A couple of posts back, I lamented the fact that I didn't have scripture to reference for giving advice to those of you who are raising daughters.
Well, that is still a true statement. But, in looking around today, I discovered a verse I could camp out on for a bit. Nineteen words that contain so much truth that to thoroughly unpack them you'd need a thousand words.
And, that, in a nutshell, is what I dearly, insanely, love about the Bible.
You can take it at face value. You can unravel the meaning. You can read and take away something inspired by the passage. Each person journeys through the Bible learning different things. Or learning nothing at all. Or being inspired in directions others wouldn't have thought to go.
So, this is the verse that started this post:
John 9:31 "We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will."
Here are some truths I pulled from the passage, some explicitly written, some from between-the-lines:
We are all sinners.
We all have the chance to be redeemed.
God wants to listen but we have to want to be in right relationship with him (ie: not sinning) for that to happen.
God desires that we do His will.
Godly people are fallen souls who got back up, asked for forgiveness, and moved back into God's will.
His will is always in our best interest.
When we do sin, and when we repent, He is totally ready to listen to us.
All this, even though we are sinners.
WOW.
And that is just one, tiny verse. In one book. In one Testament.
Blown away again, Lord. Thank you today, and every day, for your word.
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