As you have read or heard, I begin a new position on Monday morning. With this new job, I will have more responsibilities and will be meeting new people and learning all about a church that I know nothing about.

So next week, I’ve decided to use old material that I’ve previously written. A week’s worth of writing that perhaps you’ve already read. But I feel that next week will need lots of my brain cells and doing both might not be as productive as I’d like. So I ask for your forgiveness in advance.

However, re-reading old material isn’t all that bad.

Look at the Israelites response to hearing God’s Word read (Nehemiah 8) when they hadn’t heard it in a while. They were moved. They responded. They reacted. They repented. They rejoiced. They obeyed.

And to be honest, I read some of my material from early last year and think, “I wrote that?” There are lines and thoughts that I don’t remember, so perhaps there will be tidbits you’ll be able to take away that you didn’t catch the first time.

We can also look at how many times we read God’s Word. Sometimes the same passage read at different times in our lives means something completely different than when we read it last. That’s the beauty of God’s Word being living and active (Hebrews 4:12). It is powerful and will meet us in our lives where we are. It will give us exactly what we need when we need it.

For those of you who are new to Full Measure of Joy, you may find something from earlier writings that you hadn’t considered. You may be enlightened in some way.

I pray for each of us that God will open our hearts and our minds to what He wants to teach us each day. That we might find encouragement, instruction, rebuke as needed, teaching and training because we spent time in God’s Word (2 Timothy 3:16).

So next week as you re-read some of my writings, I pray that you’ll ask God to show you what He would like you to learn. What He would like to teach you. And then act upon it as the Israelites did. Don’t allow a day to go by without enjoyment in God’s presence. God will richly bless you because of your efforts.

Grace and peace be yours in abundance,

Donna

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