I sipped my coffee with my new Hersheys caramel chocolate creamer at Bible Study Training this morning. The topic was: “Attentive to the Purpose of Study.” We learned about how you should not study the Bible. I always thought that as long as you were reading it, then you were doing something good, so I actually learned a lot from this. Growing up I had friends who would brag about reading the whole Bible or would boast of the verses that they had memorized. Here are a few quotes from the talk: “Scripture does not say to memorize it in your head, but to let it be held in your heart and to let it lead to transformation.” “Does your Bible knowledge humble you or make you feel superior to those who don’t know as much?” Eric (the speaker) also summed up the Bible in an interesting way. “The whole point of the Bible is faithless people being pursued by a faithful God relentlessly.” I can remember reading stories from the Bible when I was younger and thinking how dumb people were when God would specifically tell them what to do and they would still do the opposite. Now I realize that I do the same exact thing every time that I choose to sin. I know what God wants me to do, but by a lack of faith and trust I choose to do my own thing. This ends up being a horrible choice and even though I don’t deserve it, God is right there with His grace ready to pick me back up. He continues to pursue me even when I do not deserve it. Before moving into our passage study, Eric said, “Everyday we need to read it because our hearts are prone to wander.” I have been reflecting on this and I believe that regular Bible reading is something that I really need to add to my life. I cannot just rely on church or even on the talks and Bible studies here. God has so much that He wants to pour into my life and I am so thankful to have the Bible as one way to get to know Him better.
Linds and I had about an hour between Training and work, so we had a lot of rushing to do. Friday is the day that room check is done, so her and I cleaned the bathroom while our other roommates cleaned the room. Haha, Linds said that she had never cleaned a toilet before, so I was honored to be there for this groundbreaking experience of hers. She did a great job and I am very proud of her. She joked that she has definitely done grosser things at the hospital.
At Wal-Mart it got to be pretty slow up front so I said that I had heard that they needed help back in claims. I ended up getting to spend the rest of my day with Lindsey in claims and she taught me how to shrink wrap, write defective tags, and we even scanned and boxed up returns to mail back to the companies. We had fun and went back and forth from having funny conversations to deep ones contemplating our faith. It was a good time for sure in the claims cage. J We all got free steak, potatoes, salad, and cake for dinner because our Wal-Mart won a safety or sales award or something. Thank you Wal-Mart!
After work, a group of us went to Fire and Ice to get ice cream and go on the internet. I enjoyed a delicious scoop of banana pudding ice cream.
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