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"Thy Word have I hidden in my heart that I might not sin against You': Psalm 119:11
"Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105 God gifted me with a very inquisitive photogenic mind. As a child, I had to see how things were put together, what made things tick and why they all fit together the way they did. All I had to do was watch something being done and I could go and do it. As a very small child, my favorite toy was a screwdriver. I loved to take things apart and put them back together again - not that I was always able to get them back to their original design - but I tried my best. I remember one time in particular, when I removed all the screws from the hot plate that my foster parents had. I didn't realize that there were little nuts behind the screws that would fall down inside the hotplate. My foster parents came in about the time I was trying to put it back together, so I just left it the way it was with all intentions of going back to fix it. How was I supposed to know that my foster mom was going to use the hotplate at that very moment? Watches didn't survive very long either. There was something within me that compelled me to take the back off and try to figure out how all those little wheels and gears worked. I guess I have never outgrown that curiosity, for those things still absolutely fascinate me! As I got older and learned to read, I realized that I could gain so much from books and the material they contained. I was fascinated by all the knowledge within those pages and, having such a great imaginative mind, it was easy for me to become the person in the book or to put myself there at the time of the writing. I could take apart books in my mind, and I didn't have to worry about having to put them back together again. My mind became a sponge, and I couldn't get enough of reading. I would do my chores with one hand and hold the book with the other, because I just couldn't put a book down until I had fully devoured each and every page! Even today I am still a sponge when it comes to learning. I usually watch TV with a book in my hands! I have such a hunger for learning and for reading. In my vast collection of books, you will find a large selection of books on theology and holiness, all of which I have devoured from cover to cover. The Bible clearly teaches us the importance of being in the Word. Try to picture in your mind what was really taking place at the time when Jesus walked this earth and walked with his disciples. Wow! What it must have been like for those disciples to be able to physically sit at his feet and learn from Him! Although we can't physically sit at His feet, we can sit at His feet mentally and learn from Him. We can say the words, "Thy Word have I hidden in my heart that I might not sin against You”: Or we can sing the words, “Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light for my path." But, how does that Word get hidden in our hearts, and how does it become a light unto our paths? By reading the Word! The problem is, do we really take the time to sit and learn? Do we take the time to read? Someone said to me the other day, "I don't like to read. I will just wait until it comes out on DVD." Well, guess what? You can read by listening also! With today's technology, you don't have to visually read a book any more-people will actually read it to you and all you have to do is listen. Even the Bible is available on CD now. It can't get much easier than that! There are a lot of great books on CD’s today! But, it is like everything else-we have to have the desire in our heart to learn. "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled" (Matthew 5:6) Do you have a hunger and thirst for learning and for a closer walk with Christ? Then Read! Read! Read! Blessings, Pastor Fran
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