How
sweet are Your words to my taste! - Psalm 119:103
When I was a small boy, I simply wasn't interested in major league baseball. Then one day
I went to the ballpark and saw a game for myself. That changed everything! I began reading
about the various clubs and invested a boy's fortune on books and magazines about the
players and the game. I kept a file on each team's roster and started a scrapbook on the
New York Giants. I knew the lineup of every baseball team in the National League, and
every week I could quote the batting average of each player. I had been captured by the
thrill of great discovery.
A similar thing happens when we commit ourselves to God and hear Him speak to us through
the Bible. His voice is so compelling that we want to hear it more than any other voice
that speaks to our soul. As we start to discover the treasures of the Bible, we want to
find out all we can about the blessings God has given us in His Son Jesus Christ. Even
though some passages remain difficult to understand, because of our new motivation they
become delightful challenges instead of obstacles.
There's nothing like opening your heart to Jesus, the living Word, to make the Bible, the
written Word, come alive. It will change your life.
-HWR
How rich the truths within God's Word
What gems beyond compare!
By faith we can discover them
When study joins with prayer.
-D.
De Haan
When you open your heart to the Savior, He opens your mind to the Word.
Vocation
Prayer
Holy Spirit, you prepared Jesus for the scandal of the cross by leading him into the
desert. May our Lenten journey enable us to draw closer to God and others. Help us
to be disciples to a world in need of redemption. May those called to priesthood and
the consecrated life respond with courage, strength, and generosity. Amen.