30 days, I would start to desire getting up to read the Word,
After the last 30 days, I would DELIGHT in the Word...just as we see in Psalm 1!!

And may I tell you...he was right!  I am amazed at what I'm learning about being a Christian, about Jesus Christ Himself, and how all of this can apply to my life.  It's incredible what happens when we can read the Word and then meditate and think on it for a while.  The Lord speaks to us that way!

I challenge you.  Start doing this.  My 30 days were not consecutive, but I had to choose to keep going...and now here we are, and I am a DIFFERENT person!  I will never go back!

Here is the link to my original blog post -- I encourage you to read it.  You CAN do it!
http://psalm1walk.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-it-all-began.html

May you be blessed in the reading of His Word,
Molly