Choosing to believe

Long ago, at a weekend retreat with a friend, when asked to share our favorite Bible verse,

I chose this one: Psalm 73:26

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I was just a freshman in high school …

and although I had no real understanding of the Truth behind this verse,

I knew I needed it to be true.

I knew I needed God to be my strength.

I knew I needed Him to be my rock. My foundation.

And I knew He needed to be enough.

At 36, with a little more past behind me and a lot more learning ahead,

I can look back at my 14 year old self and tell her she was right.

She didn’t know it yet, but what she chose to believe is true.

God’s Word is true.

I may be weak, but God’s Spirit is strong in me.

My flesh may fail {and it does everyday}, but my God never will.

We need a rock, my friends, and God is that rock.

He is able and He is enough.

The reality is that here on earth, life happens.

And it’s painful and disappointing and ever-changing,

and that’s hard, but we are not alone.

God has given us a book filled to the brim with Truth.

Not solid advice or good-feeling words but life-giving Truth.

We have to decide, whether we understand it all or not,

that we’re going to live like it’s true.

We’re going to choose to believe.

We’re going to open the Word and let Him change us.

Radically. From the inside out.

I didn’t understand the depth of my need at 14.

I still don’t.

But I know this much to be true:

Do I sound like a broken record? Maybe. But it’s true.

Open the Word.

Find LIFE there.

Is there are specific verse of scripture that God continues to put before you?

Maybe today is the day you need to choose to believe it’s true.