Digging

Many people I know love to dig in the dirt - they describe it as therapeutic!  My idea is "front porch" therapy: a cup of coffee, a book and the porch swing! Life poses many questions: some come in the form of choices, conversation or making important decisions.  Where do we go for the answers?  Available to us are shelves of good advice (although suspect) and otherwise clever voices of reason, but wise counsel?   We should also consider how sound is the counsel we offer other people.  Scripture warns us how foolish it is to trust in our own minds and ways of thinking (Proverbs 28:26).  Who among us doesn't face critical moments-of-decision [perhaps daily] when we need guidance and direction!  God says His Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our paths (Psalm 119:105).  We are told to hide God's words in our hearts, hold tightly to His instructions, never letting go, for It is Life itself! (Proverbs 4:13).  I carry a small treasury of Scriptures with me everywhere I go because - quite frankly - I need help!  Digging in the yard may not be my passion, but honoring Christ with my life is!  Believers should be passionate about Christ and should ove to dig in God's Word, gather Its priceless gems of Truth, then apply them to life.  Make digging in God's Word a priority -- dig faithfully and dig often!