Eagle, you point out listening. That's so important. I also appreciate your reminder that we go nowhere alone.

Julie, thanks for pointing this out. This is something I haven't experimented with. I frequent www.christianwomentoday.com and receive some email devotionals, but I've never really searched Biblical truth online. Thanks for the idea.

Maybe everyone knows, but I love www.crosswalk.com. There is so much information there it is astounding. You can search ten or fifteen different versions of the Bible for a phrase or a word. You can look up any passage by book and verse. You can view several different versions at the same time. You can access commentaries and sermon helps and all kinds of things.
You can also get various devotionals emailed to you daily. I love the ones I get.
And it's all free.
smile

smile, thanks. I added it to my favorites. I'd never been on that site before.

Smile, It is a great site. I sent it to my daughters. Thanks for sharing it with us.

chick

Yes, Smile. Great site. I've been there reading for an hour now.

Dotsie, I'm behind on my reading again with all that's going on but I'll catch up and post re: Matthews soon.

Good Day!

Dotsie, so slacking on reading Matthew...I seem to be absorbed in Proverbs and Psalms right now - but that is what my life needs at this moment - praises and wisdom to be a better mom to my stepdaughter and open my eyes to more needs of my family.

I am reading the posts though and making note of yours and others observations.

I'm still doing the "Matthew thing" and lovin' it. I'll keep working my way through the Gospels this summer. Got to have something to keep me on the right path...

Smile, thanks for the crosswalk site.

Dots, I've often wondered <and made the mistake of actually asking someone one time...I was roundly put down for my question <g>> does God want us to tithe Him 10% of our time? That would be 2.4 hours each day. I've read that Augustine said his day was so full and busy he didn't dare start out without praying for 4 hours first!

I make the attempt to read 5 chapters of the Bible every morning. My Daddy teaches by example and he's read the Bible through every year, for 40 years. He starts in January and he's finished by mid-November so he reads a chapter here and there until it's time to start again in January. Mom "does" Bible studies but she also is in the Word every day...great examples, both of them.

I do know this...when I've not taken time to read the Bible in the mornings, people can tell it the rest of the day...unfortunately. God keeps me centered and focused on Him and when I fail to put my effort into centering and focusing on Him...my attitude goes tidy bowl.

The most important thing I had to say was my favorite chapter in all the Bible is Psalm 116. I gave some Bibles to a new Russia girlfriend and told her Psalm 116 was my favorite. A few weeks after we returned home, the rebels killed a lot of students in a classroom. Ekatarina e-mailed me and said she had frequently read Psalm 116 and it had also brought her comfort.

I love knowing that people all over the world are reading Scripture and praying to God. I love knowing there's that connection.