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New Year...New Teaching (Psalm 25:5)

Scripture of the Day: Psalm 25:5

 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

 Short and sweet post on this morning as I have slept in and feel quite wonderful and on the verge of possibility! 

 On this morning of New Year's Eve, I sit feeling hopeful and excited for what is to come! January 1st is my day to "start over" with God if you will. There will be a new bible in a year to begin, a new chance to commit to a Beth Moore Study, a new chance to pray more often, a new chance for me to be more open to what God has to teach! I start off the first few months of each year being pretty diligent and tend to be less disciplined the further we get into the year. Maybe this year will be different and I will stick it out! I think that is my greatest hope/prayer for 2014.

 This year, I hope that you, too, will look to learn more about our God, in all forms -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. If you haven't tried a daily Scripture reading...do it! You don't even need to own a Bible to do so. You can sign up for daily readings or various devotionals at biblegateway.com. If you haven't tried to make your faith you own and look to others (Pastors, friends, family, etc), do that this year! The great thing is there is never an end to our learning, if only our hearts and minds are open to the teaching. 

 I pray that in 2014 God will guide you in His truth and teach you...and that you put your hope in Him always! 

 Love you all, and thank you for reading,

 ~Betsy

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