The sad thing about going home? It reminds me how much I miss being there. Today I was feeling a bit down that I still have the same job issues, family and friend concerns, and same general lack of desire to live in Rock Hill anymore. Thankfully, a friend gently but firmly reminded me to focus my contentment on Christ, and suggested Romans 12 as a place for me to meditate today.
So anyway, Romans 12 definitely "rang a bell" in my head, but I couldn't come up with the words, so I turned to good old biblegateway.com. (Confession: In case you're reading this blog and for some reason haven't figured this out yet, I'm good at memorizing verses and having a general idea of their placement in the Bible. Really bad at linking specific references. Thus, my profound thankfulness for online searchable Bibles :D)
Of course! Living sacrifice! This is exactly the painful truth I needed to hear today. I was not called to have an easy life, a fun life, a life I always enjoy for the pleasure that I can obtain from the situations or people around me. I was called to spend each moment sacrificing my will to His, having a heart-transplant made by the most skillful Surgeon ever.
And, typical for me, after reading the chapter again, all I could hear coursing through my head was the Scripture song melody we used to sing at church when I was a kid. I am so thankful for all of the Bible memory which happened for me so effortlessly through singing God's Word. I don't recall which translation the song was taken from, but for those of you who, like me, need a brain jog now and then, enjoy the "Romans 12" song:
I urge you therefore, bretheren, by the mercies of God
To present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice,
Acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of love.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed,
By the renewing of your mind.
That you approve what the will of God is
That which is good and acceptable and perfect.
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