Psalm 119

The last couple of days have been pretty busy. I think the hardest part of this challenge will be finding the time to sit down to read and pray everyday-- not to mention blog about it! But I discovered a cool little feature that will probably help me out a lot. Turns out the YouVersion Bible app has audio recordings of all their translation available for free and with their latest update (two days ago I think) it has the ability to read all of the passages that are a part of the reading plan for the day! It's really awesome because I have a pretty long commute in to class every morning and back in the evenings. I think I'll be listening to NPR on the way in and the Bible on the way out of town!

There are a couple glitches though. I was listening and the daily reading from Psalms was chapter 119:33-48. I didn't know this as it started but as I was listening I began to realize that the Psalms passage for the day was going on for longer than I expected. I started to realize I was listening to the entire length of chapter 119... which has 176 verses! After getting over my disappointment about the app not working perfectly (lol, not a big deal.. really), I began to be amazed about how passionate this chapter is about one thing: God's laws and decrees. From start to finish, the writer(s) writes about how he loves God's instruction! He is completely and totally devoted to the words God has given. God's commands and laws, he says, are imbedded in his mind and he meditates on them everyday. He even wakes up early and stays up through the night to contemplate the character and acts of God.

Thinking about that, I realize that I have a big problem: I don't do that at all. I have trouble remembering the last thought I just had and I certainly don't remember to think about what God says in His word thoughtfully throughout the day. I don't think that I've ever made time to “meditate” on the Word. I've complained about this problem to friends a couple times before, but I just haven't seem to gotten any better about it. It is something I need to pray about and ask the Spirit for guidance and a willing mind. Hopefully I will get better at it and learn to be more like those verbose writers in Psalms.

...I think I'll ask about it now before I get some sleep!