“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 New Living Translation ********** First, we…
Month: January 2022
Be the Seeker …
* For Truth And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. John 8:32 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition A truth seeker doesn’t put spices on each moment before tasting it and thus knows reality’s many flavors. Even the bitter. Even the sour. Vironika Tugaleva, The Art of Talking to Yourself *…
Seeking – & Searching
We spend our whole lives searching for all the things we think we want, never really knowing what we have. The Lord says,“I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me.I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’ to a nation that did not…
Rephrased
It was cleaning day, and we were divvying up the chores. “Do you want to dust?” I asked Jenna. “No,” she replied. “You are so much better at it.” “I know,” I laughed. “That’s going to be on my tombstone: ‘She was good at dusting.’ “ “Or we could put it another way,” said my…
When You Can’t Seek …
What do you do? In the parable of the lost sheep, the shepherd knew where to begin looking. In the parable of the lost coin, the woman knew how to begin finding it. But what if there is no way of knowing where to look or how to begin? What do you do when that…
Seeing …
Our brain accepts what the eyes see, and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants. Daniel Gilbert One day, at the height of a Chronic Fatigue crash, I wanted to watch TV, but couldn’t find the remote. (Remember when there were no remotes? Now we can’t watch TV at all without one!) So up…
The God Who Seeks You
For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.” Luke 19:10 New Living Translation “There once was a shepherd with a hundred lambs, but one of his lambs wandered away and was lost. So the shepherd left the ninety-nine lambs out in the open field and searched in the wilderness for…
Seeking After God
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 New Living Translation ********** Seeking God…
Seek
“Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. For every persistent one will get what he asks for. Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for. And everyone who knocks persistently will one day find an open door. Matthew 7:7-8 The Passion Translation **********…
Ask Yourself …
Self-reflection entails asking yourself questions about your values, assessing your strengths and failures, thinking about your perceptions and interactions with others, and imagining where you want to take your life in the future. Robert L. Rosen Ask yourself what is really important, and then have the wisdom and courage to build your life around your…