A Knight's Journey

You know those moments in your life that seem to resurface in your memory at the oddest times?  I have a few.  Actually, more than a few, and I wish I could pick and choose which ones, and when they popped back up—but I can’t.  BUT we can choose how long they stay.  If it’s a good one—I say, let it take a seat and you can rehearse all the good things that are tucked inside.  If it’s a bad one—take what you learned from it, apply it where needed in your life, then, grab the bulk of it and drag it down to the trash can like an unnecessary document on your computer screen.  Don’t rehearse that one.  Don’t relive it over and over.  It’s damaging to our heart, mind, and soul.   There is something  you do need to do daily  to prevent these unwanted thoughts from recurring:   apply God’s Word.     You may say, but Angie, I don’t know enough about His Word to apply it. ...

I can hear Joey from Friends in my head as I typed the title.  Not a huge fan of the show--one of those I could take or leave.  No tomatoes thrown please.  I laugh now at the funny excerpts I see on Instagram, but other than this famous line, I remember very little about it. Anyway, I wanted to check in to see how you were doing on your Bible reading.  I'm going to be transparent--I began with gusto and then exhaustion seemed to overtake my body and mind by Day 7.   More transparency, I got aggravated about Lot.  Always do.  He makes me angry--his daughters made me angry--just the whole mess of them should have burned up when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. My mercy and grace towards them is about as thick as a toothpick.  I'm very thankful that God didn't look down on me and say the same in my rebellious years. Something that I always think of when I read passages that include the horrible acts of Lot and his daughters (I'm referring to Lot be...