Sweet, Luscious and Refreshing

Greetings!!!

Do you have a garden? We have really enjoyed God's abundance from our garden this summer. One of our special treats was watermelons. It was so much fun to go to the garden and get a watermelon, clean the dirt and grass off it, take it to the house and plunge a knife into it. The melon would burst open revealing the luscious, juicy, red fruit. It was so refreshing and good. If you have never enjoyed produce fresh from the garden, you are missing a wonderful treat.

As I pondered our sweet treats, David's words in Psalm 19: 7-11 became very real to me.

The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; 

The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;

The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;

The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether.

They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;

Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

Moreover, by them Thy servant is warned; 

In keeping them there is great reward.

God provides a rich, abundant harvest from His word. He provides what is needed for refreshment, wisdom, joy, enlightenment, righteousness and riches forever and ever. When was the last time that you spent time taking in God's luscious, delectable Word? If you have a hard time being able to read the Bible, have you considered listening to it? Check out http://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com. There you can find a free MP3 audio New Testament that you can download. Then you can listen to the Bible when you are busy working or driving or doing anything that would keep you from reading God's word. By listening just twenty-eight minutes a day, you can complete the New Testament in just forty days. Who knows what could happen in the lives of God's people if all of us together would listen for forty days and then do it again, and again, and again and continue doing it everyday until our days are no more?? I believe there would be an incredible change, but first there must be a commitment to begin.

The LORD bless you with hunger and thirst for His Word.

I love you,

Ruth