It's Starting to Feel Like Routine

 This morning, like almost all mornings with narcolepsy, I am feeling tired and struggling to wake up. I have my light therapy box in my home office and so it helps me get myself here, in this seat. Once here, I'm feeling the routine start to take hold. It's time to study who God is! 

I think a big part of why this routine is taking over is that I am learning to take pleasure in studying the scriptures. I'm learning to love God and love learning about Him. 

In Women of the Word, Jenn recommends we:

 

"Every good endeavor should be done with purpose" says Jenn. Today, I am going to focus my scripture study on my purpose for wanting to learn how to study the scriptures and my purpose for making deep, meaningful personal scripture study an important part of my life. 

Right now, I would say I have a few important purposes for this study. 

• I want to truly KNOW God. I have so much faith in Him and have seen His hand in my life throughout my life. I feel I owe it to God and to myself during this season of life to recommit to our eternal relationship and to study Him the same way I'm studying to get a second degree. 
• Life is hard. Scripture study won't make it easy, but it will ground  my faith. I want to nurture my spiritual faith like the most rare and tender plant. 
• My girls- I want them to know that their mother knows  God personally. I want to lead them by example. 

I am going to print these out so that I have a daily reminder of my purpose in studying the scriptures! 

For my scripture study, I ended up in the book of Job- a perfect place to find purpose in life I think. 

Job 38: 1-7

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

4 Where wast thou when I ^alaid the ^bfoundations of the ^cearth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

5 Who hath ^alaid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the ^acorner stone thereof;

7 When the morning stars ^asang together, and all the ^bsons of God shouted for ^cjoy?

This is the God that I am coming to know. God is the beginning and the end and the fact that I have invited to "Come unto [Him] all ye that labor and are heavy laden and [He] will give me rest" is mind-bogglingly beautiful! My life will be so much more vibrant as I continue to persevere in this study of Him who created all things!