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Wednesday... Such a tremendous blessing and it needs to be shared.


Psalm 119:105 (New Living Translation), "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path."

Wednesday... Such a tremendous blessing and it needs to be shared.


Both of my parents were Christians. They are both now in heaven and both of those facts have and are a tremendous blessing to me, especially their sharing with me the Bible.  

Today's highlighted verse was one of many verses in the Bible that my mom had me memorized as a child. That was a definite blessing for me and my life. Now I memorized it in the King James Version of the Bible and it says it this way, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." 

I have been introduced to many different versions of the Bible which helps me in my understanding and one of the modern versions of the Bible, The Message Paraphrase says it this way, "By your words I can see where I'm going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path." And we definitely have so many dark paths in our lives. 

So many have not had the privilege to have had Christian parents so they don't have any idea about what this verse says and the difference it would mean in their life. They have never picked up a Bible no matter what version it is and read it and found a light to take them through the dark places in their life. And that is why we must, we must share the great benefit of having a relationship with God by reading the Bible and seeing the difference it makes in people's lives. 

Life can be so scary especially the life that is before us in this day in which we live. And that is why I as a 77 year old man get up every morning at 5:57 am and read my Bible and then find something in it to share with people who may never have had the blessing of having Christian parents, who have never picked up a Bible and heard about a beam of light on their dark path so they can see where they are going. We need to share this.

Now I share different versions to help people understand what the Bible means. The Amplified Bible says, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." and then it gives another verse to read, Proverbs 6:23 which says, "For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching [of the law] is light, and reproofs (rebukes) for discipline are the way of life." The NLT says, "For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life."

Reading the Bible shows us the way through dark paths to life. And that fact needs to be shared. It really does.

So maybe Psalm 119:105 (New Living Translation), "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path" would be a good verse to memorize, to share and to do. By the way, the gospel of John in the New Testament is a great place to start reading. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning





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