Bible Verse #2

As I mentioned back in this post, I'm doing a Bible verse memorization challenge this year.  So far, I've really been enjoying focusing on one verse for two weeks at a time.  The Bible talks about taking our thoughts captive to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5- ...and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.) and it's amazing how true this is.  My thoughts can either completely destroy me because of their negativity (Why am I not pregnant yet?  It's unfair so and so is pregnant and not me.  Why do I have to deal with this lifelong disease?) or they can uplift and encourage me.  I'm trying to move my thoughts from the negative to the positive, and this is slowly happening as I meditate on one verse. 

The last two weeks it was John 14:27, and everytime I encountered a troubling situation or thought, I repeated the verse back to myself and reminded me it was words Jesus spoke to his disciples and He was still speaking them to me now- Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts and troubled and do not be afraid.  That was typed from memory, in case you were wondering:-)  I wasn't sure how the memorization thing would work, but by placing the verse on the mirror in the bathroom, at the kitchen table, and on my computer at work, it was readily viewable throughout my day and a visual reminder to me.

Yesterday was the 15th of the month, which meant it was time for a new verse.  I picked a short one, but it's a good reminder that my soul needs for these next two weeks.  From Psalm 130:5- I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. 

I've realized that the verses I pick focus my thoughts on things from God not man and remind me of what I may already know but lose sight of.  The last two weeks were hard with my husband gone for nearly all of the days, and I've been bombarded with pregnancy announcements.  All of my college friends and everyone that I know my age are now pregnant or with 1-3 kids.   It's been hard feeling like God has forgotten or abandoned us, yet I know that is not true because He continues to speak to me and be present in my life.  For whatever reason, I still feel like a healthy pregnancy is a ways off for us, and so this verse is a good reminder to me that I'm waiting on God's timing, not my own and His word is what gives me hope.  When I focus on those things, I am ok.  When I look around at the situations others are in and compare myself to them is when I become discontent or hope-less.

But for these next two weeks, I'm focusing on waiting for the LORD and putting my hope in His Word.