One issue with setting my scripture study time to be directly after getting the girls to school is this: during school vacations, I don't have a time to study scriptures....
I did have a lovely holiday break, however, full of family and love and relaxing.
We will go back to the routine of school for 2 days, and then my family is off to a vacation to visit family in Dallas. I am already pondering ways to continue scripture study while we are away. I will likely utilize my favorite scripture of the day app, we'll see.
Today, as it is the first day back to school for my kids, I am pondering new goals. One of my new goals is to read the Book of Mormon with my family this year. So I went looking for a year-long scripture study list. I found many, but ended up using this one.
Today, for my personal study I am back in Women of the Word. Turnaround 2 is: Let the Mind Transform the Heart.
Mark 12:30 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength, this is the first commandment." In the footnotes, heart links to commitment in the topical guide.
Rather than looking for God's word to pamper my heart- my emotions and my desire for comfort and peace, can I remember that loving God with my heart will require commitment? That committing to something means staying true to it, even when things get hard and your not filled with bubbly happy feelings?
Can I love God with my mind as well? Can I love God intellectually in a time when intellect and faith are taught by men to be polar opposites?
Several scriptures were shared that showed the importance of letting our minds lead our journey to know God, but one in particular was Romans 12:2-3: "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."
God has distributed to every person and to me He certainly has given me a mind capable of study and understanding. I can be transformed by the renewing of my mind as I learn about God and as I prove (or test) His commandments by living them!
I am eager to begin letting my mind lead me on this journey of coming to know God!
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