Text: 1 Corinthians 13
She is me.
She is you.
She wants faith, hope, and love.
She wants help and healing.
She wants to hear and be heard, to see and be seen.
She wants things set right.
She wants to know what is true—not partly true, or sometimes true, or almost true. She wants to see Truth itself, face to face.
But here, now, these things are all cloudy. Hope is tinged with hurt. Faith is shaded by doubt. Lesser, broken things masquerade as love.
Real love is the God who became flesh—a living, feeling human being. He is God with us, rescuing the dying, calling the sinners, and embracing those who are wasting away. Real hope is the God who came to set things right. He came to set the cloudy mirror aside for good so we can see Him, face to face. Real Truth is the Word that created the world, the truth that never ceases to be true. Counterfeits no longer interest her; she is looking for the realest thing. This is why she reads.
She reads Truth to find Jesus.
And He is there, on every page, greater than her triumphs and shame, vaster than her needs and her pain. Those are real, to be certain. But they are the partial, the passing away. Jesus—and Jesus alone—is the Perfect, the Permanent.
The Truth does not magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. It does something even better—it leads her into relationship with the One who made her and makes her new, the One who is greater than all of these. The Truth brings her face to face with the God who has never stopped loving His children, who has never failed to do what He says He will do. The Truth is love in black and white—a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.
One day the cloudy mirror will be gone. One day face-to-face is the only way she will see.
Until then, she reads Truth—not just for answers or equations, help or how-tos. She reads Truth to find the perfect and permanent One. She reads Truth because she needs Jesus.
The above is an excerpt from the introduction of the book She Reads Truth: Holding Tight to Permanent in a World That’s Passing Away, written by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams. Find She Reads Truth, the book, on Amazon or anywhere books are sold.
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How do you give love when you are so full of hurt and scars?
She reads truth to find jesus!
This is beautifully written… Ty for sharing with us!
I started on the Bible study journey to learn about the lord and grow closer with him. Loved today’s reading and really excited for the rest of this plan!
She reads truth to find Jesus
Thank you Jesus…I definitely needed this❤️
The woman at the well realized she was fully known and was emboldened to follow him. Shame didn’t lead her away, but being known AND accepted led her to follow Him.
My hands are never too full of sin, he is completely worth it!
This was great, centering reminder.
Thank You my Almighty Father, for a love so beautifully articulated in love, mercy, grace, sacrifice, and obedience.
Thank You Jesus for loving so much that You endured a pain I cannot even tolerate imaging that I may be reconciled to our Heavenly Father.
Thank You Holy Spirit for a love so rooted in truth that you allow me to come to You as I am but do not allow me to stay that way. For a love so driven by glory that You correct my wrongdoings.
The perfect and permanent one is Jesus, thank you for your sacrifice upon the cross to make a way so I can be known, seen, and loved!
Give us grace to trust u LORD
This scripture is powerful all of us need this kind of love working in our lives. I’m still learning and growing by reading God’s word. I need to live more and judge people less, because none of us are perfect. I’m glad Jesus love me, especially when I was unloveable.
“The truth is does not magically, erase her suffering or cure her disappointment. it does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. It does something better. It leads her into a relationship with The One who made her and makes her new. The One who is greater than all these.” This little reading, really put in perspective a lot of things for me. I feel like a lot of the times I’ve gone through things that I question myself as to why I’m going through these things, but in reality, I forget to realize that all these things have brought me closer to God. Whether things can be bad sometimes and cause me pain or sadness God has always been there for me, even at the midst of my problems. We start a new month today and I just hope that God guides you all and protects you guys that you you guys may find peace and joy.
She reads truth to find Jesus‼️
Everything else will one day pass away, but HE is permanent. HE is perfect. HE is my Lord and Savior❤️
Love love this reminder so much! TRUTH is permanent.
i seek truth because Jesus is my life
That was my favorite part.
I sit here in the quiet of my living room before my three small children wake. Before I force myself to get dressed to go to a job that I’m starting to resent for the time that it eats up in my life and the stress that it causes. In all of this, I acknowledge that Truth is the rock I have to cling to. He is the only One who knows my heart fully and carries me in my darkest days.
Yes! This poem is on point!!!
I read truth because I need Jesus ❤️
Going through a very difficult time right now and these words just spoke to my heart
This is inspiring me not to give up on my journey with God ♡
As I embark on my spiritual journey I am so happy that I came across this. These words touched me so deeply. I pray love, peace, and kindness to everyone here. Much love♥️
I’m preparing for marriage, a huge city move, and job change all with in the next year of my life. It is soooo reassuring to know that in a time of major.
I’m on a trip in Israel right now and met an amazing woman who recommended this app. This is my first read and wow, I’m so glad God put her in my life to give me this gift!!
This is what I needed to hear today . Lately I’ve been struggling with my faith and what I should following and I’ve felt a call back into the word for my life. And this passage is what I needed to hear today ❤️
She reads truth to find the perfect and PERMANENT one. My goodness that is good.
Very timely! I’ve been struggling to completely understand just how much God loves me. Real love is God – he’s rescuing me!
Love is the greatest of all! ❤️
The truth doesn’t dismiss her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. I am her she is me. This is exactly what I needed and this was the perfect place to start❤️
Truth dose not dismiss her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. I’m her she is me! This was the perfect place to start ❤️
I am she, she is me❤️
i am she, and she is me! ♥️
❤️❤️❤️❤️ I’m seeking the truth! The perfect and permanent one!!
This was the perfect reminder ❤️
She is me. Praying to be reminded of his love and permanent hold on me.
Perfect timing for a great reminder ♥️
Even when my bible is closed he love me. She is me!
The Lord’s love doesn’t stop even when my bible is closed. I love that. Thank you, God.
the fact that there is a community within these is amazing. i encourage all of you to worship and study each day. i am praying for all of you to continue as i am trying to discipline myself as well. so many great things ahead. be the light, spread the light ❤️
Jesus you are our rock, our stronghold, our forever ❤️
Hi Ladies, today is my first day with this app/devotional She Reads Truth. I love that we can share our thoughts no matter when we hop on
I did enjoy todays insert and how it spoke to Gods love, what love is and isn’t, and the truth that we as Christian women seek.
Hi Ladies, today is my first day with this app/devotional She Reads Truth. I love that we can share our thoughts no matter when we hop on
Hi ladies, don’t know how old this study is but I just happen to find it. I love how this speaks about truth and opening up who we are in Christ. Many of us and I know myself being safe for 30 years have gone through the mountains back down. But these past six years have been so dedicated to the Lord every day helps me discover myself in him.
She is me She is You She is US ❤️ it’s so comforting know that we are all seeking the truth found in Jesus ❤️ from the many different walks and seasons of life we come from. Yet 1 thing remains true and that’s Jesus ❤️
I am new here and loving She Reads Truth. Love how it is detailed in how God never ceases to love us.
beautifully described, I can identify in so many ways, thank you
beautiful! Gods love never ends. it’s true and amazing
Truth is the only thing you get away with, pure souls
Such a perfect timing this study!
such a good reminder that everything we search for in this world will && can only be found in the midst of God’s love && forgiveness!
She is me. Beautifully written
I think more than ever before I am craving His truth. In a world of grey where truth has become almost obsolete, I crave truth – solid undeniable truth. Thank you Lord for Your Word – final, infallible and forever.
I think more than ever before I am craving His truth. In world of grey where the liens of truth have become
True love never fails!! I love it❤️
I need Jesus so I am reading the truth for deeper understanding
“Truth does not change, even when her Bible is closed”. So good!!!
So good! We need truth that comes straight from God!
Ready to grab hold of the truth permanently and never look back
She reads truth because she needs Jesus!!! So good!!! ❤️
I needed this today. During my 21 days of prayer and fasting this January, there was hurt, anger, and unforgiveness God had revealed to me. I ignored Him for weeks, yet continued with sacrificing what I had decided to fast. I needed a new plan to get back into God’s word and this couldn’t have been more perfect for everything I was feeling and facing while wanting a new start with God.
Ready to begin a new walk with the Lord. It is time.
such a wonderful excerpt. His love does not change, even when our Bibles are closed. He loves deeply, He loves truly, He is love. ❤️
I am feeling the same way. We can do this!
My bible has been closed for-far too long it’s time for my family and I to lean on the truth and his love and wait for great things to follow
I most times feel too lost to be found. I love what true love is. It makes sense in my head but not in my heart. I want to be found and I want to find Jesus.
My Bible has been closed for too long. The next year of my life holds beautiful things, but also a lot of uncertainty. I want to read Truth daily because I need Truth. I need Jesus – the perfect and permanent One ❤️
I love his permanence in a world where things can and do change with the wind. ♥️
“…a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.” ❤️
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I need to remember that the real reason I sit in his word is to encounter Jesus, not to check a box or get an answer, but to get Him.
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I need the truth everyday.
Great message!
I really needed this today
So beautiful and needed today
Loved this!
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He is with my even when my book is closed wow
Wow! Funny how Gods timing is perfect. I was literally contemplating all of this for the last week and then this devotional ends up being on the exact same thing. ❤️
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This is amazing!! Thank you Lord for the great hope we have in you and one day being in Your presence
He is here with me
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I needed this tonight. My pain and brokenness feels so overwhelming. In the midst of things it’s so easy to stray and try to find your own fix. I needed to hear it again that He is the only thing permanent in my life. His love never stops. Thank you Lord for never leaving me.
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Wow this is amazing!!
He sees me
Amazing message!
“ .. love that doesn’t change even when her Bible is closed…” God works for good.. everywhere you go, you might not see him or feel him but he is there to calm your storm.
Amazing message!
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Amén to this ❤️ really needed this
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In the world we’re living in, we all need to be reminded of the only thing that’s permanent, Thank you Lord!
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Thank you Jesus ❤️
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Ironically this devotion touched base with something ive been struggling with. This is the first time, in a long time, i went on my own to open the bible. I prayed daily but did not come and read Gods word. Ive struggled with growing in love and being a good person for myself and others. Reading this was fulfilling and touched me dearly.
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It’s a reminder I needed. Sometimes this world gets so busy and loud I forget that I need Jesus to calm the storm. As a young mom of 2 the love chapter in Corinthians sometimes feels like a dream, but stopping and seeing that Jesus bridges the gap for me makes it look like reality.
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So good and mire relevant every single day.
Such an amazing reminder.
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What an amazing reminder that one day we will know the fullness of His love when we meet face to face. Thank you Jesus for your grace and love in a dying world.
This is one of my favs
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Oh how we need to cling to the Truth. Oh how I need to cling to Jesus.
Jesus, I need you.
This is an inspiration for me. Thank you God for in every word you are there. Help me to turn this disappointments into celebration. I believe you have allowed all this circumstances for your greatest purpose and for your glory that will be seen in our lives. Help me to “fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” … For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” – 2 Corinthians 4:18 ♥️
Great!
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The permanent ♥️
What a good reminder of where I need to be turning for help. Not to how-to books or blogs, but to the permanent truth of the Bible.
Sister, I hope and pray you have found the peace of God in the midst of the hurt. I may not understand your circumstances personally but I know even in situations we can’t understand, He remains a good, faithful, and loving God. And I pray you press on even harder on days you feel your intimacy with Him slip away. Because that’s the plan the enemy has for us. BUT GOD, His love and mercy can rescue our weary and hurt souls and give us peace. Be strong! Be courageous! You are in my prayers.
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Jesus = full of grace and truth
I had so much peace reading through that. Such encouragement!
Good for you for continuing to seek out God’s word even as you struggle with additional loss in your life.
My current battle is depression. Your comment reminded me I am not alone in searching for His truth while still barely hanging on each day.Thank you for sharing!❤️
I do need truth, but I’m in a very hard place. I’m feeling angry at God, confused and upset. I have had another unexpected loss in my life, a soul left to soon. I’m going to keep coming to his word and talking to him, but right now I feel myself wanting to ignore and avoid him.
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Simply powerful. She reads truth because she needs Jesus. That quote stuck out to me on this changing world all we need is permanency and we find that in Christ. God is amazing!
Amazing ❤️
Thank you.
That was beautiful. God is the only perfect and permanent. Something I need to remember every single day. He is Truth.
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Wow. Amazing word ♥️
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It’s so haré to love others; this challenges me everyday!
Love is everything! I love the She reads Truth because she needs Jesus and he is the only Truth!
We always need a relationship with Jesus. I’ve been a Christian all of my life and I am in my later 40’s but I’m still learning and a work in progress.
Love is beautiful and everything in this life where love is hard to come across. God is love and for that I am thankful. God is the ultimate example of love that I strive to be.
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Beautiful!
Love is everything! Without love we are nothing! When we can understand that God is love, and we learn to love like God then everything else comes together
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I am truly amazed by this!
So well written. It hits the soul.
Thank you for sharing something so beautiful
Love is unchanging when God is out in place first. Your first love should start with God. He is the one that created you, he knows your path. To love yourself and understand your path you have to encounter and have a relationship with God. Love will continue within you once the relationship is built.
“She reads Truth because she needs Jesus”. Beautifully said. He’s the only one that matters.
I am trying to reply to what you ladies have written. I tap on reply but it just posts like regular post. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you for sharing that. I can make things so complicated
Me too. It made me realize the cloudy mirror is just life but God is so much more love truth hope everything I will ever need
I am inspired by the bible reading if you don’t have love all the other things are not going to work. God is love. I also like when Amanda write, the truth does not magically wipe away our suffering. I understand now that the cloudy glasses and suffering are because of Adam And Eve eating the apple. God actually saved them by banishing them from the garden so they would not have eternal suffering. So although my glasses are foggy now I will get clear ones .
I also like that she says God won’t abandon me even if I don’t read my bible. NOW THATS LOVE. PURE LOVE
Honestly I need to open my ears again to the truth of the Lord not settle to be in paces with someone. And me not be happy with out the Lord guiding me on the right pathway Jesus is the truth And his love endurance Forever and Ever Amen
Love never ends, even when we see things in the cloudy mirror. Jesus is the Permanent during those times. This touched me heart for sure.
The mirror is blurry now, but reading the Word of God gives us a clearer, cleaner picture until we see Him again face to face
Honestly needed this. The truth does not negate or invalidate. It leads to the right path. To the will of He who is perfect and permanent.
The truth… “leads her into a relationship with the One who made her and makes her new”
Wow! I so needed to read this. Coming out of the the worst year of my adult life, I need to be made new! In Jesus name, Amen
The Truth- perfect & permanent.
She is found in Jesus
I think we all need to be reminded God isn’t supposed to take our pain away but to help us get through it through his word!
the truth gives us clarity on the things we should fix our eyes on.
What a powerful message! And a great way to start off 2021. I need to hang on and find Truth again when I’ve been so lost and in the dark of lies
God told us the TRUTH that there is darkness in the world. HE acknowledge what we go through especially around this time.
The Truth is love… that doesn’t go away even when the Bible has been closed. My soul needed this reminder that He hasn’t given up on me.
Amen!! God is with us through it ALL!
Faith, hope & love….a great way to enter in to 2021.
This is a great reminder that the truth of God’s word doesn’t get rid of pain and disappointment but helps us to get past those things because we know that God loves us.
It amazes me to think that God has a plan that hasn’t changed in thousands of years. I’m taking an online class and we’re going through old books, and one of the things we talked about was how covenants were God’s revealing of his plan little by little because we couldn’t comprehend seeing it all at once. One thing I’m wondering though: are good friends permanent or temporary? I have a really good friend, and I want to always be there for her… she has epilepsy but I’ve known her all my life and she and I are really tight. I’m wondering if there will be a time we are forced to go out separate ways… it’s all in God’s hands though.
Is a big blessing!!
This is the season to be jolly and thankfully we can do that amidst the anxiety, stress and the pandemic that have been sweeping our nation. When we are able to sit down, breathe and “ read truth,” it makes a difference. Many blessings to all of us who takes time to be a part of SRT, may we all read, understand and apply what we read to our lives. Much love all ❤️
It’s so easy for me to get distant and focus on the wrong thing and to get tangled up in lies. But if I fix my eyes on Jesus and his Truth, that’s all I need. To all the unknowns in this world, I know Jesus has a plan!!
“She wants to know what is true- not partly true or sometimes true or almost true.” Yes- i want to know Truth itself, face to face. This strikes me to the core right now. Thank you God for being Truth when the world feels like so much smoke and mirrors.
Living in a cloudy world….. this brought to the Rock tonight. I didn’t always reflect Him well today. Grateful His love forgives and keeps no record of wrongs. He is the hope I need.
She is me
Having spent this last week home for mere allergies because my work requires proof that I’m not truly sick, seeking truth has a new meaning. God has been working to bring me back to him, and I look forward to renewing my relationship with Him.
‘Those are real to be certain, but they are partial to passing away’ I really liked this because god acknowledges that our fears and our hurting is real but he reassures that they won’t last forever. And that they will cease. We just always have to pull to the permanent truth that is him. My favorite verse was “faith love and hope abide, but the greatest of these three are love”
“The truth is love in black and white – a love that does not change.” I love that quote from this excerpt. Especially in coronavirus times, equipping ourselves with the truth and approaching emotional conversations with the mindset that the truth is a form of love is so important. I’m struggling right now to get a non-Christian roommate to acknowledge the truth of COVID while loving her at the same time. Prayers that I can approach it in a truthful, loving way and that it will get through to her would be appreciated!
I love this passage! It always reminds me to take a step back and remind myself of God’s goodness, and that I should love others like he did.
Oh. My. Gosh. This is so beautiful. This was especially good for me tonight because I have been neglecting God recently. Then one day, I went on Pinterest and everything on my home page was God related. I knew then that this is God asking for his child back. This was a beautiful night.
Feeling the love of God.
Thank you Jesus that “this” isn’t permanent and one day we will be face to face with You! Help us and remind us that as we wait for You to turn to your Word and hold onto truth.
Amazing ❤️
Oh, wow. God is good.
To see Him face to face, wow what a day that will be!
Love the permanence. Just moved to a new state. While just about everything in my life is different…God remains the same faithful loving God.
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As a teenager I will never forget my youth pastor teaching us to do this exercise:
substitute your name into the passage instead of “love” as a way to check yourself. We are called to be love.
Humbling perspective, really. I pray this to be truth and said of me always as I bear fruit to those around me. ❤️
Stephanie is patient and kind
Stephanie does not envy or boast
Stephanie does not insist on her own way
Stephanie is not irritable or resentful
Stephanie does not rejoice at wrongdoing
But rejoices with the truth …
I choose to be love today.
Is there supposed to be bible passages in the first screen? Mine shows up blank. Would love to know what passages correlate
Yes! 1 Cor 13:1-13
An unchanging God brings so much peace to my ever changing world.
God bless you for spreading knowledge and truth. Thank you for touching our hearts.
She is me ! I’ve found myself so distant from God recently, so I think the part tht stuck out the most to me was “even when her bible is closed”, although I am shameful to admit it. Nevertheless my hope in Jesus remains never ending because of who he is, which is why I’m walking in your direction right now LORD. !!
Glad this is here for now even more so than when it was written. Thank you
Love that so many woman came to THIS during such a scary time. ♥️
Such a powerful verse and message!
In a time where it feels as though everything is changing, I really need to focus on the fact that Jesus and His love is permanent.
So glad I found this during this time. Grateful for the reminder of what is permanent and that He continues to call to me….a sinner. Lord teach me to focus on the truth
I’ve been “looking” in a cloudy mirror for a long time. Needed this today.
I needed this today. As I struggle with hurt and doubt in relationships and the uncertainty of the world. I feel far from Jesus and his hope. This reminds me today that He is still here and his love is the anchor I need
Brought tears to my eyes as I remember I don tv have to have it all together before coming to him. I come to him in my brokenness to the one who heals. He helps me through and overcome me.
How sweet it is to know a permanence even when our world is facing instability.
Grateful for Gods truth
Thankful to have a creator that does not only love but is Love.
Thankful that when the world around us changes God and His Truth remains exactly the same.
As Christians, in times of uncertainty being safe, in our word and spending time with God is the best thing that we can do for the World!
In these scary times, knowing that God is there with us and has a plan for each and every one of us brings me comfort.
So many unknowns in the world right now, but if I could just keep my eyes fixed on Jesus and His Truth and not let fear overcome me.
I’m sick and tired of all the input, including christian catchphrases, well-versed sermons. Yes they have their time and place, but now it’s too much. I just need something real – the Only Real One. And have everything else fall away.
I need to be reminded of the one who is permanent like never before ❤️
In a time when our world is full of fear and uncertainty, reading the truth of Jesus helps to anchor me in this turbulent sea.
I relate so deeply to this. Keep persevering, He is constant
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I read Truth because I need hope and clarity and Jesus. I need those more than ever right now.
God is love and will always always be there
I am seeking God more in my life, and being in His Word is what I believe I need.
Truth and Love. These are what I seek in my grief. We read the scripture about seeing in a dim mirror at my mother’s funeral a year ago. Lord, help me to seek for your presence, your truth and love. Even as I cannot see the “why” help me to deepen my relation ship with the “who.”
Another reminder to do ALL things with LOVE. And to ask God for the wisdom and strength to do that.
It’s been a while since I’ve been in my Bible and wow, this was the perfect way to start again. Thankful. ❤️
“….a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed” It truly has been so long since I’ve done any sort of consist Bible study, the impact that this line had on me is so amazing to me. It’s the best reminder to me that my God is my God even when I’ve forsaken and forgotten him ❤️❤️❤️
I’m grateful for this set of scripture and excerpt. It’s a humble reminder that love should be our ultimate driver in whatever choices we make. Loving those that are difficult, others above yourself. So grateful to God for Christ’s example in this—so worthy of imitating, but certainly hard to do on human strength alone.
My life is extremely difficult right now with all that has happened to me but this helped me see the good in everything. p.s can y’all pray for me pls
Absolutely!
Prayers and good vibes❤️
Thank u guys! Lately it’s been really hard for me to trust in god bcs I couldn’t see him but then I found him and that’s when I truly found the light. Thank u for your prayers
Beautiful truth and reminder. Love + truth = salvation and fulfillment
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This has helped me see truth and help me get closer to god bcs it’s been a struggle for me to find got and this helped me get closer and understand the meaning of it all
Praying for you
This really blessed me! Such beautiful words and truth that we all need reminding. xx
3If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
she is me❤️ thank you!
Just the dose of truth I needed to remember to cling to. Thank you Lord.
This was my first choice of reading and it was exactly what I needed to hear.❤️
Kelsi- The same for me today. Be blessed!
Humbling & convicting! So so good!♥️
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He is greater than every triumph and shame…even when her Bible is closed. Wow. His love is so big and wide and so deep❤
Yes, this hit me hard too! He is faithful even when we are not! I was humbled & convicted by this. So so good♥️
But the greatest of these is love
God is always permanent was a perfect reminder today. His truth, his love, his guidance. He knows the beginning to end. Worry or fear shouldn’t be our daily mindset but peace knowing that God has it all under control. Rest and be still.
Courage and confidence knowing he loved us just as we are to provide in his perfect timing.
This gives me courage and I love it
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Tough day today. I was craving coming home to be with my Bible and God’s word. I so needed this study today. I need to be reassured that when I have unexpected, negative days like today that God is always permanent. He is still with me even when I close my Bible.
Yes and Amen! As my 4 y/o loves to remind me: “Jesus is always in your heart.”
What truth!!! Praying you remember this truth, on both the brightest of days and darkest of days.
You are His daughter, His beloved, and he is ALWAYS with you.
This is why I’m starting on this journey, today, during advent.
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She is me, I am her. I read truth to find Jesus, the permanent One! And to be challenged to love like He does: patiently, kindly, not rejoicing with wrongdoing, but rejoicing when the truth, what is good and fair and right, wins out. Thankful for that today when staying with my Dad after a long time not seeing him and it’s hard staying at his place, it’s dirty and I feel sorry for him. He left us 10 years ago for another woman but he isn’t with a woman now, and sadly I can tell. It’s a challenge to love unconditionally, but I like that this verse says ‘does not rejoice with wrongdoing’ – I don’t condone what he’s done because I forgive him. Love keeps no record of wrongs, as hard as that is to put into practice. But I am encouraged that this is the best way, and the Holy Spirit can transform our hearts and minds and make us love like Jesus if we ask.
This gives me hope because I worry about the future and what heaven will be like because honestly my home with my children and my husband is my heaven and I need to practice making sure God is above them, this verse is comforting to me because it’s OK that I don’t understand now
Your comment gave me so much comfort that I’m not the only one who feels this way; the tension and anxiety of craving our permanent home, but also fearing the loss of what is so tangible to me now.
Your statement rings so true for me, Perfectly put, thank you!
Yes. Agreed. God gave you such a blessed home life here on hearth. Imaging it in heaven where there is no sin? What a blessing to live in a marriage and have children that are your heaven. What beauty in that statement. Keep praying for your family. Keep your eyes on God and not how perfect things are and praise Him for how good things are. So happy for you.
So thankful God’s truth is black and white. Even if we don’t know it fully yet. He never changes.
Amennnn. He never changes and he never sleeps for if he sleeps, he won’t be in control- that’s why he will eternally stay awake.
I always read these verdes about how God wants us to love. But when you try to analyze if you are practicing love the way it states ; is not that easy to follow th daily.I Pray to God for personal strenght and for all of you people who deal with many battles, even the simples ones as well our eye need attention. Do it with love and then you may add the other characteristics of love but We have to do it have a heart filled with desire to like God.
I don’t know how many times I’ve read this passage growing up in a Christian school. But what stood out to me today was the truth of how we see dimly now. Looking in the dirty mirror, it’s confusing to see what’s going on. What it’s supposed to be. In that way…it’s OK to be confused sometimes. But the point is that we look forward, and even in confusion hold tight to “it’s not supposed to be this way.” Confused but trusting. Just like kids.
“Confused but trusting” – this is such a good reminder for me of something a pastor said and modeled to me about 15 years ago….that we don’t have to know all the answers now to trust God’s ways and words. We can believe and have unbelief, confusion, at the same time. And God is ok with that!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I’ve been struggling so much with the fact that I know Gods character and that His ways are perfect but I had to be honest with Him and tell Him that there are areas that I don’t trust Him in right now and I don’t see how I can trust Him again. It feels like He walked me into a confusing situation but I still know that He’s faithful. It’s comforting to know that I don’t have to have it all together!
What stuck out to me is love is NOT irritable. I recently got my period back from having my son almost a year ago and hormones are high around the house and my biggest struggle is not being irritable with my 3 children. My husband had also almost been gone 3 months for work so my patience is running thin. But I’m reminded by God that love is not irritable and that’s the big thing I need to work on day by day.
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1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love is patient and kind”
❤️ my first devotion through this app and it’s already doing so much in my life.
We are foster parents and our daughter is about to go home. She’s been with us every night for the last 17 months, and mom hasn’t made adequate progress, but they’re still sending her home. I need this to help me stay grounded in my faith in God and His plan.
Hope is the evidence of things not seen! Keep your focus on who God is, and not what the circumstances look like. He will not fail you! Praying for you and your dear family!
Hope is the evidence of things NOT seen! Keep your focus on who God is and not what the circumstances look like. God will not fail you! Praying for you and your dear family!
I have been really struggling in my faith. And turning away from all I’ve known to be truth. And I just downloaded this app and started with this and it was a beautiful passage. I love the additional poetry. I think I might try and read the book as well.
The daily readings are awesome too. In this hard season of my life, I’ve been really trying to be consistent in daily scripture reading, mourning/reflection, and prayer. I’ve been told all my life it can be transformative, I’m now just starting to believe it. The Bible Project App is also really helpful for reading scripture
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I just recently decided with my boyfriend of a year and a half that we needed to break up and work on ourselves and our faith individually and I know it was the right decision but I’m really struggling. I know that reading this will help me so much.
Date God for a while and He will lead you in directions unimaginable! Praying He gives you peace in your journey and you obtain a relationship with Him that is inseparable!
I feel your pain. I am going through a similar thing and it is painful and feels so tough but it will be worth it.
Hi Christan! I was in the exact same boat last year at this time. I dated a guy for almost four years and when we broke up suddenly it was so hard. Yet, through that suffering my faith became so so much more genuine and pure. I read “It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way” by Lysa Terkhurst and the Biblical truths and Lysa’s own stories helped me heal so so much. Also I listened to the Proverbs 31 podcast over trading my will for God’s and that had a huge impact on me during that time too:) I’m not sure if any of this will help, but God certainty met me right where I was at while I studied it and leaned into Him during heartache.
This Truth I’m reading, it’s more incredible and unimaginable than any information I’ve ever known. I am humbled but not crippled by its weight and magnitude. Pray for people like me, please y’all!
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“She reads Truth to find Jesus.
And He is there, on every page, greater than her triumphs and shame, vaster than her needs and her pain. Those are real, to be certain. But they are the partial, the passing away. Jesus—and Jesus alone—is the Perfect, the Permanent.
The Truth does not magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. It does something even better—it leads her into relationship with the One who made her and makes her new, the One who is greater than all of these. The Truth brings her face to face with the God who has never stopped loving His children, who has never failed to do what He says He will do. The Truth is love in black and white—a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.”
This hit so hard. We all seek Truth constantly in our lives, and it can be found in God. The basis of Truth is love, and we know God loves us no matter what. He loves us through our good times and our bad and that should provide comfort to us.
” counterfeits no longer interest her; she is looking for the realest thing. That is why she reads. she reads truth to find Jesus ” . This spoke to me profoundly.
This was awesome, I thought, too
This was awesome to me too
Love endures all things! To love God is to hang on to the hope that we have, that one day we will see and meet Him face to face, and that’s when all things truly will become clear, and we will never have another doubting bone in our bodies, in Jesus name ❤️
She Reads Truth is an amazing book. We keep fighting because one day we will see Him clearly face to face. All I want is truth, and that’s why I cling to the Bible.
Praying this morning that I choose the reality, the TRUTH of Jesus and his full and complete salvation. This verse always grounds me back to the fact that love is more than a feeling, it’s an action – one we cannot execute on our own, but only through Holy Spirit!
How wonderfully written and expressed. How true that it rings through my very being. Thank you for sharing this. Thank you for these words. Thank you Jesus, the Truth, the One and Only Permanent Saviour.
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Thank you!
i needed this for a relationship with a boy. i have so much hurt in my heart for him. i need to love him in spite of that! ❤️
I want to continue to be a better Christian and today I’m doing that by putting love into the world and doing everything with love ❤️ Thank you Jesus, for loving us like you do.
I needed to read this. After being so hurt by someone I thought was my friend, I felt my heart harden with the hurt. This has reminded me that love truly does conquer all. Love and forgive our enemies. Love like He loves us ❤️
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I so appreciate this refreshing reminder!
1 Cor 13:4 is the perfect definition of how to love well.
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I have always had low patience and though I’ve gotten better but there are two areas I struggle most. With my ex (son’s) dad and with my oldest son when I’m trying to teach him how to do something and he stares at me blankly. I don’t know why but it just gets to me when he does that. I needed to see each and everything love is again and I will have to recite that verse in my head when I’m frustrated. Thank God for forgiveness and fresh starts!! It is SO hard to show love to people who bring you down every chance they get. I pray that I will always have love and let God do the work that needs to be done.
Jesus- and Jesus only is the perfect, the permanent.
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Beautiful!
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“The truth is in black and white -a love does not change, even when her bible is closed”
Love this
Thank you for being my truth. My solid ground, comforter. In this time that I find myself single yet again I wonder what is so broken, why is it so hard to live and accept? So I cling to the one who loves me entirely and effortlessly, thank you Jesus.
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Thank you Lord for being the one Truth. We cannot count on the ways of the world, but we know you are the One and Only. Nothing else can satisfy our needs.
I love reading this it makes me understand what Jesus wants us to love.
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Such a simple concept! Truly an answer to all of our situations, even if it’s not the answer we are looking for.
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God is so faithful! I was really praying about how to draw closer to Him and after reading this I felt like He truly was saying “just read Truth. Remember who I am to you!” Powerful.
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God’s love never wavers or changes. Amen, amen, amen.
This was beyond wonderful to read today. That God will lead us into a relationship with Him always.
Absolutely love this!!!! God is our one permanent thing!!! HE is always there for us and I need to lean on him more!
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When we have God’s amazing love in our life what more do we need? I mean it’s a live that can’t be fathomed it’s a love that is so much more than our worldly love. It washes over us and covers us. What an amazing love!
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Loveeee this!!! Through reading truth , your circumstances may not change , but you will receive a much greater hope that will not only carry you through that one hard situation or season, but through ALL situations and ALL seasons❤️❤️❤️
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Hope is tinged with hurt. Faith is tinged with doubt. But!! You are here. You are greater than my pain. You are greater than my fears. … You are greater than my triumphs.
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So simple: nothing will satisfy us like the truth found in a relationship with God. But, it’s challenging to practice this, to remember this, and to keep it at the forefront of our minds and hearts.
It is so simple, Kaitlin!! But it’s so incredibly hard to put into practice!!
god has never been imperfect. our lord created us to be perfect, but when we sinned, he sent his ONLY son jesus to purify our souls. the truth is god, only god. the void in our hearts can be filled by only god, and he will never change, never be imperfect. our god is a holy, POWERFUL god, rejoice in His Name!!!❤️❤️
Lord, thank u for loving me and caring for me completely and perfectly. You are the only One worth living for and only One worth giving our hearts to. Thank u for being the One.
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I never thought that this words would reflect the way I’m feeling at the moment.
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Im happy I found “she reads truth” for a long time I believed that I couldn’t go to God being “imperfect” that I had to “cleanse” myself mentally before going to him, I now know that he loves me regardless of where my mind is where I am I may be doubtful at times but the more i read the more I feel him the more I know
Thank you Lord for always drawing me close when I take time to dive deep into Your word. I read Truth not just for answers or equations, help or how-to’s. I read Truth to find and be near the perfect and permanent One.
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Praise to the God who has fully known me. He knows I’ve been irritable and resentful, full of knowledge, but lacking in love. Lacking Him. As He is love, he embodies the perfect love of these verses. Stuck in our partial view, or incomplete understanding – it requires faith to accept this God of love, this God that can change and reconcile it all. May I chase after Him, may His love replace and strengthen my own broken, partial, and incomplete love. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
This is incredible… I was at a weekend event for my church and one of the girls suggested I get this app. This morning, I found out the guy I was talking to has been leading me on and is dating someone else. I’ve been feeling hurt and wondering if I’ll ever find love all day. Then I decided to open this app and check it out. This is the first study I opened. God reminded me what REAL love is… and that He is watching over me❤️
Halleluja! You go girl, God bless you sister!
The exact same thing happened to me this week Ella. God’s love is reassuring and always present! Reading this chapter tonight was exactly what I needed to hear!
Ella, I am so sorry for your hurt but hopeful that a month later, you’re feeling the freedom of not potentially being with someone who is less than truthful and certainly not showing you what love is. ♥️
I love that the Word is inherently perfect and true and clear, even when it’s confusing in my own human understanding. Praying for more wisdom as God guides me in finding biblical answers!
I don’t know if I’ve ever read vs 1-3 along with 4-7. It really changes how I read 4-7!
Thank you for this study!
He is so good and so faithful!
This passage has become something of an irritant- mostly because of how often it is heard at weddings! Reading this again through the lens of ‘truth’ rather than ‘love’ has given it new and personal meaning. Thank you!
Thank u for reminding us of the truth
Thankful for a God who is real and for truth that is not dependent on me!
I had just been thinking about someone’s reference to a Bible verse that ended up being out of context. Had I not searched for the “truth” straight from Gods word, I would have been deceived. Thankful for this lesson this morning!
This is SO good. God can be trusted. He is Truth. He is Love. He is Permanent. He is ours!
What a wonderful reminder that the pain we feel, although it is real, it is not permanent. We serve a God who is permanent and He’s asking us to trust that and believe in His permanence. I hope that I can become a woman who can face each trial knowing that I have a loving and permanent God by my side.
Love is a choice, not a feeling. Thankful for a God who is extravagant in His display of love for me
Beautiful!!
My heart is so full
Awesome reminder. No matter their hurts that I am hurting, the love I do not “feel”, I do have love. From God.
She really is me. I’m so thankful I found this resource. Awesome reminder that no matter the hurts that I am hurting, God is love so I have love. Whether I “feel” it or not.
gosh. it’s so great to remember how permanent He is
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The Lord reminds us of what true love is. It is not simply acting a certain way, but it is feeling it deep in your heart and acting upon those feelings. Thank you Lord your unconditional love ❤️
A great reminder that we will not struggle forever. One day we will be satisfied in Him. ❤️
A great reminder that our struggle isnt forever. One day we will be face to face with Him.
These words are so beautiful and have found a way to settle deep beneath my heart. Thank God for you!
Excited to read through this plan this week. Been meditating on the hymn “Hold to Gods unchanging Hand” and Psalm 121 as the New Year opens – such a timely reminder to re-anchor my soul on the Perfect and Permanent One in the midst of lots of change in my family’s life. Thank you!
“One day face to face is the only way she will see.” What a beautiful thought!
Not a checklist but a guide to see how the Holy Spirit is manifesting in me!
1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
I am tired of lying. I am tired of speaking the “right” words to convince others of a my faith that was dead. How can I continue to try to love the broken people around me if I didn’t believe that true healing is possible. It must be possible. For I only feel whole when I surrender. I am only given the strength to reject the temptations of an eating disorder when I focus on Him.
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Claudia, I completely understand, I have lived my whole life saying the right thing. I am in the process of trying to surrender, I didn’t realize until recently that I tried to take charge of my life instead of waiting for God’s timing. I’m struggling but I know his word will bring us both back to focus on him
The Perfect and Permanent One sings over you today.
Compelled by the reality that 1 Cor 13 is a picture- not a chekclist- and the picture is of Jesus. I can seek to walk like Him——but i’ll never fully get there. He alone loves like this. This is how I am loved by Him
1 Corinthians 13 is a beautiful reminder and model of how we are supposed to love and be loved, and how God loves us!
Beautiful. A great starter for 2019.
Agreed!!
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My New Years resolution is for spiritual growth and by reading the truth, Bible, I know that God will guide me in this journey
This really opened my eyes
“ The truth does not magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment
Thank you for reminding me that I need to seek not a “how to” but a “who-to” seek: our unchanging unfailing permanent God!
Looking forward to being back with the permanent one.
I love the part where it says, “The Truth is love in black and white-a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.”
A friend recommended this study and I am excited to get to dig into this new plan.
Thankful that in Jesus, there is no striving. Trust Him, pour out your heart to Him and let it all go. When we trust Him, we are free.
A friend recommended this study to me and I really needed this today. Lesser, broken things have been masquerading in my life as love like the reading said. I am tired of seeking the temporary. I want to return to seeking our permanent God.
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I needed this today I love reading my Bible
I am so Thankful for God’s Unfailing, Undeserving, and everlasting love for me.
Thankful for His constant love.
I am on my way to a medical procedure where an eight inch needle will be placed into my spine and dye will be injected to obtain pictures. I fell and broke titanium rods that were in my back. I am broken. But he makes us whole. I am hurting. But he is healing. I am alone. But he is here. Thank you for this today.
Praying for you tonight Amanda! So thankful we have the Lord who is our everything.
Praying for you, Amanda! I know Jesus will be with you
Thinking of you and about to say a prayer for you! I also have a rod in my back. I hope you’re doing better today♥️
So good
Incredible reminder how God picks us up in all our hurt and heals us and shows us that true love, joy, peace, faith etc. is found in Him alone!
Needed to read this as today I was thinking that during this post college life, things are constantly changing but God has always been constant
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Lord I needed that!!
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It’s amazing that our God is Love. Without God we have nothing and our actions are meaningless. “Real love is God who became flesh..” I pray that the Lord would transform my dry heart to a new heart that is excited about his Truth.
“… a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.” Man this spoke to me. Condemnation from the enemy is hindering what the love of the father can do to us, no matter where we are in our lives. Knowledge of His unending love is what is giving me hope. But I desire more, a never ending one and a love without circumstance. ♥️ Amen!
I definitively needed this.. My husband and I are long distance, but he’s here for the holidays, and we are going through a lot of new stresses (moving, new jobs, financial strain) and I feel my heart has become hardened.. Not towards him, just in general, but as a result, it’s affecting our relationship the most.. Sometimes my anger gets the better of me and I lash out, and I even shock myself with my words.. He’s beyond patient and I feel like I’m pushing him away.. This passage reminds me of the love we promised each other on our wedding day. And has convicted me into consciously & constantly reminding me of it each time I feel angers or irritable.
My husband and I are in the same home and not long distance – but we have been dealing with a new home, marriage, and 2 job changes with the burden of finance – I’m believing with you on a break thru! It’ll all be a distant memory soon! Amen.
My husband and I live in the same home and are not long distance but I completely feel you on this! We purchased a home, got married and he changed his job twice right after so we have had some financial hardships right off the bat — I’m believing for break thru with you! Amen.
Wow amazing!
Wow I’m in tears. I’ve been struggling with a couple deaths in my family and a break up with my boyfriend because I felt God was calling me to do so. I’ve been praying earnestly and searching and searching to find God’s will and plan. Not expecting an answer but trying so utterly hard to trust him and be real with him. And devotional really hit home because I’m trying so hard and I feel Gods presence but sometimes I feel so defeated. And I love 1 corinthians so much. Chapter 13 really hit me that true love is God. And to be like God I must become love. And there’s so much of that I don’t have…but once I start to look more like Gods love amazing things will bloom. And it’s a great verse to look to when wuestionate about relationships too.
Aww don’t be sad
I really love what I just read. I have known about She Reads Truth for a long time and have actually been back and forth at keeping the app and using it. But I want to do better about it, so the app is here to stay! Excited for things to come!!
I love this app too. It makes getting into the Word a lot easier wi h having a plan and having a study always with me.
Hi Kathleen, me too. I was looking for something to fill the gap to advent and this was perfect. Perfect and permanent love in Christ is a great focal point.
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I wanted to read something that would bring me right up to advent. What a great devotion to remind me that even in this world of tarnished hope, I can hope in Someone more Permanent and Perfect! The holidays away from broken family can be sad, but Christ always lifts me up.
I just downloaded this app. And am so very glad that I did. I literally asked God how can I incorporate Him into my daily life, and here I am.
This poem/ devotion hit me very hard. We will find our truth in Christ. I often struggle in this world of lies and deceit, looking for clarity and guidance from humans. Instead I can find my truth and happiness in the Lord and His True Word.
God is the only one who shows what real love is, He is the perfect picture of true love and that’s why we can trust him and read real truth and trust in every circumstance because he is the only thing to heaven.
4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
I really needed this right now! Such an encouragement!
How encouraging! And true! And wisdom! :) amen!
The more we know the Truth, the easier it does become to see when something is counterfeit. Great devotional!
the part that stood out to me is that God’s love continues ‘even when her Bible is closed’ so often I equate God’s love and blessing with my own performance….but I’m learning that sacred and spiritual are not just words to describe spiritual things, but all of life. God is with me even when my Bible is closed and I’m not focused on pursuing Him in that moment. His love goes on and on.
This devotional is so beautiful! I brought so much into perspective about my life and my purpose.
“A love that does not change – even when her Bible is closed.” This is exactly what I needed to hear right now. An understanding and a reminder that I don’t always have to be reading the Word or talking about it to be loved by God. Rather, have the desire and the mindset to grow closer to Him each and every day.
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This devotional brought so much piece to me. For months I have struggled with not feeling loved by my friends and family and wanting a relationship so desperately. But what I really needed was to find that love in God. And He’s made me see that now, in a time when I so desperately need to see it. He made me see real love.
This devotional brought me to tears, i’ve struggled with feeling like pieces of my story are redeemable and wanted by others. and reading out loud this devotional and reading that Jesus loves me and doesn’t belittle my story or suffering but helps me understand, was such an encouragement
I hate when it’s cold outside and I step out from the warm car and my glasses fog up. I can’t see for a few moments or maybe even a minute. That’s like the Lord with us…. sometimes we expect certain things to go a certain way. We feel all warm and fuzzy and then for a moment things get foggy. That moment is when God takes the time to make us wait. It may be for a moment but his ways could take longer. Remember the Lord always does things in his time. Even when we want to hurry up and get back in the car so we can see again.
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Yes! Thank you for sharing
I am struggling with believing in God’s love for me. I have been suffering for so long it doesn’t seem like it will ever end. Trying to focus on something better lying in the future.
Hi Samantha! My name is Samantha too! Funny that you say something I relate to 100%, well, used to. Something I learned a while back is i couldn’t believe or accept it on my own. All that pain and built up walls was keeping me from the one whose love was more than I can understand… so much I was even afraid of it… something GOOD and PERFECT after all the bad. God had to change my heart, not me. I’m just an imperfect person, and an imperfect person trying to fix an imperfect heart isn’t the best way to go. Phillipians 3 is a great chapter you should check out and compare to your comment!! In that verse, the “prize” is Christ. John 16:33 is a great verse, God declares this world ain’t easy. But Jesus overcame the grave and took on your sin so you don’t gotta do this all on your own beautiful!! Where I am at now is i am still imperfect, still going through trials, but I am more joyful than ever because I do my best to remember God and his perfect love for me. Hope this was encouraging. :)
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:12-14 NIV
You should definetely read all of chapter 3!
““I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.””
John 16:33 NIV
I understand those thoughts. Make your life about His Kingdom come. Not yours. It is hard but think of God lovingly looking down pleased with His daughter and not finger pointing.
Samantha I struggle with believing too. I know God loves me, I’ve seen it in action. I’ve felt it and yet I easily and often lose focus. I start to focus on the every day or even the storms of this life but remember, we are here temporarily. Why not adjust your focus to the permanent? It’s ok if you have to readjust your focus often, you’re in great company. Just remember not to give up on seeking to put your eyes on the prize like Sam said.
I have to say I love this❤️. I’m excited to read these passages and every morning. I completely connect with it,it humbles me,and I feel grateful. It’s beautiful.God bless you all!❤️❤️❤️
A friend of mine (who always writes such wonderful and challenging posts from his current home in Uganda) wrote this today, and I thought I would share it here:
“There are some mornings that only appear after the fog, there are some songs that only come through suffering, there are some tears which only fall from laughing, there are some questions only understood through surrender, there are some miracles which only appear inside the fire. The older I get, I’m learning to be more malleable than cynical of these reminders. I’m learning that it’s more than just seeing everything through God, but also seeing God in everything. There is a love that is more powerful than the sun and there is a hope that is nearer than the night. Even if darkness and suffering covers us till morning comes, we are all moving closer to a dawn that’s already come”
i am struggling to know if i really do know how to love. what does it feel like or look like to know for sure. I am doing as the bible says to love.
One of my favorite exercises to do is put my name in place of the word love in the passage in 1 Corinthians. “Megan is patient; Megan is kind” etc. and it’s a good way for me to clearly see where I am lacking or struggling- and the areas that I’m doing really well.
We will never be perfect, and we will never be able to love in the capacity that God loves – but he has given us all of the tools to do our best. If you’re struggling with ability to love, allow God to move your heart. Ask him to expand your territory (prayer of jabez) and reveal new passion in you to love others where they are. Only you are you- God has given you unique and individual abilities and opportunities to love the people who surround you. If you ask him for more love, he will never turn you away ❤
Sometimes I think we all forget how great God’s Love is for us. He gave us so much and yet we forget daily what he’s done for us. We forget his love that lavishes over us and renews us daily. We NEED the Truth in our lives daily but so many times we think we aren’t good enough. My friends, believe you are good enough because even in the days that we mess up God is still a God of love and his Truth says that he loves you no matter what and you need that Truth in your life. I encourage you with this; remember God’s great love because though we may not deserve it, He gives it freely daily.
“Hope is tinged with hurt and faith is shaded by doubt.” But how AWESOME to know that God GIVES hope and God IS faithful! So that our hope in Him can’t be laced with hurt and our faith in Him is never doubted!!!
“But they are partial and passing away. Jesus —and Jesus alone —is the Perfect, the Permanent.” I need to remember his is the ONLY perfect and PERMANENT of this world.
The truth doesn’t erase the suffering but leads us to the Father! Amen. I am here at this place. It feels sad but hopeful. God has lead me here and He has my attention! I am ready.
This is so beautiful and so true for me.
the truth that never ceases to be true….
I love this!!
No matter what circumstance, no matter the past, no matter the who, why, when, where….
I feel like I see through that cloudy mirror when I’m doubting. But we are not meant to see clearly on Earth. It will be revealed in good time.
She Is Me was a description of who I want to be in Christ. Thank you so much for sharing that. I will refer to it often as a reminder.
This put so much peace in my heart
Amen, Ruth. This is exactly what I needed to hear today. It spoke to me on so many levels.
So that She will be face to face. What an extraordinary love God have that He became Flesh, so that I can seek and Find him and build a relationship with Him. He loved me so much that He took my sin as far as the east is from the west. Jesus surrendered all for love. I need to everyday surrender all to Him and trust that His plans for my day hour by hour, minute by minute and second by second is the best for me.
I really love 1 Corinthians 13:12, it reminds me that soon we will stand face to face and see His love for us fully and completely.
it is so hard to imagine….GOD GOD became a man….to be with us! I need to remember that…
God loves me.
“He never fails to do what he says He’ll do”
Sometimes we try to think God said He’ll do this.. or tht..
Yet this just reminded me.. who am I to say what God will and will not do for me?
I pray tht Jesus will create in me a ❤️ tht truly loves.
Because when I truly love Jesus.. I won’t have to question everything He does for me.
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
I should do: love is patient. Not a flat piece of paper, but rather like making a paper origami crane. Love is 3- dimensional. Love is alive as the breeze moves a hanging origami bird on a string-the Holy Spirit breaths on me, moving me. In practing patience (hope and waiting for prayers to answered), I need to also practice being kind to myself I find. How do I become more pliable in the Masters hands when I want to run away, circumvent, find easy or ignor “patience” in love? Holy Spirit I need Your fresh breath of air blowing on me, helping me, reminding me: patience and kindness.
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I need to read this 20 more times and let it truly sink in. As a wife, a mother, a entrepreneur, a minister I feel overwhelmed by the ever moving pieces I stubble to stay afloat with. But he is permanent.
The words… He is there, on every page… brings such comfort to me today. Makes me want to come back to his book even more.
I have had periods of time where my relationship with God was a partnership like spouses. In between those periods we have become like acquaintances visiting with each other on Sundays at church and even that is inconsistent. I have let society and the things of this world create time to take away from the opportunity to build that relationship with God. I have been let down by others and I have let it consume my feelings, thoughts, actions and relationships of those around me instead of rejoicing in the vast permanent love that God through Jesus shares and wants with me. I must adore my relationship with Christ as I do with my husband.
good mini sermon
Being a teenager really sucks, and I get sucked into the typically teenage ways. I don’t like it, but I do it anyways. I’ve recently come to see what I’ve become and I’d like to get back to where I’m supposed to be: close with the Lord.
Don’t be hard on yourself about having human struggles. Jesus loves you always! No matter what you do. You’re trying your best and He see’s that and knows that. He knows who you are in your heart!!!!! Go about your day and be blessed ❤️
This is beautiful. Really spoke to my heart tonight. Laying in bed, trying to sleep but my mind is too busy filled with stressful thoughts that really don’t matter. Opened up the app to find something of comfort and stumbled upon this somehow. God is good and my heart and mind feel at rest. ❤️
Love this so much. I feel so encouraged by this
Determined to connect with my Heavenly Father more and more. Thank you for this!
Man, this is a breath of fresh air. I’ve been listening to Jordan Peterson (clinical psychologist and professor at the university of Toronto) a lot lately. He’s a brilliant man with lots of insight, but he seems to shy a bit from the love aspect of Scripture. Not that he isn’t obviously compassionate – but that he seems to think that truth and love are separate ideals and that you have to pick one to hold the highest. So he chooses truth.
But I think truth and love are equally important and that they go together. You don’t have to forsake one for the other. To speak truth in kindness is the most loving thing you can do.
Absolutely agree. ❤️
This passage is such an amazing description of our Father…He IS love! And he isn’t irritable and He doesn’t keep a record of wrongs. Glory.
I am in awe. Coming to the well and to Jesus every morning gives & breathes life into my heart & soul. I am in awe because the Jesus I get to know more and more everyday lives in me & as a result of that I get to live with Him, in Love, Faith & Hope.
I am so glad the father is merciful:)
just started today, and am looking for some clarification on a particular verse. 1 Corinthians 13:12 says “for now we see a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known” What are some of your interpretations in this verse?
We can’t know everything in full, our human minds are finite and cannot comprehend the infinite mind and ways of God. When we are reunited with him someday, we will finally be able to fully understand and know God. We will see him clearly as he already clearly sees us.
One idea I have is that coming to know God more deeply and being in relationship with Him reveals His truth for our lives. Like right now I’ve been struggling with lies, that I tell myself and the world tells me. And when I believe those lies, it’s like I’m looking into a dim mirror. My reflection is not clear because what I believe at those moments is not of God and is false. But as I seek God’s truth, I am able to see more clearly the way God sees me. And these lies all separate me from God. But as I seek Him I am brought closer to Him/face to face as I come to know Him more fully. That is kind of what I got from it. Hope this helps! : )
I love this so so much
I really love this.
I’ve had this app on my phone for about three weeks now. Never opened it until this morning. And It amazes me that God leads me to what I need to hear from him every time. As I know I’m about to go through a big change in life this devotional was God talking to me saying I’m going to be ok and that no matter what He is always there. Is crazy freaky how someone we can’t even hug is always hugging and loving us. Thank you Jesus.
Hey. I’m going through a bunch of change too. I’ll be praying that God holds you during this time of change for you and that he protects you too. Trust and worship Him in song and He will help you get through this change and find peace and comfortability. Amen. ♥️♥️♥️
I’m also going through a lot of life changes right now. Funny because I have had this app on here for weeks as well and today was lead to it… and lead right to this devotional. God is good❤️
I am living in sin. I had my first handsome boy who is now one out of wedlock. I moved to another state hours away from my family to live with my boyfriend… in sin. Ever since I moved, I’ve been unhappy. I want to believe I’m happy… but I can’t. Depression started to kick in, I started to drink & smoke to find a way out of this heavy unhappiness. Every time I spoke to my mother or sisters I just got even more depressed. I want nothing more but for God to bring me out of this depression and show me how to love. I need peace and I pray for it everyday. I feel like I can’t have what I am praying for because I am living in sin. How do I just up and leave someone that we share a child with and go back home?? I feel so trapped. I just pray God hears my silent tears and answers my prayers.
I’m praying for guidance and peace for you this morning, Najè. Cling to Jesus, ask for direction, and He will lead you out of sin. You are a mother now, it is your responsibility to lead your child in truth. Seek out help from believers around you. You can’t do this alone. Sending love and prayers.
It is crazy that we can’t even fathom God’s perfect love. My hearts desire is just to love people the way Jesus loves us. To forgive and love people. There are no strings attached to His love. He willing gave His life knowing that not everyone would accept Him. What an amazing love. My prayer is that He would teach us how to love. I don’t want to be a clanging symbol in His ears.
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I’ve just been on social media wayy too much lately looking at people and things from the past getting riled, irritated, angry, and anxious. God has safely and miraculously brought me and my two kids away from all of that yet I sat here for a few weeks looking at people I was once friends with questioning their Christian authenticity and getting irritated at their posts. So I logged off everything and am going to try this social media cleanse for as long as I can to get back to focusing on the one thing that truly matters: Jesus. I have gotten so concerned with looking at these people online that I have lost my way a little bit, I need redirection, I need forgiveness, healing, some real peace of mind, and the strength to push through.
It is a real comfort to know that there are other women here in this hard hard world, seeking after God and after truth. I want to love him with everything I have so badly, but life can get so hard and distracting! Praying for all of you ladies here today, that God will meet us right where each are at!
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Five months ago, my son came into the world. he is honestly the best thing that has ever happened to my husband and me. We feel so blessed and fortunate everyday.
I should be happier, though. Over the past few months, I have been dealing with crippling post-partum anxiety. I love my son so much, it hurts. I am constantly afraid of losing him l, or losing my husband, to the point that we am not able to enjoy our life and our blessing. I feel like, my life is better right now than it ever has been, and I feel like it’s too good to be true, and something is going to break my joy.
I am looking for a therapist, but I know, ultimately, I need Jesus. I need to trust Jesus. I just feel like, life is so fragile, and I have no control, and I worry about my baby so much. I am trying to hold tight, but I feel my fingers slipping.
Trust Him and hold onto hope. Speak the words of the psalmist, “Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my saviour and my God. Here in exile my heart is breaking, and so I turn my thoughts to him. He has sent waves of sorrow over my soul; chaos roars at me like a flood, like waterfalls thundering down to the Jordan from Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar.
May the LORD show his constant love during the day, so that I may have a song at night, a prayer to the God of my life.”
Psalms 42:5-8 GNB
http://bible.com/296/psa.42.5-8.gnb
This is not the end of your story. Seek help from a Christian counselor and the best counselor our Father in Heaven.
EB Davis — Oh girl. I went through the exact same thing when we had our little boy 11 months ago. I’ve never had anything very bad happen to me, and somehow I got it in my head that God was going to take my baby to teach me some lesson. I was praying one night, trying to find my way through the thoughts in my head, when I heard Him say, clear as a bell, “You really think that much of yourself that I’d take MY child to teach you a lesson?” I needed that reality check!
I believe He is GOOD, and He isn’t surprised by our unbelief or our anxiety, whether hormonal or just is succumbing to the stress of life. The truth is there are no guarantees of our loved ones’ health or safety, and it just hits home so hard when you become a mother! I’m still, months later, learning to meet Him each day with my anxiety, and ask for peace and faith. And the awesome thing is that He isn’t offended by me needing to ask to believe that He’s good. I try to remind myself that the way I feel about my child is a sliver of the way He feels about me, and although He may use some hard product of living on earth to reveal his glory and grow my faith, He will never hurt me. Anyways, I know how you feel! Hold on to Him with both hands, don’t try to white-knuckle your way through the anxiety alone! Also, don’t be afraid to tell others! I really believe the devil likes to keep us isolated in those thoughts. I felt so much better once I’d told my husband and friends how dark my thoughts had gotten. I hope we serve as a little bit of that safe place for you! Praying for you this morning!
Sarah, thanks for writing this. I’m not a mom, but I feel this way about my husband sometimes. I feel like he just loves so freely and selflessly and I love him SO much… and for those reasons I fear God might take him away from me, to teach me a lesson. I’ve heard stories of spouses passing away and we’ve only been married for a year. Your comment really helps me with this mental (and spiritual) battle I’m talking about.
I struggled with this same thing after I became a mother. For 6 years I gradually become more and more fearful of losing them or dying and leaving them. I spent so much time in prayer begging God for peace! Psalm 3:3 is now my life verse! “You O Lord, are a shield around me. My glory and the lifter of my head.” Praying that you will feel God’s presence in your life like a shield surrounding you, your husband, and your child. I tried everything to cope with my fears, including refusing to do anything I viewed remotely dangerous. The ONLY thing that truly gave me peace was surrendering completely to Christ.
I just lost my dad to cancer and I am truly finding Gods path for me in my life
Prayed for you this morning, Cayt.
I recently (about a year ago) stopped trusting God. I still considered myself a Christian but I was far from living the life of one. I had an affair and I knew better. I KNEW BETTER but I did it anyway. That’s how the enemy works. Convincing and deceiving you of lies. I was having a lot of marital issues, regrets, and doubts about what my life had come to. Once all my issues came to the surface crazy enough I found a sense of relief. Even though I hurt my husband and betrayed others in my life, I found my way back to the TRUTH! I knew the only thing I had left to try was give my life back to God. Truly looking for the answers to my life in the word. Not my friends, not my family members. God, his scripture, through prayer. I finally realized that God allowed me to experience the things I went through for his purpose. I’m still not perfect but I know where my truth lies. My marriage has a foundation that has become much more God founded we are still growing together in faith and in TRUTH instead of apart and in sin. This app has changed my life and I hope it continues to change others as well.
I too Brandy went through the same as you and out of that perfect love and Truth our marriage was renewed. Right now we are going through another hardship in our marriage, my husband was unfaithful. But I can truthfully say that Gods love has enveloped us and is teaching us to breathe and be love again for one another as he is for us. I cannot believe that in such tribulations we are able to find peace and love instead of hate and anger.
I love reading everyone’s comments and knowing we all hurt but can know that perfect love that heals all.
In a world full of hate and disappointment, we find God, open and willing to hear our hearts cry. Thank you for Your Truth
Amen, indeed!
Just very recently, after many years of walking with and serving God, things have made me question not his love for me but my love for him-my daughter wrote a blog post about this app so I loaded it and started this plan today, only to be reminded of and return to my first love. While i definitely wanted forgiveness for sin at conversion, what I’ve always longed for was Truth. I know Truth. I love Truth. And I’m reminded that love of Truth is to love Jesus, and I do.
Prayed for you this morning, MaryAnne. I know how it feels to question your love for God. Hold tight to the only permanence we have.
It’s so crazy that some day we will know God to the extent that he knows us now. Wow! I am so excited to know him so fully!!
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so thankful for a never changing, always loving, permanent perect God!!!
Jesus is the Perfect, the Permanent. Thank You, Jesus for perfectly and unchangingly living me. For being a certainty when life feels so uncertain.
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Thank you Lord for your love. You are the one constNt in our life. Faithful always.
The only real truth, that you can stand by 100%, is the Word of God. God and His love is something we can always depend on. He is always there for us, all we have to do is have a little faith that He will come through for us every time we are feeling down, of having a bad day.
What a beautiful reminder of how Truth never changes and just is, no matter how my foggy life is at the moment. I’m ready for a new part of my life, one where I clearly see how permanent Truth, faith, hope and Love can be.
I am brand new to this app and was calling out to God for his presence. I stumbled on this and I must say: I feel he has begun to answer me. The truth isn’t out there in the world, it’s in here. In the Word.
Yes!
This devotion reminds me of my granny. I have always strived to be like her because it doesn’t matter what anyone does wrong, she always loved them for who they are. She’s such a blessing to my life and can’t wait to see her again❤️
It’s such a great reminder that God is the perfect everything. Sometimes the day to day clouds my mind and I forget even in my suffering he is there right beside me.
This is perfect! Women struggle with this all the time. So thankful for Jesus who shows us truth and true love.
Thank you Lord for reminding me that we know in part, and one day we will know fully as we have been fully known. Thank you for reminding me that love never ends and endures forever. With my mom recently passing away, this is a great reminder of how loved I am by Him. He is always there guiding us!
Truth well spoken!!That magic fix is Jesus only Jesus!!
“The Truth does not magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. It does something even better—it leads her into relationship with the One who made her and makes her new, the One who is greater than all of these. The Truth brings her face to face with the God who has never stopped loving His children, who has never failed to do what He says He will do. The Truth is love in black and white—a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed. ” this spoke to me…even tho I’m late to start reading this plan! so often I feel Iook for that magic fix…Lord…bring me closer to you!
This part stood out to me too, Kim :)
My pastor used this passage and I just love it. It’s so powerful and amazing how much love truly means to our Lord!
What greater friendship could you ask for. Even when we walk away from God he never turns his back on us. He stays a permanent fixture, a light in our life’s waiting for us to turn around and take one step. We take one step towards our God and he comes running.
It’s crazy to me how many times I’ve read this or heard it, but never really comprehended its meaning. On the surface, I think I love, but do I? “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.” On a daily basis I could break all these signs of love. We are all imperfect, fallen human beings so sin is inevitable, but it doesn’t make it okay. I pray for a conscious mind and a pure heart and a strong faith to lead me through the day.
I am Danielle and I just started this myself and maby can get little guidance please
What’s going on Danielle?
Hi guys! I am 37 and have two kids. I have just started this. It has been a wonderful journey to read the truth. I want to start praying for y’all. Could y’all please tell me how I can pray for you.
Go listen to my music! Britt Nicole! Love y’all! ❤️
Hey Britt. I just started this app today. And this study! I’m a momma of two, also! I just don’t know where god wants me. I’ve gone to so many different churches looking to just feel god, feel loved, and feel like I’m suppose to be there. I have been in this unsure chapter of life just trying to figure out what I believe where I need to go, and where my family needs to be. My husband doesn’t go to church with me. So the load to raise my children in the right place is on me. I’ve been praying for two years for god to just show me, or speak to me. And I am just as unsure now as I was then. I feel so distant from god. And I’m tired of trying! I just want to feel loved and not confused, to know that he is with me and hearing me.
Lord, I’m praying for you to help Alaina. Help her to find rest in you. Help her to train her children to become followers of you. Help her find Godly friends. Help her husband to follow the path of you. Help him to understand your word. God I’m also praying for Alaina’s two children. I pray you will help here to love them unconditionally.
I will keep praying for you Alaina.
I just started this study as well! I heard about it from some friends I met this summer on a mission trip. I just got back home this week from the trip so pray that I would be able transition well and find more opportunities to do ministry at home!
Love is everything. It’s actions last far more than empty (albeit well intended) words. Ummm pondering how I show that love unconditional, unmovable – permanent!
Such a good reminder love has no grey area. Godly relationships are pure , wholesome and are found only in the heart of Jesus . Anything outside of Him Is merely temptations
This gave me the support I needed to remember that the people in my life who have hurt me are just as hurt and broken as I am. None of us are perfect, but we have a perfect God who loves us with all he has. It may take time to get into the practice but in the unsteady times of the world I know I can look to God as my constant comfort.
I’m on a missions trip with ALOT of people and this was exactly what I needed! Praise God for putting this in my path!
Love is above all! It is kind and patient even when I am not and others are not..!
Just the reminder and awakening I needed to fight my jet lagged and sinful body ❤️❤️❤️
Where are you?
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As a young girl doubtful of my future relationships, education, and career. I couldn’t have needed this more. His love is permanently enough.
This devotional remind me of how we are all in need of steady trust, unswerving hope, and extravagant, genuine love in God and others – and how Jesus is the truest source of all three! Such a blessed assurance.
That is a tricky thing to remind oneself of everyday- that what we are going through is not permanent. I wonder how this would look if we truly knew that God was eternal throughout our day. That seems so foreign that I don’t even know what that looks like! Wow!
Truthfully I have been the one with my bible closed and face turned away for the last 2 months. I didn’t stop loving God but it was almost as if I didn’t want to feel or hear anything more until I could untangle what was in front of me. I have been escaping and numbing life by hiding in fantasy.
Thank you Papa for reminding me your love doesn’t leave me even when I am turned away for the moment.
Hi Leah. praying that you will take His hand and ask Him to walk with you through your situation so that one day it is far behind and not still infront blocking you joy and growth.
Blessings
Ruth
Love this
I am in pain. I absolutely adore the fact that instead of receiving a placebo for my pain the scriptures offer me an eternal relationship with God. I feel so blessed right now.
Such a amazing feeling to know, that no matter how many times we get let down in this world… he will remain constant in his love for us.
this is exactly what I needed today!
The simplicity of this devotional is so powerful and fills my heart. The power of love is indescribable and I used to think I didn’t deserve God’s love. I became lost for such a long time and love was the core of my distance. I believed I didn’t deserve to be loved. This devotion is making me fall in love with God all over again.
My heart feels full as I learn and then relearn that God continually pursues me. How blessed we are to have such an indescribably gracious God ♥️
It is so comforting to realize that God made us perfect and never stops running after us. We are so blessed. ❤️
today has been a day of hurt. this study has shattered me to the core!! God i need you now more than ever…
Such a good reminder to know who we are living for and the love given to us everyday even through the struggles and hurt❤️ he’s here and living and defeated death for us
“Truth is love in black and white—a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.” Reminded me how god gave each one of us Christ followers a chance to impact the world and walk around with a heart full of god just flowing out with our words and actions.
I sit here tears welling up in my eyes and my heart fighting to let them glide down my cheeks.
Trying to figure out the words to say that can describe how I feel and I have silence. Emptiness.
As I typed emptiness I realized that is exactly what it feels like to be me right now. Empty, void of love, joy, happiness.
There’s a hole that used to be filled with God but as life continued to throw shit at me that spot became empty. Now, my eyes spend more time fighting back tears than my mouth smiles.
This is exactly where I am at as well…
This gives me peace and hope and it makes me love Jesus even more . More than I think I could ever love
I’ve always taken the verse “faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is love” at face value. While reading this passage today, it occurred to me that the whole rest of the chapter is talking about love remaining while other virtues cease at the end of this life. So it’s likely the ending verse means that faith, hope, and love are great gifts, but that when our Savior is with us, fully revealed, faith and hope will cease to be, the hoped-for achieved, the object of faith seen and experienced. until today, I never realized that faith and hope will truly end, and love will endure throughout eternity. how cool. thanks, context!!
Such an amazing insight! Thanks for sharing.
I kept wondering why love was the greatest…. I kept thinking “wouldn’t He want faith to be the greatest?” But thy makes so much sense. When we are face-to-face at the gates of heaven, if we didn’t have love, we won’t have anything to show for. Very cool insight.
Today’s reading was a beautiful reminder to me about a couple important things that I often forget in my daily life. First, how love is the application of my faith, and that to do so is to be more like Jesus. So I cannot (and should not) just stop at faith, I must love others as well so they can see Jesus through me, and so I can strive to become more like Him.
Second, I was reminded how often I am confused about why things in my life are going the way they are, and begin to doubt God and His faithfulness. So often I forget that I can only see “in part”, and that I follow a God who knows exactly what He is doing, even if I don’t. An excellent reminder to trust in His plan for my life, even if I don’t get it sometimes. Thank you, SheReadsTruth!
Beautiful ❤️
Praise the Lord for all of you ladies- i truly see how God’s word is alive and active and piercing each one of your hearts. It is so beautiful the love God has for us its everlasting and not based on us but based on Him. I am praying for those of you are hurting, we are in this struggle together sisters! Let keep pressing because one day we will see love face to face ❤️
Loved it so much. it was truly inspiring as always! Thank you Lord and -Amen!
Just what I needed today.
This was so good to have today!
“The Truth does not magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. It does something even better—it leads her into relationship with the One who made her and makes her new, the One who is greater than all of these. The Truth brings her face to face with the God who has never stopped loving His children, who has never failed to do what He says He will do. The Truth is love in black and white—a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.”
This was so important for me to read because often times when I begin to pray I expect God to work on my time and heal me immediately and make me perfect and without pain. So when I pray for some time and realize that my problems are still here I tend to doubt God and stop believing in the process. But the word above says that God will give us something better than our suffering, disappointment, sorrow and struggle. And so it make me realize that the Christian walk is not about not struggling or not suffering or not experiencing sorrow and disappointment. It’s about accepting that Christ’s love for us is greater and bigger than all these things. And so if we just accept His love it remodels our outlook on what we go through. All of those feelings pass away but the one thing that remains constant is His love for us. That’s what will make struggling, suffering, disappointment, and sorrow bearable.
Thank you SheReadsTruth.
The truth that is still truth even when my Bible is closed ❤
I needed this today!!!!! Thank you God.
Praise him
“greater than her triumphs and shame, vaster than her needs and her pain”
God is greater and is ALWAYS there! Wow what an awesome God we have. No matter what we have done or will do God is greater than all of it. Never doubt him!
I feel like this was really something I needed. Thank you She Reads Truth!!
“The Truth does not magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. It does something even better—it leads her into relationship with the One who made her and makes her new, the One who is greater than all of these. ”
I love this because I feel like a lot of the times as christians we are made to feel like we need to have it all together or there’s this image that we need to uphold and if we feel like we’re falling apart then our relationship with God isn’t strong enough. This is such a good reminder that God is ok with us being in that place and his word is not meant to condemn us for feeling like that. We are loved right where we are and he will walk us out of that chaos and hurt hand in hand
Those verses of love are definitely some of my favorite verses in the bible. And as I go day to day I try to be more and more like love. because without love, I am nothing. Loved this reminder today:)
“Until then, she reads Truth—not just for answers or equations, help or how-tos. She reads Truth to find the perfect and permanent One. She reads Truth because she needs Jesus.” It’s a good word. I need Him desperately.
This is such a beautiful devotional piece! I love the distinction between personal truth (the partly true or the truth that passes away) and the absolute truth we find in God and His Word–it feels very relevant and it’s so hard to remember sometimes!
This hit me so hard! I was reading and got to the She reads truth to find Jesus and every word hit me, the joy I felt and the love was just jumping off the page and into my heart, I just couldn’t stop smiling and feeling the power of Gods love in my heart. I pray that reading my comment will give encouragement to you all that God loves and the “love chapter” isn’t just for us to know how to love but how He loves us
your comment definitely encouraged me. thank you so much! ❤️
I’ve been trying to find a way to become closer with God and to really learn His word and although I just downloaded this app I think it will be so helpful! I am so excited to explore the love the Lord offers and to finally take that next step in my spiritual journey
Welcome, Alexandra! We are so glad to have you studying with us!
– Stormye
I feel such pain in this world, but will try to remember that God is love and should keep our love flame going, not lose hope.
i really want to grow in my faith and my relationship with the Lord, but I don’t know where to start but i’m hoping this is it. I picked a 7 day devotional bc i think it will be better for me to gradually grow in my devotionals!! has anyone done this before or does anyone have any tips or advice?
One step at a time Madison. I chose the 7 day too.
Today was amazing. A great reminder of what love is and what it is not. The one I read. Keep pressing on.
Jesus is worth it and so are you.
Best Bible app ever.
Amen
Thank you the reminder of the reason why we need and should read the Bible to know and understand God’s truth. I’ll admit I’ve been struggling a lot lately with rekindling my desire to pursue his Word daily. But, as it simply states we rad truth because we need Jesus.
I think the best part about this is that God covers our shame and sorrow . Also that in God we have faith hope and love , love being the most important. If we do things out of spite we will not get anywhere but doing things out of love can take us beyond what we have here.
Love this.
With Father’s day approaching, I remember that I don’t have one because he decided to skip out on me. I thought after 23 years that I wouldn’t even notice or let it have an effect on me but here I am. But God is so good He allowed me to read this and remind me thay He’s never stopped loving me. There is no greater love than the one He can provide, has provided, and will continue to provide!
I needed this. Lately every day I haven’t felt like my joyful self. I’m a morning person I long for the mornings, but lately I haven’t been. I’ve just been wanting to sleep. I’ve been clouded by my worries. I know he is walking with me through the struggles I’m going through.
I’m learning to see that there is no greater love than this. I’m married and it hasn’t been the easiest. I depended on the love my husband could give, all love falls short once in awhile, it just doesn’t feel like it’s enough especially when I need love the most. But I know God is right there, and He’s ready to love on us. He never stops… His love doesn’t make sense. Reading this was definitely needed at the moment for my marriage.
I feel like sometimes my husband and I depend on our own love, but we can’t depend on one another’s love because it falls short to REAL LOVE. His love.
-Meli
This made my night and i have just downloaded this app, i was on the path to seeking jesus and i fell off that track but reading this passage made me realise how much ive missed out and in need of him because without him i am nothing! God is good all time amen to this xx
Welcome, Mel! So glad to have you reading with us.
– Stormye
Purely, amazing❤️
Just what I needed to hear!
As I woke up with anxiety this morning, I read this passage and now feel encouraged, energized, and more at peace. God is true love and he fills all holes within our hearts. So thankful for this passage!
Everything I needed to be reminded of this morning thank you. Lord help me to remember though I have pain it is only temporary and it will mold me into the woman you planned for me to be.
I was lost. I have Jesus but i went off his path. I loved this. It made me see that Jesus is going to be there for me no matter what i go through. He may sometimes be the only shoulder i have to cry on but that’s going to be enough because Jesus’ shoulder is going to be the only shoulder i need. My dad left us. I have a hole in my heart from where you left. Jesus i need you to fill that hole, make me good inside again, pure. Oh how i love you, and how you love me.
Oh, sweet Makinzy. Praying for you in this time of sadness.
– Stormye
I love the piece about His love for us even when the Bible is closed- that’s so powerful and I needed that right now. Even in my messy apathetic depression He still loves me, even when I can’t seem to open His word daily. Thank you sweet and all knowing Father.
I am thankful to have stumbled upon this plan this morning. I have been distant from God since October last year when my mom passed away. She was my best friend; like God packaged everything I needed in this world and made it in human form – my mommy. So when she passed, I lost it. My faith, hope, energy, determination, even my service to God went down the drain. Slowly but surely, I am becoming this angry, vile person. I have been fighting with my fiancé and taking out all my anger on him. But this morning… I read truth! I connected with my savior in a way that I haven’t felt in months! God, you see my heart and my hurt, pls do what only You can do. Amen!
Amen!! I’m so sorry for your loss. Praying God continues to find you in the exact times you need and helps you continue to stay close to your mama.
So sorry for your loss, Abimbola. So grateful to have you reading with us.
– Stormye
Thank you!
Thankful for God that is faithful when I am unfaithful, he is steadfast and true when I am unstable. He is permanent even when my faith is not. He has kissed my wounds tenderly and embraced me even when I have pushed Him away. Our God is so good!
Oh my heart… I’ve been distant from God the past few months. On purpose – I’ve been angry at Him. There is a man I’m in love with who exactly fits everything I’ve prayed for for so long – except he is unsaved. I wondered why God would do that to me – allow me to get to the brink of letting go of Him and embracing man instead. But last night I crawled back to God and this morning I read this and my heart is changing. I see that God is all I want, all i need, and I’m leaning to “no good thing will He withhold from me”. And I’m beginning to pray for His will for this man and me. Whatever God wants. And I pray for his salvation so that he can experience this saving Love and Grace.
So thankful to God that you are willing to walk back into His embrace. It’s a beautiful sharing and such truth about this world. How many girls have actually walked out of God’s love in order to embrace human love instead? And how many, is willing to return like you? God bless :)
Thank you for sharing this, Likoji. Praying for you in this time of frustration and confusion and asking the Lord to bring clarity and peace and to save!
– Stormye
I am right here with you, Likoji. I’ve never been more confused and unsure. I pray for my eyes to be reopened to God’s presence and truth.
I am in the middle of a divorce…my husband cheated and has a baby on the way….my 3 kids and I were shocked and hurt…these scriptures and devotionals are just what I need right now…..thank God he showed me this.
Oh, Laurin. I am so sorry to hear this and praying for you and your three little ones. Asking the Lord to bring comfort in this time of devastation and hurt. So, so grateful for you, friend.
– Stormye
I’m praying for you and your children to be overcome with God’s love. May He comfort your hurting hearts and begin to mend them. I have a similar experience – when I was 20 I found out that I had a 20 year old half sister that I never knew. It was painful and confusing. I felt like I was dying. But God… oh He worked in my family. Forgiveness burst through inexplicably and it saved me from going to dark places. Lean on Jesus and draw your children to Jesus too. Praying for you ❤️
So thankful that God’s love is unconditional. Reading verses 1-3 in this chapter made me really stop and think about how I go through my day to day life without acting in love. I’m thankful for the example Christ set in how to love others well and how seeking Him allows us to learn more of what real love looks like.
As someone with bipolar disorder as well as a history of trauma, I need permanent and true. Lately my faith is all over the place, and I’m just seeking stability alongside faith. I know this is a short journey, but hopefully it will have some impact. Anyway these are just my thought responses.
Hallelujah Praise God, what a wonderful message. ❤️
I just want to thank God in advance for loving me unconditionally and keeping my heart hidden. I feel like I’m lost in so many ways, and often look for validation from my boyfriend to make things better. But I know only God can make me whole again, only he can truly direct my path, know and see my heart.
I ask you all to lift me up as I begin to revive my relationship with my first love Jesus Christ. ❤️
Praying for you, Asya! Asking the Lord to draw you near and bring you the validation your heart is so longing for. Grateful for you.
– Stormye
Please pray for me as I struggle through relationship problems with my significant other & Also the struggle in my relationship with God. Pray for me to love & understand.
Thank you, Ella David! A call for Christian unity around Jesus, whom we seek. Let’s be a church of love.
this really shows how we can come closer to God as a christian community and I know we can make a difference in the world if we all join hands and make space for those who want to join us
This app has been helping me thru a severe anxiety disorder. One where I don’t know what is real anymore. The kind where I feel like everybody hates me because I hear conversations and actually live them. I can’t keep a loving relationship because I feel I bother everybody. Although I’m now aware, it’s still a struggle to keep smiling. I know it’s not real but it’s hard to convince myself of that because it all seems as real as a person standing right in front of me… Lord please help me… I’m terrified of who I am
Praying for you in this, Shannon. Asking the Lord to bring you peace and belonging with those you are closest to. Grateful for you.
– Stormye
wow i really needed this today
I am grateful for this app. ❤❤❤
We’re grateful for YOU, Alice! So glad to have you in God’s Word with us!
– Stormye
New to the SRT community – and I chose to start with this bible plan. Already my heart is awakened to what Jesus wants to say to me through it! I can’t wait to dive into more! Thanks SRT girls x
Welcome, Yolanda! So glad to have you reading God’s Word with us!
– Stormye
Today was my first devotional. I chose this one series because everything in my life seems temporary and I felt drawn to it. Day one hit me like a brick wall, in a good way. I’ve been out of the word for quite some time but I have become so lost, and it’s in the word where I find myself again. This is the beginning of a long journey for me, this first devotional has already made me feel like I’m moving in the right direction. All love- Nina.
Welcome, Nina! So glad to have you studying with us!
– Stormye
the truth doesn’t erase her suffering or disappointment..it leads her into relationship with the one who made her…. that right there hit home for me big time…my biggest deceptions drew me closer and closer to God…even when giving up, shutting myself down and staying in my own little world dwelling on my pain seemed like what I wanted to do… I did everything I could to keep pushing forward. . the more I hurt, the more involved I wanted to become in the church to focus on what was important and live outside of myself. never knew I had that kind of strength in me but I know God had his hand over me because I stayed faithful. Thanks for such inspiring words.. I already love this app and just got it.
So glad to have you reading with us, Joann! Welcome to the SRT community!
– Stormye
This was so awesome ! There is so many apps , but there are only a few that are life changing so I’m very grateful for this ! ❤️
She reads truth to find Jesus ❤️
That line brings such peace and connecting it to scripture makes it an even more resounding truth!
I needed to read this today. ❤️
wow, I am so encouraged reading these posts, about losing people close to you, and other struggle you women are going through. thank you for sharing your testimonies, and boldly proclaiming words of truth to the rest of us. you are loved! thank you ever so much!
I lost my Daddy. Almost 5 months ago, and while at the time I was in shock but could feel God’s Presence. Now I am struggling. It is hard to find Him, to feel His Presence like it did and life without my earthly father has set in real and hard. I am feel myself pushing people away. Not loving God or others like I want to or should. All I can see is my reality right now. I know this sounds so faithless. I have faith. I know God is real and true and I know He loves me. I am just overwhelmed, distracted and like my anchor had been pulled up and I a drifting in a storm. But I will not give up. I will keep searching for His Peace, Presence, and JOY. Because Hope lives on and LOVE remains!!!
Praying for you in this, Amy! Asking the Lord to be more present than ever in your life. Thankful for you!
– Stormye
I cannot fully relate but I know what it feels like to not feel a fatherly presence in your life. As good moments pass so will bad! You’d rather deal with an insane but short period of pain than the bad. While I was floating around I leaned on fatherly figures in my life to hold myself accountable for my actions to. Gravitate towards people who can relate and slowly push you thru this stormy period dear. Let yourself take baby steps thru the pain. Lean on someone often, it will help!
Praying for you, Amy!
I lost my father when I was 9. I’m now 18, but just over a year ago; I lost my grandfather who had been more of a father figure than my dad had ever been. It was my senior year of high school during my spring break, and I decided that I was done. I refused to go back to school. I came down with the flu, and I honestly just wanted to die. That wasn’t God’s plan for me though. Now, a year later, though it was arguably the hardest year of my life, I’m finding peace. I’m in college at a university and have a 4.0 GPA. God has blessed me so much during this time because I decided to trust His plan and listen to His promises. I still my grandpa, I still cry, but I have peace. The way I dealt with loss was starting a blog. I find joy in helping others, and I have had countless people tell me that I post things that they needed to hear at the moment in time. I’m so sorry about your father, and I can’t specifically know what you’re going through, but know that God loves you so much. He is your Heavenly Father who will never let you down and never die. Hold on, and keep fighting. You’re stronger than you know, and it’s time like this that reveal our true strengths.
Sweet Megan, thank you for sharing this. So encouraged by your testimony this morning.
– Stormye
I’ve been a reluctant Christian. I’ve accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, but I haven’t done much to contribute to the relationship. For so long I viewed his Truth as a cure- to heal me of all the bad things I’ve done to people and have been done to me. But God doesn’t work that way and I have been persistent on trying to enter into a relationship with him. What I am struggling with most is community- I don’t know how to get involved in church or find small group- I feel the enemy just tells I’m not good enough and that no one would want to be my friend anyway. I am desperately trying to flee from sin and lean solely on God, but I’m so scared of falling into the enemy’s traps. I’m hoping this devotional will strengthen my relationship with our father and will help me see my value and worth through his eyes and not mine.
Praying for you in this, Alanna. Asking the Lord to place people in your life to help direct you to a church and small group. So grateful that you are in this community.
– Stormye
He is there, perfectly there , clinging me carrying me to exactly what I need. He heals the broken in me. He is in my head my heart keeping me close though, I struggle He loves me through and doesn’t let go. He saves me every moment, every day. Love you Jesus Father, God. I pray to love like you.
You have a gift of words, and have encouraged me greatly in this post
Recently realized I can’t fix things in my life, such as relationships. I need to be looking to God, the perfect and permanent one. I read this chapter days ago to see what is love? Needing this in my relationships. And today to read it, really solidified how by loving others the way God loved us, I can serve him through that. That I need him continually. Can’t do it on my own❤️
I love this! I have a power complex I believe haha… I love fixing things that are broken. I want to fix everyone who needs help, but some people just don’t want it, and that breaks my heart. Lately I’ve been praying that God will help me realize He is the only one who can heal us. he is the Great Healer and can lift our burdens off of our shoulders. Nothing in this life is ever stable and for a control freak like me, that’s terrifying. We just need to give it up to Him and He will provide. He always has, and He always will.
Any advice on how to find my way back to finding love for myself through God? I seem to be way too caught up in putting others before myself to the point where I have lost sight of my own self worth. Don’t get me wrong, I love being here for anyone and helping out in any way but lately ive been putting all others needs in front of mine and most times abandoning mine
The need for permanence and stability can only be found in Christ. This truth was the truth I needed to have reiterated to me. Praising the Lord for His constant presence, even when the Bible is closed ❤
This devotional spoke my truth. Thank you.
I needed to be reminded of these verses: 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Thank you Lord for providing this to me on my first day opening this app.
I am a new wife and I’m loving every minute. However, I find myself snapping at little things that later I realize are so not important and my husband could have gone all day without seeing me frustrated over something small. I was reminded that love is patient and kind and arrogant or rude. Isn’t that the truth. I definitely don’t want to go down the road of how my parents were years ago. They way they would talk to each other was ungodly at times and I don’t want that vicious cycle to continue in our marriage. My husband and I are on a journey of putting God first and we have already seen blessings but it is so hard sometimes in this evil world.
Sometimes I get wrapped up in loving and helping everyone then battle with myself on helping and being used and putting myself last. Sometimes I get caught up in what’s right and what’s not.
Kim I can relate, sometimes our love for others over shadows our love for ourselves. I’m still trying to learn it is ok to say no. It doesn’t mean we don’t love. It means we love ourselves enough to know we need to set boundaries on what people should expect from us.
The excerpt put the love of God into perspective. We must live as God has loved us. In all of our brokenness, he comes to comfort us.
This really helps me understand how to get close to God.
This was very helpful I think this plan is really going to help me get close to god
This. I needed this reminder. Sometimes I get so bogged down in my daily grind that by the time I make it to my devotional I just look for answers. The real result of being present in Gods word is knowing him more. I needed to know Him more. Feel closer to Him today.
Wow, I cannot believe how the Lord provides. Reading this passage, I mean, it’s just what I needed to hear. I’ve been on a journey for the past few months, making my way back to Jesus and His Word, and reading the Bible had been so hard. I think having this devotion is really going to help.
“The Truth does not magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. It does something even better—it leads her into relationship with the One who made her and makes her new, the One who is greater than all of these. The Truth brings her face to face with the God who has never stopped loving His children, who has never failed to do what He says He will do. The Truth is love in black and white—a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.”
words I needed to read tonight. thank you, Amanda.
For those of you who are struggling, I’ll be praying for you. I know it’s hard sometimes to pray or pick up your Bible or even go to church. For me, when I was coming back to Christ, I listened to K-Love and Christian songs on YouTube. I would sing along and it helped me when I was having a bad day or moment. It became habitual and then I grew closer to God the more I shut the world out. I’m not saying seclude yourself, but watch out for worldly pleasures. Also, for those of you who can’t make it to church, haven’t found one, or simply can’t find it in you to leave the house, go online to church of the highlands and they have online sermons archived. They’re a non denominational church. I’m blessed enough to live in close proximity to on of their campuses and pastor Chris is amazing! I love y’all, and I will be praying!
I hope this is the finally the Truth I’ve been searching for. I’ve been begging God to heal my heart in every way I can think of, to the point of changing my church. After losing both of my parents, I have never felt so alone, broken, overwhelmed and far from God. I know He is my help, my Healer and my Comforter, but it feels like the harder I try to reach for Him the further away He is from me. I need to figure out how to get His words to work in my soul. I’m so thankful my cousin told me about She Reads Truth.
Terri, the enemy wants you as far from God as possible and he will do anything he can to do just that. I’m sorry to hear about your parents, but I’m hard times we are to trust Him. Pray and ask God to open your heart and soul to the word and to help you understand. He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds. He loves you, and while it may not always be easy, it is worth it.
Thank you for your encouragement Hailey. God Bless you.
Terri, I’m praying for you right now. He’s at work to get His words to work in your soul. He is a tender-hearted God who sees you, hears you and loves you. I know you already know this…but I’m reminding you — because I know I need that reminding more times than I can count too. Bless you.
Thank you for your prayers Deborah. God bless you.
Although I cannot say I completely understand because I am not you and I do not know everything that you are feeling, I can definitely say that our hearts have felt similar situations and hurts. It does hurt. It does suck. It does feel distant. But…I promise, no wait, God promises He will never leave you. Expect Him. Invite Him..He loves you.
I love you, my friend!! I am praying that The Lord takes away your hurting heart and fills it up with all His love!! Cling to Him and He will see you through!
Terri, praying for you. I have lost both of my parents and all of my grandparents. Just this year it was my dad, I had a miscarriage, and my best friends son passed away after just 2 Brave weeks here on earth. It hurts and feels lonely…. I get it. Sometimes he feels far away– but he isn’t. It’s our emotions that sometimes allows him to feel far away. Soak yourself in the truth…. worship music is my go to. We are all ever ment to be here for always- and even though it hurts we have to keep pouring truth into our hearts. Do something to help your parents legacy live on. Acts of kindness with a tag on it to tell their story and honor them by loving others. You can do this!
Lindsey, thank you for sharing this and for your encouragement. So grateful for you.
– Stormye
With a truly joyful heart full of love and eager to serve He who has blessed us with His Grace either by sending His grace through blessings in our lives, or He sends trials and tribulations to test and strengthen our character. We should thank Him with the deepest love and sincerity for good and bad times. All things work out for God’s greater good.
If we love God then we love all of his creations and I am one of his creations. This reminder to have faith in his love gives me strength and confidence to love myself. For he will love me just as I am and will be.
It has been way too long since I had touched a Bible or thought about Jesus in my everyday life. I’m starting this devotional to fix that cloudy mirror and see myself as a practicing Christian again. That excerpt felt like the perfect reading to start that journey. Thank you!
Good luck in your journey! This is my second devotional set this month, and I love having it on my phone and access to scripture and commentary daily! May God bless you in this season Jordan!
You could try listening to K-Love, or Christian songs on the internet. I know that really helps me when I can’t make it to my Bible and the enemy is pulling me down.
Things are cloudy. So true for me right now. I am attending pre-confession classes at my church and I’m not sure if I can do my profession of faith this summer. I don’t even know what I believe. I needed this today. God is always here even when our bibles are closed.
“Things are cloudy” – this couldn’t be more spot on for me right now. My feelings towards the church, my country and the leaders leading, the unrest and anxiety that puts my mind in a dense fog…. it feels like my hope is way off in the distance and I don’t even remember what it’s like to have it close anymore.
I am going to make myself take the time to invest in my spirit and the healing my heart needs desperately.
({Thankful for you SRT.})
Thankful for YOU, Carlie!
– Stormye
Yes you got this! Pursue after him and he will come to you!!
For the past year and a half I have felt so lonely and forgotten. I feel as those my life has no purpose and I am un an untethered ballon in a storm. I have been living away from my family because of work, but living at home is also very hard. I am not sure what I should do with myself. I don’t feel like I belong anywhere.
Lucy, praying for you, friend. Asking the Lord to reveal purpose and identity through His Word and to bring people into your life to take away the loneliness. So grateful for you.
– Stormye
I am currently struggling with my faith because I can’t see the whole truth. This devotional reassured me by saying that one day we will see the truth, or “the cloudy mirror will be gone”.
Yes Amen !! May God bless you today and always , I found myself in the same situation and I find it amazing how God always puts Scriptures in your way to help you understand what may be going in your life .
I’ve had a lot of turmoil in my life lately and for a while. I’ve tried to fill it with unhealthy things that are ruining my marriage. I don’t know where to go from here. Reading this helps.
Megan, praying for you right now. Asking the Lord to heal what needs healing and to speak to you through His Word. Grateful for you, friend.
– Stormye
As I was reading this, I couldn’t help but think about what I turn to while I’m waiting….waiting on my daughter to get out of school, waiting at The Dr office, waiting at the Drive-Thru…I pull up FB/Snapchat/IG….all temporary!!! Why am I not investing my time in more permanent knowledge??? The ah-ha moment for me was the statement “seeing face to face.” I re-read it and re-read it… THIS….this is what I should be investing my time in!!!
Amen, Tiffany! Thank you for sharing and encouraging!
– Stormye
“It does not insist on its own way…”
Wow. This is something I struggle so much with. I fill my time and thoughts with anything to keep me busy, and I work to make everything “just so.” I need to be looking for Him in stillness and be willing to accept the quietness. I need to de-clutter my heart and mind and step away from all the noise.
Becca, I feel you. There is that deep yearning to know Jesus more and more that draws us into Him. It’s funny how over time, I find myself clouded by the temporary things in my day. That still quiet voice beckons me but the busyness of the day drowns out His voice. The days feel so long with priorities and duties but yet so short when the evening comes and day fades away. It’s in the brief, seldom quiet moments when I get to be drawn into His loving pull that I remember those deceptive “counterfeits” don’t matter. I’ve been reading The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp lately and it’s been reminding me of the simpler truths. I’m grasping for that moment when Christ’s way will finally all make sense and be truly lived through my heart and not just in my head. But really I don’t think it’s a mere moment; it’s probably more of a continual moment that requires constant unwavering revisiting. The world so wants to cloud our judgement and confuse His voice. That’s why accountability (especially nonjudgmental and grace-filled accountability) is so important, but yet at the same time the Deceiver tells us we shouldn’t be vulnerable to others. We get lost and thrown off by the world so easily when we turn our eyes away from His word and His way. Thank you for encouraging the ladies to be in the Word and share pieces of their journey alongside you. Hopefully we can gently remind each other to pause and remember who He is and who we are in Him.
Yes! The busyness fills my day and it’s my own fault! Trying to fill our precious time with important things, Godly things, needs to be more of a priority throughout my day. There are plenty of “time fillers” I go to all day long. (Facebook, email, Pinterest, etc) and they are counterfeit like you said. I want to be filled with a desire to read about and talk about and delight in all things eternal. I’m so glad I’ve got a ton of Christian ladies in my life who want the same things!! I’m going to try to be checking these comments more than other social media. It’ll help keep my mind focused and it’s a small goal I want to tackle.
Love the idea about checking the comments on the plans:devotions rather than looking at social media.
It’s so easy to get caught up in what everyone else is doing and how I’m keeping up. Thanks for showing me where my focus needs to be.!
Such a great intro into daily bible reading! Loved today’s devotional. How many lesser things in my life are masquerading as love? What do I try to fill my God shaped hole with instead of His word?
“The Truth doesn’t magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment…or negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow” I often read the Bible when I’m struggling or hurt. And those are times to turn to God for sure. But I want to build a desire in my heart that makes me yearn to read because it will “lead me into a relationship” with Christ. To help me daily understand that this life is temporary and He is permanent.
Thanks to the author for starting off this week of study with inspiring words. His word is Truth. And I want to read it.
I believe I need to be more aware of protecting my “perfect”, protecting my love. People will see this in you/me and will be dismayed, “why do you forgive?”, “How can you let that go?”, “why are you quiet?”. Even people you love will want to derail you, to join them in “misery speak”, “self-righteous condemnation of others”, they want you to be mad! And to fight! Misery loves company could have never been more true then it is today in this world. I need to remember to walk away from the gongs that sound that try to rally people together by virtue of disliking something or being offended together. A great reminder to me today, to not only be the light that shines in me but not to stand in the shade. And to remember to acknowledge the happiness his perfect love and peace brings me, and not to give it away.
I have been struggling with identifying the real me. The one that is connected to Him as it had been before. My brain is full and constantly working something out. The the noisy gong and clanging cymbal is alive in my daily life. How do I reconnect to Him? How do I know that Love?
I struggle in this same area. When I feel God is far away, I reach for His word. It may take a few days of searching for Him, taking time out of my day to be quiet and spend with Him. He always shows up. You are searching, and His love will fill you. Praying for you in this moment ❤️
I do a lot of charity work and say I do it in love because God first loved me. so when I read the first part of the passage I think to myself “Yeah I’ve got love covered pretty well ” then I read what love truly is and I fall short daily. I say I love people but then I get irritable with them. or I envy them. or I boast in my love and “good deeds” but do I really truly love or am I doing it to mark a check for my good deed of the day? when I have a bad day am I patient and loving to those in need? this really made me think tonight and examine my motives and my love.
I’ve been waking up sad or distracted, clouded – preparing to go into the next thing. This is what my heart has been longing for – not the other stuff I’ve been turning to instead.
Yes, Truth and knowing Him has been what I’ve been searching for.
Thank you, this really touched my heart.
What a fact, what a beautiful truth. God with us, God within us. God giving us hope. Jesus is such an amazing Light. Truth and grace, Holy and without blemish.
This was good, I don’t usually think to have disappointment be a chance to grow closer to Him. I will now think of it as an opportunity!
just…thank you
I find my self all the time looking for solutions to my hardships or a way out when I need to be looking for God and to strengthen our bond
This was powerful.
I am desperate for him! To love unconditional and to make Jesus permanent
Loved this. Thank you for the great reminder.
Every minute of every day I need Jesus! That is truth. Jesus is Truth! I am truly blessed.
LOVE THIS!!!
Seems like there is so much hate and offense in the world today. If only the church could grab hold of this and display this to the world in word and action. This gives me hope in a time where so many people seem to be coming at each other.
I see so many in my personal community that speak words laced with venom and then with the same mouth try to speak life with Gods word. They all forget that their “holy” actions mean nothing without love.
This also spoke to me and rekindled not only to seek Gods words for study but to seek Him. To seek who he is and to seek his face and heart. Not just to punch my ” Christian” time clock. God wants to fellowship with His children.
Amen. Let’s stop choosing sides and start loving with grace and truth.
Truth is love in black and white—a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.
That was amazing!!!!!
God’s love for me definitely everlasting and perfect. It’s the love that called my soul worthy to be saved. But with the hardships that have been our church has been having with a unified young adult group, this reminded me that I’m called to attempt to replicate this great love and show it to others as well. Everyone who knows me has heard me say that I hold love the highest in my walk with God, but I don’t think I really knew what love meant. Everything about “-but do not have love” convicted me because I realized I could do good things without actually truly loving them. Doing something for a group of people that has some people that I love does not mean I am doing it because I have love all of them and it is wrong for me to think I am doing the right thing. Church is for the broken and more love should be given to those who actually need it more. As in if I live my friend, then I love them. What I should be doing then is love the person I do not love. The same way you would add more water to a empty cup verses over flowing one that is already filled. Over all it was just a really good reminder that I am loved and called to love. Thanks for this!
Lily – thank you for sharing such encouraging words! We’re so glad to have you in our community and to be in the Word of God with you!
I realized late that I had so many typos but thank you for the welcome! It’s my first time doing something like this and it’s such a great community :)
“Until then, she reads Truth—not just for answers or equations, help or how-tos. She reads Truth to find the perfect and permanent One. She reads Truth because she needs Jesus.”
I love this last line because for as long as I remember, I’ve always felt this way but I’ve never been able to find the words. The Bible is brimming with Truth. In it, there is so much to learn. There are countless lessons, eternal promises, boundless love, infallible grace and more. In its pages, I find perfect peace, given to me by the One who is permanent; never leaving my side.
I don’t always feel close to Him but I always want to.
In the worst of times, I wasn’t led to my Bible to find a solution to my problems, I was led to my Bible to find comfort in the only One who could give it to me.
Like a close friend, I listen to them speak and I expose my innermost self to them, not because I need to be given direction, but because I want that relationship. I want to be in their presence. I want to know them and for them to know me. I want to learn everything I can about them for the pure reason that I love them.
And the same goes for God, if not even more so. I may read the Bible for answers and equations, help and how-tos, but it’s much deeper than that. I read because I need Jesus.
Thank you for the words, Amanda.
Beautiful….Real.
God never forsakes or leaves us . What a beautiful reminder
Really needed this ! Have been going through some hard times here and I’ve been neglecting my relationship with Jesus. So grateful for HIS unchanging love
This devotional today rocked my socks off. I’m so glad I kept looking at different study plans today because God led me to stumble on this one! Praise God! So thankful that He remains perfect and untouched by all the mess this life can bring. What a comfort!! Just like the deco said- that is why I read truth. To find and experience HIM!!
My relationship has been shaky for the past few months, this passage reminded me that I’m putting my faith, and most of happiness is something so temporal.. something that is here and gone tomorrow and most importantly something that will never truly give me the LOVE of Jesus Christ.
After reading this I really want to read the book
This is a great encouragement to me at the moment. My husband is struggling to see and feel God in his life at the moment and me being a new mum as well, have been finding it all a bit much to cope with. I’m tired of hearing the ‘God loves you and life should be a bed of roses’ because in all honesty, life can be really hard. But one thing remains… God has never changed and He is true to all his promises, including his steadfast love for us- even if we don’t feel like it!
I’m reading to dig deeper, and pursue a real relationship with God. That’s my heart’s desire for me and all my family. I pray I would know God’s love in a closer way that is more tangible on a daily basis and that the love I show to others would demonstrate His love for them.
I take a lot of comfort knowing that God’s perfect love casts out all fear. I pray we would all know that reality.
I use this with couples counseling….I ask them what is love…then I give them this answer. Sobering…they can’t argue…
My family and I are going through some hard times as my grandma became very ill this past week. To make things worse, the enemy began attacking from all different areas. But, we serve a God that is never failing and His love is everlasting. This reading was simply that: a confirmation and reminder that God is Lord, Savior, Redeemer, and Healer. He is love. He is truth.
This message caught me off guard today! Lately i’ve been struggling with discipline and obedience i hated myself.. I wander away from the Truth yet He always finds me. He is truly there on every page, greater than her triumps and shame.. My heart was enlightened with this message. Thank you
My 17 year old daughter got this book yesterday and read this introduction to us.. so I downloaded the app and chose this devo today “randomly” . We are going through a difficult season and it’s such a comfort to cling to Jesus because He is truth..
Thank you for sharing what you’re all going through. It seriously helps me so much to know I’m not alone on this.
I enjoyed reading this devotional today.
I tend to have a hard time with change but holding unto THE TRUTH has freed me from depression and anxiety. It’s a long process but everything is possible with Him
wow! thank you for this!
I’m finally grasping onto the concept of how profound Jesus love is despite our sin. Reading this truth gave me a lot of comfort.
I really needed to hear this today. For the last couple years my relationship has taken a turn for the worst and I keep searching for that perfection in him. This made me see that I’m not going to get that. Yeah, I may get love from him, but the place I really need to be searching is in God alone.
Nice one ❤️
Yes! I needed this. New to this app, but it is just what I was looking for. “Jesus is the Perfect, the Permanent” That is a beautiful way to describe our Savior. I admit that life experiences and disappointments have at times knocked me down. My faith has been shaken, but God has gently called me back home.
LOVING THIS APP NEW TO IT
Amen. Jesus please show us your truth. Guide our steps in your direction
He loves us even when the perfect truth of his word is closed to our eyes.
Knowing the truth doesn’t fix everything but leads us to direction… wow I needed that. Loved this
That was beautiful. Amen
It is amazing to realize God fully knows me.
This is so freeing. He is our permanent. Its easy to forget, and take for granted. Thank you so much for this reminder!
I’ve been trying and failing to find perfect love from my husband, and I get so upset when he doesn’t show me the same in return. This helped me realize I’ve been looking for perfect love from the wrong person. Only God can show perfect love
Yes exactly! I am coming from that place too.
I found out yesterday that someone I really care about is moving for work for 10 months. We have been friends for over a year and we were on the verge of more. I was so upset about it, but then read through this today and it made me realized that when you truly love someone you can’t be self-seeking. Thank you lord for you word!
I really needed this. In a time of stress and uncertainty, God is there. He is the only thing that will ALWAYS be there. Cling to him.
So so so good
I have really needed this!!
Unneeded this today I love this it always has something that helps me through my day
May God teach me to have Love,Faith and hope.
This was really important for me to read today. I have been going through a lot being a college student. I have felt depressed and sad more and more everyday but today reading this made me feel so much closer to God knowing he loves me
I can completely agree with this. I am in college as well, and my plan for the future was just recently completely shattered. So I relate to you on a spiritual level right now
Ive been so apathetic lately. Not really hurting, not really angry or sad or happy or anything. Confused about life, not loving it or anything I can see in the future for me. Just blah. I’ve been seeking truth but really just clinging to what I know, not being enriched by it like I have been before. Thankful for this little bit tonight- needed it.
I feel this^ it helps to see it written as apathy because I was having a hard time describing it to myself. I also have felt the pangs of depression alongside it, some days are tougher than others. Thank you for sharing your thoughts alongside this beautiful message!
Thank You very much for this app. It bring me closer to God
What I needed when I needed. At a low spot and looking to my Lord to scoop me up and carry me through.
Sending you prayers and blessings, Kristie!
I feel like lately I have been struggling with the concept of Truth. In this day and age, it seems hard to find. It’s good to be reminded to turn to the real Truth.
I have been going through a lot recently. I broke up with my ex a couple weeks ago. He was emotionally abusing me, when I broke up with him it was to the point I didn’t believe in myself. All I did was sit in the bathroom and cry and throw up. I had no motivation to do anything. I have never been so broken and empty before. My problem was I let someone else’s words take control over my life, instead of listening to Jesus. I made a mistake and our relationship wasn’t something that was revolved around Christ. An accident happened, and I’ve been worrying if I’m pregnant now. Life is literally just hitting me down. I don’t have any friends to talk to about this. The only thing I have is prayer. And I feel like even that I’ve lost because of sinning in my relationship. I’m so scared and don’t know what to do.
I don’t know you, what I want you to know that I’m praying for you. I can’t imagine what you are feeling right now, but the best that I can say is that you are in His plan. We don’t have the power to ruin the plans of Christ. He’s got you.
You will get through this. Please do not feel like you have lost prayer, God is always there to listen to you and comfort you. He holds you up in the palm of his hand, safe from all evil. You are in my prayers, everything will work out for you according to God’s plan. He has plans to help you, not harm you. Keep praying, reading your Bible and surround yourself with Godly people. ❤
Thank you for sharing this. You are brave and strong. Do not ever think you are too far from Jesus. He loves you fiercely. Even when. I am praying for you by name. If, by some chance, there is a little life, you do not have to be alone. Though it may feel that way at times. Draw on this community for help and support. Jesus will always see you through. ♡
Even though I don’t know your particular circumstances, I can relate. I grew up in church but then I moved away to college and stopped going. Then I had a baby outside of wedlock. I felt so ashamed that instead of turning to the one who will NEVER turn His back on me, I ran. And I kept running farther away from Him bc of the guilt and shame that I felt. I thought “how can I pray for things to get better when I don’t deserve that” or “He can’t possibly love me after all that I’ve done.” I had these thoughts and ran for almost 9 years before I realized I should be running TO Him not away from Him. By His grace and mercy alone I am saved! He loves me no matter what I’ve done and that love is enough for me. I’m not saying my circumstances are all rainbows and unicorns but I have a son that is the greatest gift and I have a restored faith in my heavenly father and right now that’s enough for me. I’m still taking steps each day to restore my relationship with Christ, but I know this..He loves me no matter what. And He loves you the same way. So don’t give up. Don’t get down on yourself. Just turn to him and run, as fast and hard as you can. I will pray for you!
Victoria-
First off, bravo for being brave enough to get yourself out of a toxic environment! That couldn’t have been easy BUT, you did it!! That alone should show you something about yourself- that you truly DO believe in yourself! Secondly, to the seemingly daunting and uncertain road that lies ahead- don’t give up on yourself. Take it one day at a time and continue to seek HIS direction in ALL things. He has never and will never leave you, forsake you, hurt or abandon you. You are NOT alone! He is a good, good Father who is EAGER to redeem ALL things that seem “lost” for those that love Him. I put lost in quotations because really nothing is lost in Him- it’s a matter of overcoming the lies that our mind tries to convince us of and shifting our perspective to THE truth. Seek Him and you will find it! Girl, be encouraged by those responding to you and do not let the enemy continue with his lies and deception any more! For where there is truth and light, darkness and lies CANNOT abide. Fill your mind, heart, eyes, and ears with HIS voice and the enemy has no choice but to flee. Keep going, don’t give up! It is worth the fight!! Your scars will tell of battles you have WON with and through Him and can bring others the same freedom IN Him!! Feel free to reach out to me if you want! You can find me on Instagram (iloveluca) or email me ([email protected]) But even if you don’t, just know I am interceding for you!!
Victoria, I’ve been there. The same place you’re at.
But know this Jesus is there too… run to him with everything that you are, he will meet you. He will hold you, and comfort you. And piece by piece he will restore what has been broke…and will make something beautiful!! Something better than you can even imagine right now.
4 years ago when I was in your shoes…I came across the song “come away with me” by Jesus Culture.
If you get the chance…listen to it.
Need my first love withHim back!
Or renewed. His love is always there, it is us that falls short.
Amen! Me too❤️
Praying.
I love this so much, I need Jesus in a real way. This was very encouraging and I’m glad I started reading She reads truth.
This is an amazing reminder that we need love in our lives. I, too, sometimes try to hide behind things that I claim to be teue love, but in reality I am just masquerading and lying to myself. Thank you so much for sharing this , and even though sometimes I’m in a darker place, I know that my faith in God will stand.
This was exactly the devotion I needed today. It’s amazing how God works in so many mysterious ways. I’ve finally decided to give my battle over to God, and truly start loving as Christ did with me.
It’s nice to have acknowledgment of the fact that knowing Truth does not magically mean that life will be easy; to know that Truth goes beyond “happiness” “pleasure” and “circumstances” to dig deeper into the reality we identify with in Christ Jesus. Truth is beyond the failures we see around us, Truth is beyond the hurt we feel, Truth is beyond the “hopes of this world” – it is Truth, and it is ours in our Father who invites us, daily, into it.
see me please. I pray God impress on someone’s heart to pray for me, to show you what I’m facing and any prophetic word or something, anything for me. God you know, thank you Jesus.xx
I’ll pray for you Kayla!
Praying for you Kayla
God is love and those who abide in love abide in God and God in them.
Substitute “love” in vs. 4-7 with “God”.
It’s simply beautiful
This is my first time on this app. I am a Christian and yet i feel so far away feom God. I do alot of things i know that are wrong, i hear Him all the time yet i turn my back against Him. I want to get to know You better Lord. Please give me the courage to…
I don’t know you but I know exactly what you’re going through. I mean like down the every word you have said. Praying for you.
I am with both of you… we go through so many seasons as Christians… although we waver he doesn’t. Like it said “his love doesn’t change even when her bible is closed”. Just come to Jesus. ❤️
Oh, sister! How you are not alone. I too struggle with fully letting him take the reigns of my life. So often I think I can guide it better. As I pray for others to see Christ in me, I will also pray the same for you. Just sharing your own testimony is a huge step, and I am so proud of you.
YOU are so loved, and in a way that is incomprehensible and incomparable to anything we see displayed here on earth. and that in itself is an amazing and overwhelming truth that we are to share with others. love BIG, because that’s how Jesus loves you. joy is to be found in every circumstance, so find it!! ❤❤
what an encouragement. He loved us first so that we can love and be loved. Perfect Love came down and loved the poor, the needy, the sick, the suffering, the unwanted, the outcasts, those hurting, etc… He loves because we are HIS… not because of anything we can do, but rather because he takes pride in being our king and father. sisters take heart. love one another. encourage one another. find joy in one another. Love because perfect love first loved us. and know when pain and suffering knocks on your door, you are not without hope.HE has not forgotten you, and he never will. His will for your lives is so perfect and incomparable to anything we could ever imagine… he loves so unconditionally that he will not not leave you. he will not forsake you. and he will never fail you. sisters we have worth in him and have the power to live in him. love each other and give yourself the freedom to experience love since HE HAS LOVED US IN THE ULTIMATE ACT OF LOVE.
Life has become so hectic that I found myself putting God in the background. I’ve been slacking and have lost my way and I’m eager to get it back. This devotional really spoke to me. It it so comforting to know that He is always there. The permanent. ❤️
Recently I’ve gone through something that, being I’m still figuring out how to not let emotions get the best of me, caused me to fall away slightly from my walk with God. I never took my eyes off the cross, but I kind of lost my hunger. Last nights church service, along with this devotional, has begun to reignite that fire in my heart for the Lord. God never forsakes us, sometimes we just forget to keep our faith set on Him. ♥️
I am distraught , downhearted and my faith is almost gone. It’s been six years of heartache, struggles and failures. I feel like Job I ha e lost almost everything I have worked hard for. My sister died , my home gone, my good job gone, my money gone. I am one step above homeless. Everything I own is either in pawn or storage. I finally have a job that doesn’t pay enough to pay anything. I am so far down that looking up is depressing. It seems like God doesn’t hear me. I pray, I talk to no avail. My prayers go unanswered. I didn’t do drugs or drink or anything. I am still trying to figure out how I got here. Trying not to give up. Hope this Devotional will help
“I painted the sky for you. I painted it as a reminder that My hand is at work, even in the storm. I painted it to show you I’m still present, still able, still available. Your mind was so consumed, heart so heavy, and you took your eyes off Me. I painted the sky for you, to wow you, and remind you that I’m up here, above everything you face down there. I oversee you, I don’t take My eyes off of you, I am with you. I painted the sky for you because I love you”
Praying for you!
God won’t take you through anything you are not strong enough to handle . You have to pray and ask him for guidance. His love will conquer all . Sit back pray and let God do the rest , as long as you are alive God is still carving the perfect yet very difficult path in your life . Everyone has their own form of obstacles that almost break them , you will bend so far that you might feel you are going to break but God won’t allow you to break . You have to have faith and let him take care of you . God bless you !
Thank you Shelby. That’s a helpful thought to remember on those bad days!
I’ve had chronic pain for about 15 years and it just continues to escalate. I pray for relief and ask why. I had been in Christian ministry with music but had to stop doing that when one surgery paralyzed my vocal cord and another paralyzed 2 fingers making it hard to play piano.
The part of this devotional that really hit me is that now we see through a fog. We may not even be able to comprehend why right now!
Sorry to be so long.
I’ve personally been having troubles with the ‘why’ part of everything and I read in Psalms about a week ago that he sees our flood, our tears and knows. He understands our pain, but will not take it back because it is for a bigger picture that we may not be able to see, that it’s for the greater good. And that we just have to trust Him, that He has our hand and will help us when we are down, and have love for us. I just saw your comment and it made me think of this story, I’m sorry for it being so terribly long.
I loved every single word. so much hope, so much love.. pain, although is there, is just the passing away. ❤
“The Truth is love in black and white — a love that does not change even when her Bible is closed.” Ladies! This is huge! I am notorious for skipping devotion time when life gets so busy and I just want to be with people 24/7. I majorly regret those times of missing moments with the Lord and constantly strive to be diligent in the Word even when life is not routine. But what a rad truth to know that God is always faithful, even when I’m unfaithful ❤
Beautifully said!
Praying for you Sky! Cling to those memories of when you felt close to God. You are loved!
Hey this is my first time on this app, and first plan I am reading. I have had so many things happen the last few months. I don’t know who I am anymore, and it’s hard for me to cope. I feel fare away from myself and God. I know my love is not what this bible verse says it should be. Please pray for me .
Praying for you right now Sky!
Sister Sky, the want of knowledge is the first step. God has not forgotten you. In fact, He is calling you near.
Thank you so much!
Will lift up prayers to the father on your behalf before I sleep tonight…he is closer than you know! We all fall short, don’t condemn yourself in any way beautiful sky. He has you in the palm of his hand:)
The last few years have been very hard for me too, and there was a stretch of almost 3 years where I felt so far from God. I felt like I prayed and prayed but couldn’t break through and didn’t know where to go from there. Please know that God never changes, he is always the same. He is always right with you, know that in your heart whether it feels that way or not. I prayed Psalm 51 over and over, wrote it out and posted it everywhere. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. I will be praying for you.
It’s good to remember that Gods love is real and never changing especially when we feel let down by those around us. His Love is not something we can get from anyone else.
I have been lost for a few years now, when I used to cling so tightly to my faith and my God. Now we are like distant friends who never talk. I hide my face from he who saves, yet I crave to be near again.
I will pray for you. You are dearly loved
Don’t forget the Lord. He is always with you and He will gladly take you back. He is waiting for you and He is glad that you want to draw near. Please don’t give up. He is our forever hope, a hope that doesn’t ever fail.
Praying for you, Sarah! God bless you.
I have been having a hard time showing my faith lately. Things keep happening and I think how can he love me and do this to me. I know there is a reason and a purpose we are in the situations that we are in but I have been struggling to ask him for help. I need to give my life back to him and that needs to start today.
Stay strong! I’m sure whatever he is leading you through it’s for a purpose because god always has a plan. He is always there for you and you just have to keep reaching out to him.
I’m literally in tears right now because my husband just isn’t having the best of luck with jobs…. we have moved to Texas two years ago because of a family emergency on his side of the family. I have no friends here and I’ve been here two years. I’ve tried hard to be part of a local church and even be involved with his side of the family but nothing seems to connect. I’m not sure if it’s me making wrong choices , as to why I can’t seem to connect with anyone well enough. We just were married last year and it’s our first time living on our own and his job situation has failed again (reasons completely out of his control). I feel alone like we have no help and I’m afraid of being evicted , I’m afraid of not having enough money to move back to California with my side of the family where I feel I actually have help. Please if you are reading , pray for me. Pray for peace, pray for strength , and pray God provides a way , an answer to this all. Thank you.
Just prayed for you, sister. Peace and trust in the Lord and His timing and His ways. I cannot imagine where you’re at or how hard this must be, but I pray that the Lord gives you comfort in knowing that He will be your PEACE. He goes before. He makes a way for His children.
Thank you Whitney! The past two days have been a bit better but I’m still pushing through. I have to take hold of my thoughts and focus on God being my peace . I’m not surrounded by Christian friends and I don’t have any at a distance either . I really believe they’re my main distraction and I know the devil is trying to use these things to draw me away from God. All encouragement and all prayers much appreciated! Thank you
It’s never easy going through the motions of trials. Job 5:17-19 “Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves, so despise not the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds but He binds up; he shatters but his hands heal. He will deliver you from 6 troubles, in 7, no evil shall touch you.” This verse is one I have had memorized and it’s not just encouraged me when looking back at my childhood (which my life was a struggle from the gecko) but it gave me peace for future trials I know will happen. I wasn’t saved till 7th grade and didn’t have anyone to really teach or show me what living in faith was so I struggled. I grew up depressed and was trying to survive while living in 3-4 households, which was way too much for any child. I really hope I have encouraged you. Also Philippians 4:7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. This is another verse that has helped me a lot too because I feel like my heart and mind are sometimes vulnerable…
Those verses are great reminders! I tend to forget that only reading my Bible isn’t enough. That I need to activate my Faith by trusting him and by not looking at my circumstances. Being encouraged through this app is helping! I wish I could have these conversations in real life with people in my community , or in my church. Everyone and everything seems so distant
He’s always near you and sometimes it seems like nothing is working out but His plan and Sovereignty is great. The bumps in the road in life aren’t really easy but each hardship and calling from God, shapes us more. Hardships tend to be His way of getting our full attention. I’ll be praying that your family situation gets better and that you not just touch people, but make good relationships with others. Let His stead fast love and strong hand guide you both well through this hard time.
Praying for you right now.
Thank you !!! I appreciate it very much !!
Kia…just prayed for you this morning…your young marriage, provision of a job for your husband as he provides for your family and for real community and relationships there in Texas. In His Grip…
Thank you Michelle!!! I’m taking this as a blessing! My day has been eventful but I’m staying hopeful and getting on this app and reading God’s word and encouraging others and being encouraged as well by awesome people like you, is really helping!! Much appreciated
I remember the first time i read this chapter, i never understood why love is the greatest of all, love is more great than faith?? I could not get myself to understand, but i came to realise that love breeds the good, if you love your neighbour, friends, family & relatives as you love yourself then good will come your way! I have a testimony of my late boyfriend.. He was full of love! He loved his neighbours, friends & all people who surrounded him.. He passes and i saw the benefits of loving without envy, jelous & all the good qualities is. May our almighty Lord surely enlighten our hearts to love as pure as he loves us!
(feel free to comment prayer requests!!) i had a very terrible experience with something a long while ago and im having lots of trouble processing it still because it seems so surreal…. please pray i am given peace along with truth. I really do long for truth like it said, but its extremely hard and burdening when people remain hypocritical and judgmental. life is hard and Im trying to walk on water while keeping my eyes on Jesus but i need to breathe. thanks friends!!
Will be praying for you Annabell. Sometimes things of the past try and find a way to come to the present and haunt us. All it is is the devil trying to make you feel like you’ll never escape it and that you’ll never be good enough for greater things, or that the last you’ve had is who you are. We have to remember that in Christ we are made new , the old has passed away. And we have to find joy in him. It’s never easy… I just posted a prayer request as well. Sometimes we need others to encourage us. And we have to trust that God will be there even when it feels like no one else is
For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.
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Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
Amen！
I thankyou for this beautifully put reminder of the truth, it’s so easy to get caught up in the disappointment of worldly things… I find myself falling time and time again. True love and guidance comes from the Lord, I’m so thankful to know this. I pray for more sisters and brothers to know the love of the Lord and praise him for all his glory!
Praise Jesus for His Truth and that He is always there, our permanent Friend through every season of life! ;)
Last night I almost committed suicide. I don’t say that to shock you, but to encourage those of you who may be able to relate. Because I learned that the enemy tries to tell me that if I turn to God for healing, my hurting isn’t valid. That if I don’t sit in the pain, it was never real. But that’s not truth. It’s a lie from the pit of hell spoken by a tiny, weak demon who is so afraid I’ll pray and God will banish him on the spot that he throws everything he has on me at once and tells me the lie that he is stronger than me, that I have fallen prey to that moment and that despair. Maybe you’ve been lied to too. But the truth is, we’re children of the Living King. A single one of our words overpowers demons because of who our Father is. Like Amanda writes, the Truth doesn’t invalidate our sorrow, but leads us into relationship with the One who made us and makes us new. He doesn’t set aside our hurts. He lifts them onto His shoulders.
May the Lord constantly give me, and all of you, a deep hunger and thirst for truth, so that when trials come and lies come against us, we have a firm foundation in Him who gives us strength.
Praying for you and in the name of JESUS, I declare that the devil has no place in your mind , thoughts or surroundings .I pray that you are healed and free from any attack of the enemy and You will have peace, and Joy in the name of Jesus!! AMEN.
Thank you so much, my sister in Christ :) this week has been hard, but so blissfully free from the attacks that have been prevalent in the past. Thank you for your prayers!!
Dear Esperanza, I’m praying that our Father would renew your hope. I’m praying that he will fill your heart with the resurrection power of hope in faith and love. Thank you for being so vulnerable and open with us, and helping us to detect those same lies in our lives too. Peace to you, Sister.
Thank you so much for your prayers, Kristi!! It’s always my hope that as we become like broken vases, the light within us might shine through the cracks all the more. I experienced a huge crack last week, but I truly hope to turn that into an opportunity to bless others. Thank you for the encouragement!
Esperanza your story gives me such hope for those who are in pain and darkness. Thank you for sharing! xoxo
Thank you so much, Sabina! I can say with solemn realization – and also great joy – that there is truly nowhere too dark or despairing for God to follow. No matter where you or anyone else may go, there is always hope!
The same thing kept on holding onto me. All I had I put into these words “get out of my head, in the name of lord Jesus. He rules and you shall never win” and repeat every time you feel the enemy near
dear my namesake! may the meaning of our names manifest in this world as a reminder of the breath of life that the King breathes unto us each day. say your name–it makes the devil shutter. have hope. live hopeful. and continue to speak hope. from your sister in Christ.
May nothing ever separate us from the love of our God, Hope – for that is the only true source of who we are
Thanks so so much for the advice, Jasmine! That sounds like exactly what I had to do to get free (I was blessed that even though I could not do that, someone very close to me found me and prayed for and with me). May God protect you and strengthen you every day!!
You name means Hope. Thank you for sharing that with us, it helps me because I understand.
I’m both overjoyed and dismayed that you understand, Sky. Thank you so much for relating with me – I feel so validated to know that other women who struggle with this are seeking God in community! But at the same time, I wish that no one had ever experienced what I know we’ve both felt. May God bless you and protect you, and may He give you His strength every day! <3
I love all of the comments and encouragement – so uplifting
this is beatiful
this was just amazing
It’s hard to admit but sometimes it takes a failure or disappointment to help turn our attention back to God & seek him more closely… praise God for those times! I’m thankful that He is there to loves me through it all! ❤️
God’s love is all we need and as a young girl this can be hard as we have a focus to guys to truly loving him will cause no pain and will not hurt❤️
God’s love is truthful. It doesn’t change for whatever you do. It is infinite and never goes away!
Gods love is enough! I pray God would work in my life and help me love like he loves. Amen!
I can’t thank God enough for loving me with more than everything through everything <3
And now I’m crying. So thankful for unending love even when my Bible is closed.
That was the line that hit me too!
this is beautiful!
I started a new college today and I was doing my devotion before I walked in and it may seem God is no where to be found, but the first person I walked up to asked if I wanted some free breakfast. Being a college student, of course I did. She was from a church focusing on bringing college students to Jesus. God’s already working here and making my path straight.
That is so wonderful! I wish I had that in college. And it is fantastic that you are seeking God!
What I always need is Jesus
And He is there, on every page, greater than her triumphs and shame, vaster than her needs and her pain. Those are real, to be certain. But they are the partial, the passing away. Jesus—and Jesus alone—is the Perfect, the Permanent.
I really needed this today.
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Love this, so inspiring and relatable to my situation! Very encouraging. I love the way this devotion talks about how the world doesn’t bring her down with its wicked ways. She rises up when she faces adversity and the darkness of the world. God is with her when the world is not and he will always be there even when she’s not with him. It’s a great example of Gods mercy and love. She will not be sorry for herself but use her situation to grow closer to God!
“The Truth does not magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. It does something even better—it leads her into relationship with the One who made her and makes her new, the One who is greater than all of these. The Truth brings her face to face with the God who has never stopped loving His children, who has never failed to do what He says He will do. The Truth is love in black and white—a love that does not change, even when her Bible is closed.”
SOOOOOO important!! ❤
this is so beautiful yet so gentle and poise the words she uses is so descriptive and it truly opens up a new world. ♡♡♡ I love it already !
Our God is a constant .. His love is constant and everything He is never passes or changes. “Lesser broken things masquerade as love.” My heart strays towards those things but my spirit holds tight to the One who calls it by name!
Sometimes I blame God for my circumstances. I think, if Christianity is so great, then why am I a wad of painful emotions right now? I forget that the struggle will always exist on this earth. The love of God gives me hope. He doesn’t take away the struggle, but he does bear my burdens if I give them to him.
She reads Truth to find Jesus.
And He is there, on every page, greater than her triumphs and shame, vaster than her needs and her pain. Those are real, to be certain. But they are the partial, the passing away. Jesus—and Jesus alone—is the Perfect, the Permanent.
What a great reminder of God’s promises in his word. I know that my pain is passing, and God is greater. How easy it is to forget that.
“A love that does not change even when her Bible is closed.”
A great reminder today.. I fail to read my bible EVERY day. This was a wake up call for me that His love for me never changes, and my love for Him never changes. He deserves my time EVERY day.
In every season he is still God and he will never leave us alone. Thankful for the inspirational truth.
After a nasty divorce and a couple of other mind blowing experiences in 2016 it gives me peace that he loves me. He loves me even though I am a mess. He loved me even though I make many mistakes. Praise God!
I’m just getting my life back to God, and these verses have always been favorites of mine. It was a true blessing for this to be my first devotional in a long time.
As I lay here in the quiet part of my day, the very end, I am burdened. My burdens are heavy with the reality of Amanda Williams statements: “Hope is tinged with hurt. Faith is shaded by doubt. Lesser, broken things masquerade as love.” This is my world. I live a life filled with hurt, doubts, and masquerades. My soul longs for the truth to set this free. To set me free.
That is the part that stuck out to me most as well.
LOVE is the most beautiful gift we have been given and also one that can quickly just be left behind/forgotten….it’s so easy while in relationships to become resentful or frustrated with things …money, jobs….life in general?! Where has my acknowledgment of love for everything or even my fiancé gone? I know I love this wonderfully hilarious and loving man, and I’m a very happy person but, when was the last time I showed it. Definitely not with me acting resentful towards him or myself. Or getting frustrated with the smallest of things. This definitely made me rethink how I’ve been acting towards him and my day to day life. Taking a step back to really look in my “mirror” and pray…is the way I’m acting letting my love shine through?
So excited to read the rest of these and makes me eager to see how this has an impact on my life.
The only thing I cling to in doubt and depression that feeds my soul.
He is truth. I can’t get enough.
Love it! Such an inspirational Truth!! It’s so refreshing to be told that no matter what changes God will always be there, steadfast and patient.
Truth is that Jesus died while we were still sinners so that we can rise above our circumstances and find victory in Christ. Truth is that we can come to Him anytime to find the hope, rest, and strength that we need. The Truth is that He is not unreachable. We don’t need to clean ourselves up to come to Him. We can come to Him as we are and rely on His strength to make us into who He desires us to be. The Truth of the gospel is that He loves us as we are, but He loves as so much that He doesn’t want us to stay as we are. When we come to Him for help, we are embracing our inadequacy and finding our deliverance in Him, and THAT is where victory comes. Because He is our deliverer. When it’s us and Him we are unstoppable.
Truth.. What caused the sinful woman to weep so many tears that she washed the feet of Jesus? Truth. She was enslaved to sin. She felt the weight of disgust for it yet the longing to hold on to it. Truth. It was overwhelming her to know acceptance in that place, the exact place where she was. The Truth that exposed her and set her free at the same time…. “Go in peace…”
I want to read Truth- to know Him- to have this constant pursuit of what Truth offers. Please Jesus, don’t let me love my sins more that You. Please bring me daily to this place of Truth. Thank you, Jesus, that you are the purest love.
“The Truth that exposed her and set her free at the same time.” Wow! This was honestly so beautiful & much needed to hear in this moment. I thank God for leading here to this. Thank you so much for this. God bless you.
I keep coming back to this post…
I’m honestly reading this because I could not fall asleep. I realized a needed a platform that would allow me to process my identity as a woman and how much value that has. This whole passage is something we hear a lot, but at times forget. I’m motivated to read She Reads Truth. It fits my theme of wanting to have solidarity in the truth and No longer stumbling back and forth but being solid in truth. SOLIDARITY! is the theme for me this year.
Today was a rough day. I was so frustrated with my kids and then, sigh, this.
Love is not irritable. I need to ask forgiveness for this today.
The devotional was encouraging though – “The truth does not negate her struggle . . . It leads her into relationship with the one who made her. . . “
This was absolutely amazing.
I really connected with the “Until then she reads Truth, not just for answers to equations, but to be face-to-face”.
so often you hear this passage read at weddings but I think it has such a bigger meaning than what we give it credit for. my pastor at my church today said something that’s been ringing in my ears all day, God so often you hear this passage read at weddings but I think it has such a bigger meaning than what we give it credit for. my pastor at my church today said something that’s been ringing in my ears all day, God loves you where you are at but loves you even more that he doesn’t want you to stay there. God loves me right now in this time in my life where I feel ashamed, guilty, and unloved. he loves me still. I have been struggling with a sin and I haven’t shared that with anyone. I’ve been trying to get through this on my own but today I realized that I’m not alone, I have God and he has given me amazing people in my life who I can confide in, and despite my insecurities about myself and my sin, they will probably not care about my sin as much as they care about me and my God is the same way♡
I was just thinking that many of us take for granted “love is patient, love is kind..” it is on the wall at my friend’s house and I must have passed it hundreds of times over the years. Recently I sat down and read the verse and fell in love with it. I strive to embody that.
I am sure your sin is not as bad as you think, and those who love you will accept you no matter what. We work things up in our head to be way worse than they are.
As a victim of sexual abuse I often still see the brokenness in my life, even after years of healing. I look for love in other things that don’t last. I pray I may have strength to overcome earthly desire and seek him not humanity. Often my past makes this hard! Please pray for me.
Praying for you, Jasmine!
I too am a victim and feel the same way. But in the midst of it all I try to remember how much He loves me and wants nothing but the best for me. I try to let him be a light in my darkness. You should listen to the song Never See The End by Amanda Cook it makes me feel amazing when I’m down.
Truth is before our eyes. We just have to open the book to take a look and want it.
profound & timely
Holding fast to truth till we can see TRUTH!
God is so good.
Hi, sisters! I’ve just started on my journey of reading the Bible and I find SRT to be such an invaluable resource. As a beginner, though, I also find reading the Bible a bit overwhelming. There’s so much meaning and goodness packed in here! how would you suggest I soak it all in and make it manifest in my life? any suggestions on how I can deepen my Bible study and gain the most from it?
Hi Esha! I agree, the Bible can be a bit overwhelming. I’ve been reading the Bible since I was a kid and still have not read the entire thing or have nearly begun to understand it all. Try starting in the New Testament and reading about Jesus’ life on the earth. You’ll learn so much about Him. And then maybe going back to the Old Testament starting in Genesis after that. Take your time. It’s so easy to want to be eager and and want to read it all, but let it soak in. Follow some of the SRT studies as you read certain books of the Bible. There is also a chronological bible at Christian bookstores that has the Bible in chronological order…I haven’t picked one up yet but have been curious about it for bible study purposes! I pray that The Lord reveals himself to you as you study the Bible and that you have people around you to share in your journey with. Love to you!!
i love this so much
Hi Esha! I agree, it can be hard to understand sometimes or it feels like you’re just scratching the surface. I agree with Jen: take your time! It might also be helpful to use a couple of different versions. I like to read ESV and then read the same passage in the Message, NLT, or the Amplified version in order to get a simpler paraphrase. I like to ask myself a few questions as I read: What is the author’s purpose in writing this? What is his point for the people he was writing this to? Can I find I key verse or two in the book that sums up the point? Then I like to memorize the verse. It helps to give you an idea of what each book is about. I also ask What is God’s point for me? What profit should I take away from this? Having a group to talk about these questions with helps in understanding, too.
The Truth gives her access to the one who loves her…who wants her to be free deliberate, intentional, strong…
I’m new to this plan set. My dear friend introduced me to it but already I feel a strength growing in my heart that was absent prior.
This is a wonderful subject and something I needed to hear. It makes me see that I am loved by God more than anyone else ever could and that I need to love the people around as much as He loves me because nothing I do matters if I don’t do it with love. So please pray for me in this journey till we meet our Heavenly Father and I will pray for you. ❤️
One day we will ONLY see him face-to-face! Hallelujah! I want to know more about how and why to read my Bible – because I want to find the perfect, permanent one!!!
sisters I would love prayer for healing for my marriage. we are struggling to communicate and we are drifting apart. I love him with all my heart but something is different. I don’t know how to tell him how I feel. I want to honour him but find I’m always irritated by him and snapping.
Praying for the Holy Spirit to bring you and remind you of patience and love for him. God has the power to change our attitudes and our views of other people and things. Praying for your attitude toward your husband in the moment will be shifted and changed to reflect your love and God’s love. He is with you in this.
Praying for you Louise!
Remember that Jesus is not a God of confusion but a God of peace. Proverbs 3 says be not wise in your own eyes… in all your ways acknowledge him & he will direct your paths.
My boyfriend cheated on me last year and now we are trying to work things out. I’m putting all of my focus and effort into rebuilding our relationship and trusting him again, that I’ve lost sight of what is really important.
“She wants to know what is true—not partly true, or sometimes true, or almost true. She wants to see Truth itself, face to face.”
God’s love is TRUE and I need to focus on strengthening my relationship with him above all else.
The beautiful thing about focusing on our relationship with Jesus when we’ve been broken is knowing that He’s the only one who truly understands our brokenness. He loved us in our most heart broken state. His love supersedes all that hurt and pain. He longs to not just make us survivors, but to be more than conquerors. And it’s important to remember that we are His first choice! There’s nothing like feeling that you’re the only the only one in the room He sees. You are precious in His eyes and no one can snatch you from His hand. Praying for you today as you seek further intimacy with Jesus!
Friends of mine have become engaged and as they have, I’ve felt a rush and pressure, not on myself, but that I’ve put on my other half. Reading this today, I’ll try to hold onto the thought that His love is everlasting and love in all things lasts and overcomes all struggles. Love is what lasts, not events. And His love is strongest of all.
After having an immense amount of false love this past year, this was a beautiful reminder that no matter what, God loves me and His love is bigger than anything here on Earth. That is so incredibly comforting. What a lovely way to start this new year.
Such a moving passage and statement. God is Love. Perfect boundless love. I was moved to tears remembering how God has set me free and healed me and will continue to take care of me. I am starting a new job on Monday and I am praying that in this position I will be a leader for God. I will be one of the only females in a position of authority and there will be so much pressure. I know that God opened this door and I pray that He will sustain and grow me as a leader.
I’m praying for you Kate, it is hard to be a woman in the work force. You can do it! You are meant to be where you are at this moment.
I’ve read these verses so many times and never have they spoken to me as much as today. Jesus is Love!!
This was absolutely beautiful. Just what I needed to start my week back at work for the New Year.
This is beautifully written. Thank you. Reminded me today of why, why I want the Truth, why I wrap myself around the one who loves me more than I can imagine.
I pray that we all may know Truth and Love as the One who truly loves us. May our broken hearts and letdowns be a motivating factor that leads us back to The Lord for healing. Amen ♡
I know now what I have to do to seek the truth. Turn to Jesus.
I love that we serve a Savior who is constant. The storms of life will come and go, we are promised that, but Jesus remains steadfast. When we focus our eyes on Him and remember his characteristics we can be filled with comfort. The Lord taught me last year something new about himself. He taught me how intimately involved in my pain he is. I lost my father suddenly and didn’t even get to say goodbye. Jesus revealed to me how much he is broken over death. That is was not part on His original design and it grieves Him. That is the God we serve one filled with perfect love that is intimately involved in our joys and our suffering. I will follow Him wherever He takes me through suffering and joy for I know He cares for me.
I pray for myself and others to help grow closer with God in the new year and this app will help me!
I just downloaded this app. I love it , as I read this . It reminded me of who I am and not to feel lonely . ❤️
I lay in bed feeling lonely even all while next to someone I say I love. Yet I feel so incomplete. So I turn to read this devotional in light of guidance. And it makes me realize I am not alone in looking for answers. I’m so imperfect and though I have so much nothing fills my heart because he and he alone is the one who can complete me. I ask that you pray for me. I want to strengthen my relationship with Christ more. And that is something that I hope I can work towards more this year.
Just said a prayer for you. That God would fill your heart and draw you near to Him. A couple things I’ve been learning recently that may encourage you are to stop trying harder and focus more on surrendering your desires and time and everything to Him. God has also been helping me take change a day, week, month, at a time rather than doing New Years resolutions. Rather than trying to just “do better” this year, ask God each day to draw you a little nearer to Him than the day before. Blessings…
Sisters, I’m asking for prayer if you read this. I’ve been struggling with a lot lately and could really use some extra prayer warriors lifting me up. Here’s to getting back on track with my daily devotions and for clinging to faith, hope, and love in this new year!
You are so deeply loved and lifted up so high in prayers
I haven’t been on this app for month. Something happened…and my heart was broken..I was looking through my apps and something called me to go here. To click this post. This is what I needed. Exactly what I needed. The verses and the devotional. Thank you. ❤
This lesson caught me off guard a bit. I didn’t notice I hadn’t been in God’s word recently and failed in that area.
My favorite phrase in the bible is
“but God…”
The reason I love this is the reminder it gives us. It reminds us that no matter how far we’ve wandered away from his loving arms … He. Loves. Us. Still.
He will always be there waiting for me to be reconciled to him. That is a beautiful reminder of God’s love for us.
I’ve made up my mind to get closer with Christ, and I’ve found this study app and it’s amazing! Is just what I need and I pray, I will get closer to Christ and I pray all who wants to get closer with Christ, will get closer to church and will enjoy joy and happiness , IJN. Amen.
Oh how I needed this today. I’ve held onto hurts, expected others to love me in a way I haven’t even been able to love them! my prayer is God will help me love past the hurt…
Wow. I’m gonna do it. This showed me how badly I need to get right and stay motivated. Amen.
I pray i keep up with reading His Word daily
That’s my heart desire this year
Me too! That is my prayer as well.
Very eye opening
Praying that the Lord will use this study to help me grow closer to Him.
I love this!
As I start the new year in committing to dive into the Bible once a day. As crazy as life will get I know I have something and someone to fall back on. I know he will be here for me.
This is so beautiful. One of my friends on facebook said that she wanted to read the Bible everyday as her new years resolution and it was the only resolution she has ever stuck to. My new years resolution was to spend time with the Lord everyday, whether it be reading the Bible, daily prayer, or writing a blog post. I’m so glad I downloaded this app because I feel like my relationship with the Lord will strengthen ❤ It’s not a new years resolution for me; it’s going to be a lifestyle change.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Girl. I needed these reminders. Brought tears throughout the entire reading. I will be picking this book up today!
Very moving, it really resonated with where I am at the moment! She is me and his loves never fails! ❤️
Thank you : )
Thank you! This was so beautiful. Jesus’ love is never ending. We all need Him in our lives.
Charity: To voluntarily give to those in need.
In this scripture the word love is talking about how Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud…am so on…yes charity is an act of those things that Christ commands but it should not be replaced with the word Love in the scripture above. I think new translations are great but also dangerous and confusing to the readers.
Not a fan of the word LOVE being replaced by charity. It seems to take the entire scripture out of context.
Read this right when I needed it most. Thank you! God is good!
I love this part of scripture….I am convicted regarding my own selfishness
I am only a God fearing man but I accept all knowledge and reading. Phenomenal reading.
Beautiful
Great reading!!
Loved this!
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. (Romans 5:5) May all of us ladies always abide in His love and be filled with the Holy Spirit ❤️️
Much needed-thanks for the reminder to search for strength in Jesus alone:)
LOVED this
“One day the cloudy mirror will be gone. One day face-to-face is the only way she will see.” – I love this image! One day we will get to see Him face to face and what a wonderful day that will be!!
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Beautiful reading❤️
What a comforting reminder when a situation warrants vindication. Vindication after reading this is only a partial thing. Amen.
“Real love is the God who became flesh”
I am a college student trying to figure out what love is. Currently in an on and off relationship with a high school sweetheart. Too often I find myself searching for love in superficial things. Things that will never be able to fill the part of my heart that only God can. This was a beautiful reminder that my relationship with God is what is most important. I need to recognize and be gracious for the eternal love God has for us and the grand plan he has in store for us, and most of all take the time to build my relationship with Him by making it my number one priority.
Amen Mary!
“Real love is the God that became flesh,” and love never ends (1 Corinthians 13). My heart is so filled when I realize that if love never ends, and Jesus is love, I will never ever not be surrounded by love in the fullest form.
Amen Mary!
I needed to read this
Beautiful
Sweet Jesus. He’s so Good! Thank you!
Amen
Wow! Yes!
Amen to this reading! Just another reminder for me of how good God’s love is. Also reminded me how I needed to love.
Thank You Thank You Thank You!!! My broken heart needed to read this today!!!
Love does not demand it’s own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly notice when others do it wrong..1 Corinth 13:5 (TLB) Love is not anything that I can give in my human form, love is only possible when I allow my heart to be saturated with the word of God – the truth – the permanent – the perfect – JESUS!! Love he is true love! I needed to be reminded of this today, love isn’t a feeling, it’s a person. It is God flowing through me! <3
I needed to be reminded what real love looks like.. feels like. What real love is. I have been going through a dark period in my life. Lots of loss. Lots of betrayal. It fills my spirit with HOPE to know that his love is never changing
“Jesus- and Jesus alone- is the Perfect, the Permanent.”
“The truth is love in black and white- a love that does not change, even when her bible is closed.” Reading that felt like a big hug during this spiritual slump I’ve been in. I don’t make New Years resolutions necessarily but this year I want to focus on loving more. I’ve always thought I was a loving person but this past year and it’s trials has made me take a good look at my heart…I didn’t like what I saw. I want to love better.
Amen! Love the Word
“Real love is the God who became flesh” I find that often I am distracted by the things of our world, frustrated by my own sinful nature, and discouraged as a result of the two. But truly I think the reminder I needed to hear was this bit of “God who became flesh” for me that showed a perspective and gave me hope right then and there. Realizing the pain, hurt, temptation, anger, and trail of the world isn’t a tiny fraction comparable to what Jesus suffered for us. Praise him though that through his suffering he gave us a way to relate. Knowing how thoroughly different our pain is from the pain he felt. I’m reminded to rejoice in that kind of real love. She is me. She is loved. Pray for me, that I can leave my own distractions behind, in 2016, & that 2017 will bring a new level of love to my eyes. That I would be reminded of his love and in turn share it!
Amen!
Yes, praise God! You’re in my prayers
Jesus; truth not only when it’s easy to believe, on the good days. But Jesus is truth every day all day.
Truth is as near as the pages in my Bible. What a gift!
this is a great way for all of us to acknowledge that God loves us, no matter what.
Until then, she reads Truth—not just for answers or equations, help or how-tos. She reads Truth to find the perfect and permanent One. She reads Truth because she needs Jesus. Perfect description! I love Jesus!
You are right sis, Perfect description!!!
Counterfeits no longer interest her, she is looking for the realest thing.
That struck me to the core. I absolutely loved reading that.
Perfect timing on what I needed to read today. Coming up on a the first year anniversary of my husband’s passing. Just been trying to walk through his 56 birthday and Christmas. A triple whammy so close together to navigate through. The truth in the words above are exactly what I yearn and long for, needed to read today. ” She reads truth because she needs Jesus. ” “She is me.” HE is here, HE has always been, HE will always be with Me.
Hugs, friend.
1 Corinthians 13 has given me a new goal for the new year. Of course I want more wisdom and I would love to speak with more eloquence and clarity. I would love to keep learning and growing, and giving generously of my resources. But now, now I want to be sure that all I do come from a place of the overabundance of the love – true love – of Christ in me.
I want to understand deeper the unwavering and all-giving affection God has for me, so that I can love others from the same place… instead of being about getting love, I want my actions to be FROM love.
Romans 8:38-39 tells us that nothing can separate us from Christ’s love. Nothing. Not even our own selves. I pray we all understand what His love means in a deeper way this year, so it overflows out of our lives in the most natural, hopeful and joyful way to the lives around us.
Love this! Amen!
“Instead about being about getting love, I want my actions to be FROM love”— Yes!! Amen.
Exactly what I needed to read today and in this season of my life!
Yes. She is me, and I am her. Thank you reminding me why I must open my bible. It’s not for the answered prayers but for the Truth in the Perfect One.
I have been struggling to totally commit myself to truly be who I know I can and need to be for my three boys. I want to be an example and show them how to have a relationship with God. Pray for me that I can be who I know I need to be!!
Jennifer, I too have struggled with exactly this in the last year or so. The feelings of responsibility are overwhelming most of the time. I have really felt God say to me to just accept the FACT that He loves me even though I feel I ‘fail’ as a good example to my kids several times a day, there is nothing I can do to change that and I need to relax over it! I pray for wisdom to be the parent they need (not the one I think I should be) and sometimes that means making mistakes and showing them I need the Lord to help me be the person He needs me to be rather than the perfect person I struggle to be (and never can be!) I also pray for Godly wisdom for my kids and a spirit of discernment for them in this harsh world. But above all I pray that God will reveal Himself to them daily in ways they understand. He has also been showing me in recent weeks, and has again today, that I just need to love them-unconditionally-so simple a concept and yet without the Holy Spirit impossible to do. Relax, enjoy them, be real, lean on God all through the day, every Day and love them no matter what- that is the best example you can be for them. And now I need to pray, again, that the Lord helps me to listen to and take my own advice!
Wow! I feel like you are in my heart and mind! Everything you have written here is exactly how I feel at this moment in my life! Thank you for sharing your thoughts here for me to read and allowing this to remind me the real reason for my parenting is to love them, just love them, not to be perfect bc that I won’t be able to. And to allow them to see me lean on our one constant perfect One, our Heavenly Father, everyday. Thank you! You have a blessed day!
I am praying for you to have the grace to choose to totally commit yourself. Ask that His perfect will be done in your life, no matter what the cost. I have prayed that prayer for years and He has always been trustworthy and faithful! His Spirit in you will bring to pass His will by His own strength and grace and power working in your heart and mind
I am grateful for the thoughtful minds and prayerful hearts that gave me life through this message…thank you :)
I’m so thankful that I have a source of permanent truth and the greatest source of love this world has ever known is so desperately in need for!!
It has been a struggle to totally commit myself to God, but now I’m all ready to dive in! Pray for me saints
Praying for you Toni. May Jesus open your eyes to see Him more fully and deeply and may you know His love for you to be so rich and deep.
Reading*
Today is my first day right She Reads Truth and I am already very thankful I found this app and the encouraging and loving community it comes with!
This captures me so perfectly. I always thought that having these complicated, contradictory emotions and thoughts made me a weak, made me less. It made me feel like there were things I couldn’t figure out or understand and that kept me distant from God. I don’t want to be separate from him, distant or anything. I so desperately want to hear him and want to be close to him.
So refreshing to read the word of God in this way
“And He is there, on every page, greater than her triumphs and shame, vaster than her needs and her pain.” Loved this excerpt from the devotional, and I love that it rhymes too. So beautiful.
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.”
As I read this part of the passage, I saw it differently that I ever have before.
God is love.
I often try to do things on my own, not asking the Lord to help me along. Most of the time I don’t even realize I have done it, but when I do that I am living for myself and my own worthless glory. When I am stuck in this trap, I am trying to serve the Lord without putting him in it. And this verse clearly states that without Love, I gain nothing!
“Lord, teach me to lean on you in all things and to do nothing without you being the focus of all my thoughts! Thank you for your crazy amazing forgiveness!”
Empowering truth about His faithfulness. He’s so into us – it’s right there in the pages of His Word. Filled with gratitude for this beautiful reminder.
*relieving
I cried as I read this, so good and almost reliving in the midst of personal, painful circumstances. This is my first day on She Reads Truth, and I’m finding several devotionals and Scripture that hit home. Very grateful!
I love this. It feels like it was written just for me. I recently realized that I’ve been trying to fill a void that God should be filling, with guys. I want to meet the right one and together with him continue on our journey to the Lord but I keep filling my time with guys that I know are not what God wants for me. It’s hard to remember that God is the only truth that I need. I want to learn to cling to him daily and let Him guide my steps.
Hi Kristy! I realized that a while ago too that was how I was trying to meet my needs! Through an awesome community and spending time with Jesus, God healed the broken parts of me that I was trying to fix and I was able to focus on Him and the call He had for me and my life! And because God is faithful, he brought an incredible man into my life and we just got married a few weeks ago! It was so worth the wait and doing the tough things on the front end! Our pastor always talks about becoming the right person instead of trying to find the right person! That helped me stay focused and not fall for every guy that crossed my path. My husband is such an incredible man and I’m so glad I let God go to those broken places! I’m praying for you! Jesus wants to be first and it’s so good when he’s first.
Hi Kelsey, thank you so much for the encouragement. Congrats by the way!! :) that is so exciting. And it’s helpful to hear that I am not the only one who has struggled with this. God is definitely worth seeking.
Wow. Just wow. So perfectly put, the cry of my heart.
It’s so easy to look unto other people when trying to fill that void of love that we need, i.e. a spouse. The only one we should be looking to to fill that void is Jesus, and by doing that, it opens us up to be able to love others like we should…and that is selflessly. Not thinking about what can we or should we get from this relationship, but more what can I give. I needed this reminder. Jesus is the love that I need.
I’m blessed and happy that God created the Bible for us. We need guidance. The world is noisy and loaded with gargantuan distractions. God is stillness, quietness, peacefulness, calmness,…
Thank you God for a blessed and lovely day today. :-)
Lately I’ve been struggling with my faith, church & my life in general. I feel like I have no purpose and I don’t fit anywhere. There was a time when I was on fire for the Lord, now I feel empty & disconnected. Please pray for me as the new year approaches and I try to move forward again and find my passion again.
Hi Michelle,
I will pray for you. Right now.
Hi Michelle,
I just prayed for you and hope that, through it all, you remember He loves you no matter what.
Sorry Heydi! Sent that reply to the wrong person.
Michelle, I will pray for you, now and also adding you to my prayer list, may God pour out upon you the desires of His will in your life.May your dry spell become flooded with the living water from the Word of God.
Hi Michelle,
I just prayed for you and hope that, through it all, you remember He loves you no matter what.
Praying for you. You are not alone in this. I’ve been struggling too. This life tries to destroy us, turn our eyes off of the truth, but we can turn back. God is good. He is our sustainer, and he does satisfy.
May this year be a game changer for you! May you humbly pursue Christ!
I really, really needed to read this today. My fiancee is struggling with an addiction that has taken its toll on him, me, our families, and mostly, our relationship. Christmas weekend was a rocky one and, in the last 48 hours, the possibility of separation has become very real. I desperately needed this reminder to hold tight to my Father because He is the only constant in life. I don’t yet know what His plans are for my life or my fiancees life, but I need to be open to His plans and trust Him.
Keeping you in my prayers Whitney, surrender to God fully and He will provide.
Hi Whitney,
I will pray for you too, right now.
Whitney, Prayers going up for you and all involved in your current time of trial… May you see clearly the path God has already made for your life. May your footing be steady in His unfailing love.
Just prayed for you & your fiancée, Whitney.
One year in to our adoption journey, I love my life more than ever. But going from 0 to 3 children at once, and moving across the country, and transitioning to life as a stay at home mom has been a whirlwind. I am a constant blur of exhaustion, excitement, thankfulness, and applesauce. In my eagerness to live for my family, I am struggling to not let them become an idol. And my heart is weary of more change. Thank you for this, for reminding me of the unchanging. Pray that I can see that, first and foremost.
I am fresh out of college – graduated in May, moved to Milwaukee in August where I started a new teaching job. Last Thursday was my last day of that job. I have struggled massively with loneliness in this transition from college to adulthood, and now I’m fighting feelings of failure, wondering how I could give up on my kids so easily, wondering if I wasted four years to get a degree I shouldn’t have gotten, if I shouldn’t be teaching after all. Tonight God showed me that I should stay in Milwaukee even though I still know virtually no one after four months of living there. He also showed me that I may have new things ahead – things that use my passion for teaching and reading but not in a conventional classroom. Please pray for me as I continue to fight against the demons in my head, as I prepare for my first substitute teaching job in a couple weeks, as I look for what God has planned next. I’m scared and lonely and struggling terribly, and I really need a community. This seemed like a good place to start, so please lift me up tonight. Thank you.
Karina,
I will be praying that the Lord brings you community in this new season of your life. I will be praying that Jesus meets you in your loneliness. He will! He always does! And I will be praying for peace as you figure out what to do next.
I too am a teacher. I got my Masters in Education a few years ago and have lately been wondering if I did the right thing…took the right “path”. And when I struggle with those thoughts, the Lord reminds me that He has perfect plans for us and will use what we’ve learned, our strengths and weaknesses, for His glory. He has something great for you! He will reveal it in time if you put your faith and trust in Him. <3
Me too Katrina! I live in Queensland, Australia and moved 2 hrs away from my home town to be a full time primary teacher after graduating from a whirlwind graduate diploma in education. And woah, it was so, so tough! I taught for 2 years and then did a year of teacher aiding, and loved it as I could help the kids who struggled in their learning but not have the responsibility of 30 little people, and all the marking, reporting, planning etc.! I so know how you feel, and will pray for you. Teaching is hard, even if we feel we’ve been called, but you’re so right – you can teach in other ways outside of the classroom context. Do you have a good church in Milwaukee? If not, I will pray for that too, as having the support from a church family was invaluable for me.
Following 25 years of teaching elementary school, I am now retired. I want to encourage you to Please not give up. Years ago a very wise woman asked me, “Do you not know that what you are doing is a ministry?” If God has called you, He will work out all the details. When I first began searching for a teaching position, I became very discouraged. God taught me to be patient. His timing is perfect. Thank you for taking on the hard task of substitute teaching. Do not be afraid! Do not give up! God bless You.
Heaven Father,
I lay Karina before you, knowing we can trust you and recognizing that your care for her extends far beyond my care for her or even her own value of herself. Lord I pray that you would speak your truth so loudly into her life that it might drown out the lies. Lord teach her what it is to be weak so that you may be stronger through her and what it is to be unsure but step out in faith anyway. Bless her obedience God and reveal to her your better plan in placing her where you have. Bring fellowship, faith, and healing to her life. We thank you and praise you lord and ask these things in the name of your son Jesus, amen.
Oh! Oh bless you Karina, teaching is HARD! It places you on the frontlines of the battlefield where you are replacing ignorance with knowledge and wisdom. It is a Spiritual battle and in order to not end up a casualty on the battle field you need the right Spiritual weapons of warfare.
Pray for each of your students. As a substitute you often proctor tests or show videos. Use that time to consider each child in the room and one by one ( while still doing your job) pray for each life, family, future, passions, struggles, pathways through life.
Love those students by possibly ignoring the teachers’ “watch out for this one’s list” and treat them like the pre-engineers, warriors, parents, professionals, neighbors that they will be. Substituting is a great way to pick up some more teacher training as you see how other teachers manage their classes and the stuff of school. From your short comment I sense that you have the passion, love, and ability to do the job, you just thought it would be different than the reality has played out for you. Four months is not long and for years of teacher training barely prepares you.. You may find your niche is not with the age group or the classroom you envisioned. You may have thought you could do the job by working less than 14 hour days on it your first year?
Some schools have teacher mentor programs. Perhaps you can find a teacher who will be willing to mentor you? Humble yourself and ask for that of some teachers you particularly admire.
As for community, I sort of hear Mr. Rogers saying “Look for the helpers”. Where can you volunteer? It doesn’t have to be a noble cause. Maybe you loved theater in school? The local theater probably needs ushers. The animal shelter needs dog walkers. The youthgroup needs chaperones. The nursing home needs listeners. The organisation that sponsors the 5k needs timers and traffic directors and drinks providers and registration help. This season you are in was the scariest of my whole life. It is a BIG transition! May God guide you through it.
Hi Karina,
You are lifted up today by prayer. I completely understand the career transition journey. The best tip I have is: Let God guide you. He knows what is best for you than you know what is best for you. And he is taking you into the next chapter of your life. I can testify to that. :-)
Karina I too got my teaching degree, but moved back to my hometown where I expected to reconnect and find a teaching position or at least substitute. No teaching is happening at all and I don’t have a community either. Where I have tried I have been sent away. I can’t pay my bills and I’m lonely and anxious…but! I will pray for us and keep hoping for direction and renewal.
Lord please bring a community for Karina. Bring her into a sweet godly friendship. Help her and comfort her during times of loneliness and allow her to feel your friendship and presence. We love you and want you deeper in our lives. In Jesus’ name, amen.❤️
This is my first time to read the daily devotional on this app & even read the comments on here. I think the Lord intended for me to read your heart on here & begin to pray for the needs of someone besides myself on a very similar journey. This is my first year teaching after 4 years of college (not preparing us for what the field would really be like) & it’s tough to not feel inadequate on a daily basis. Please please feel covered in prayer with your situation. Everyday is an uphill battle walking in to that classroom, but we can have peace and resurrection power over anything the enemy throws at us as baby teachers in an ocean full of experienced professionals. He has us in places for a season. Walk with Him closely & you won’t miss out on the goodness He has in store for you. “In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.” (1 Peter 5:10).
Exactly how I’ve been feeling. I had a tearful breakdown on Christmas Eve as I was walking out to my car after church. I was praying and said “it’s not a bad life, just lonely” and I all of a sudden I could not stop crying. There is a deep ache for truth and connection with people and the Lord, but I know the one I need to grow deeper with is Jesus. The one I need to bear my heart to and surrender my loneliness and disappointment. Only he is steadfast, permanent and perfect.
Praying for you! Been there. Trust God can and will get you out. Follow him. He knows what you need.
This was just what I needed. I’m not gonna lie. Spending time hearing the truth and being with Jesus hasn’t been my top priority lately. I know I needed to spend the time, however though I felt the tug on my heart to open my bible lately i have been ignoring my sweet Jesus’ call. I love that Jesus and his truth is constant even when I’m not. I love that his love is perfect even when I am not. My prayer is that I embrace the love the Lord constantly shows me and that I learn to love others the way he loves.
Kelly, I will be praying for you. This app and being in God’s word everyday has been nothing short of a blessing in my life. I pray God will meet you here and give you the renewed strength you need.
For the past few weeks I’ve really been struggling with the relationships in my life & with the Lord. I finally broke down, but in doing so
For the past few weeks I’ve really been struggling with the relationships in my life & with the Lord. I finally broke down, but in doing so I told myself I would commit to studying scripture daily and surrounding myself in a positive environment. I happened to stumble upon this app, and I am so thankful I did. This post is exactly what I needed at this moment and I am incredibly thankful. I look forward to reading future posts & strengthening my relationship with the Lord.
Kelly I am right there with you. These past couple of weeks I have been extremely negligent in delving into the word and having my daily dates with Jesus. And I have definitely felt that emptiness and purposelessness and lack of positivity in my life. It’s so so SO extremely easy to get caught up in life and forget about keeping our focus on the one who gave us life. This was reading was definitely a much needed reminder that we need to hold steadfast onto Gods love and emulating a loving spirit. For without it, everything else means nothing.
The more I know Him the more I know myself. The more I allow myself to be loved by the source of love the better I can show love to myself and His children. Thank you for this and for helping me release the tears I was too prideful to cry.
Thank you for the message. My soul needed it. A love that does not change, even when her bible is closed. WOW!!! LADIES please help me to stay on course with this love for & from Jesus! I pray 2017 I grow closer to him.
That was my favorite part as well
And what I’m praying for in 2017 too
Wonderful…..thanks for that reminder. She reads truth to find Jesus.
I am s
Beautiful…. this was much needed before the year ends. I truly hope many blessings come to all the amazing women reading this. Life can be extremely difficult, I think the worst part is confusion or a feeling of not knowing where you’re headed. I realized that a lot of my current issues are not only from the obstacles themselves, but it’s how I feel about the “future.” This idea of not knowing, not sure what is coming, who I’ll meet, what will happen… will it happen?? Etc. such restlessness is what ultimately wears me out to the point I want to give up. I need to learn to trust but really trust. Saying it is one thing, but if we don’t believe it then … we are lost at sea. I wish to all you women reading this a good closing for 2016, I wish you all clarity, focus, determination, hope, faith and the action of believing.
Amen sister!! I feel the same way. The pull of self-reliance is so strong. May we fight with truth and RUN TO JESUS.
Needed this today. In my weakness, He is strong. Keeping my eyes fixed upon my Mighty Mighty Savior! He is my help. Always has been. Always will be. Thank you for being Permanent Jesus in a world that is the complete opposite of you.
In this not so certain world, we need The Permanent: True unchanging, steadfast Love of God to reign n pass through us to those who we encounter
She wants to set things right … That line jumped off the screen to me. The soul-deep desire to rid ourselves of the weight of the unforgiven.
the One forgives all our sins, heals all our diseases, redeems our lives from the pit, crowns us with love and compassion, and satisfies our desires with good things (Psalm 103:1-5). The Lord hears our cries, even when they aren’t words.
Thank you for that last sentence…. I have had no words for some time and I needed to hear that!
The last two months have been miserable and hopeless. I have spent so much time crying from my broken heart. My fiancé broke up with me after nearly three years…and I feel betrayed by her and by God. Seeking truth to repair my broken heart and to show me my loving Father again.
Anna, I felt the need to respond to this. I’m sorry for your heart break. I pray for the deep healing you need. The part of the devotional that stands out to me for you is this:
She wants things set right.
She wants to know what is true—not partly true, or sometimes true, or almost true. She wants to see Truth itself, face to face.
Now is the time to set your life right and be freed from bondage. I think of “you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free”. May you find Truth, freedom and healing in Christ.
I know God loves me when sends me such things that speak to my heart, like this devotion. How wonderful a God, who knows all our deepest, most desperate needs.
Thank you, God for leading me to your truth, for making me new, and for loving me ceaselessly. You are good.
This introduction is magic! Spoke to my heart, literally SHE IS ME this afternoon. So ready to print this and put it on my wall. Love it! Thank you. God bless your hearts.
Thank you Lord for all the joys and sorrows of 2016. I hope 2017 finds me a better person; if not I pray that you continue to guide me in your direction. I am grateful for all you giving me and withheld from me. Your time Lord , not mine. In Jesus name, Amen. ❤️
A love that does not change, even when her bible is closed.
I’m praying that this devotion helps me open my Bible more
Forgive me father,
For my sins, and the pain I have intentionally and unintentionally caused.
2016, has been a year! I fell inlove, I moved to another state, started grad school, got a job and met lots of new friends this year. I have all and so much more blessings. There was also the pain of breaking up, being betrayed and loosing friends, and realizing to some people, even with family, you will never be enough.
But, a BIG BUT! I am enough in Christ, and I am able, and he loves me no matter what I do because I am his daughter, I am his, and his love never fails.
The devil’s plans will not prosper in fact if he plots struggle, if he plots pain, surely my heavenly father will destroy it because the battle has already been won!!!!
I needed this today!
amen! and to souls who read this and who didn’t, lift your eyes and look to Jesus! he is hope, he is our strength and our rock, he is sovereign and he loves you. Amen.
I appreciate how you write of Truth not negating circumstances but leading into Relationship. Only Truth can inform and transform our perception of and our interactions with our circumstances. Truth renews our minds and changes the direction of our gaze – from our struggle, our pain, our failure, our despair, from ourselves – to the One who IS and who is sufficient, to Relationship. And in the shadow of His wings, circumstances that feel overwhelming and impossible, pointless and futile and saturated in pain become something with purpose, potential, something providential, something that can deepen Relationship, mission, and faith. Something that brings Glory to God. I can’t be reminded enough, because when pain strikes, my tendency is to fixate on the pain first instead of the One who gives the pain context. I love how your close your thoughts in day 1: we keep reading the Truth for the Truth, not for formulas and fixes, we read because that is where we find and see Jesus. Amen!
I am so broken. He is the only one who can heal. I need Jesus.
Your statement feels heavy with pain, but you are correct…. only God can heal. You need Jesus. I am praying Joanna.
Praying for you Joanna.
I needed to read all of this today. So often we think our idea of love is what we can see and feel from someone here. When we put our love and hope into others they sometimes or most times let us down. The perfect truth and love is right in front of us and with us all day long.
I buried my brother 4 days ago. I held his 7 month old baby girl next to his fresh grave.
The Truth doesn’t erase my pain. Doesn’t even ease it right now. But I know that He meets me here. He stoops down into my mess and enters into my pain with me. His promise is to be close through heartbreak. Until the day He makes all things new and healed and right. When I see, not dimly, but fully.
I don’t want to do the rest of this life, don’t want to find out what other pain awaits this side of Heaven. But I believe He is who He says He is. He’s sovereign and nothing is ever in vain– no pain is ever wasted in His hands. So thankful that I am anchored in this storm, the whole of this life, to the Only Permanent.
Bless you. Hold onto that anchor.
I came to write a comment and read yours, Katie. I am deeply sorry for your loss and lifting you in prayer right now.
So sorry for your loss. You’re in my prayers. I know your anchor will not let go of your hand.
Katie, I am so sorry for your loss…
Praying for you..dearest… hold fast to the Anchor in and through this storm…He is right there with you…as am I should you need an ear or prayer…
Holding you in my heart in prayer… God be with you…
Xxx
Katie, life can be so hard. I hope you have dear loved ones to surround you and be the arms of Jesus for you. You and your family are in my prayers.
Praying for you and your family. God is with you. He will comfort you. He will be with you every step of the way. Xo
Needed to see this today; thank you SRT for always speaking to my heart <3
I needed to hear this so long ago! I used to be under the mistaken belief that if I gave my life to God everything will happen so magically! And I was so disappointed when it did not, and became jealous of everyone else’s victories when this was not my story! So this devotion today hit the spot on what I have been feeling!
God Bless, what a beautiful reminder to wake up to as my sights are set on the new year. Change may be coming but our Lord and Savior Christ is forever permanent. Amen!
Yes and amen!
Gods perfect timing strikes again! I sure needed to hear this today. We know Who to look for for the truth. We simply seek Him and He provides. Thank You Lord for teaching and reminding us how to live. May we live in love today and abide in You! All for Your Glory!
Needed to hear!
Needed to hear this today!
“The Truth does not magically erase her suffering or cure her disappointment. It does not negate her struggle or invalidate her sorrow. It does something even better—it leads her into relationship with the One who made her and makes her new, the One who is greater than all of these.” This is so truthful. It is just a sitting and meeting with my creator each time I open the word. It keeps my gaze on him and his goodness. His truth allows me to take refuge through all the trials and deep hurts. He is in the business of mending and healing. He is present in the dryness and he is present in the overflowing waters. He is constant. Thank you for putting into words why the perfect and permanent Word of God is so needed in my life.
I read truth because I need Jesus! Thank you Jesus for your truth and love!
So beautiful and all so true ❤
Spot on• Jesus thank you that you are Truth and ❤️ and permanent. Never fading or waning.
So encouraging! Thankful for this word today.
Thank you.
Beautiful words directly spoken into my weary heart. Thank you!
And He is there, on every page, greater than her triumphs and shame, vaster than her needs and her pain. Those are real, to be certain. But they are the partial, the passing away. Jesus—and Jesus alone—is the Perfect, the Permanent.
That part really resonated with me too!
“Lesser, broken things masquerade as love.”
This resonated with me a lot today. How desperate are we for love that we so often settle for those lesser, broken things. We are designed to love and be loved, but we do it so poorly. We try our best, but we never quite get it. This passage is so important to reflect upon regularly. Otherwise, we can quickly forget what real love looks like. It’s not just one or two of these things, but all at once! If we’re kind, but impatient, we’re not loving. We’re lesser and broken. Let us meditate on this Word as we seek to love as the Lord loves us. He will develop all of these things in us as he perfects us in His love. Blessings to all of you!
My heart got broken both by love and life, but little by little God’s changing me. I’m becoming more dependent to Him and I’m very excited to the amazing works He’ll do in my life ❤️
She reads Truth to find Jesus. Amen!! ❤
What stood out to me the most is that our pain, sadness, and confusion are only partial truths. They aren’t something to ignore and mask and cover, but they are something to own and bring to the Father because He bring the whole truth in our partial truth. He establishes love, grace, hope, and joy, even amongst our partial truth. The whole truth is also the fact that our brokenness, in wisdom and love, leads us closer to the Father. That is the goal.
I love this ❤
Love this. Thank you, Jenna. I often get so caught up in the partial truths that I forget the whole truth. I definitely needed this reminder to keep looking for how God is leading me into relationship with Him through the brokenness in my life, and that He will never stop loving me and leading me back to Him ❤
Reading everyone’s stories makes me step back and realize just how insignificant my problems are and how significant God’s sovereignty is. I’m so thankful for an incredible love like He has for me and for you.
The one and only true and perfect Love. ❤️
A few years ago, a youth pastor was looking at these verses and shared something similar to what Churchmouse said. We know that God is all these things because God is love (1 John 4:8). But what about us? Aren’t we told to be imitators of God (Ephesians 5:1). The pastor encouraged the youth group, which I was a part of at the time, to replace the word “love” with our own names and use it as a way to examine our own hearts and characteristics.
Two and a half years ago, around the same time I found out about SRT, I found myself going back to that passage after an argument with my mother and doing the very thing the youth pastor said. I was in tears by the end of it because in that moment, God revealed to me some things about myself that desperately needed to change.
And so my journey began. I decided to read Truth every day. And over these last couple of years – but especially this one – God has been using it to transform my life. I am still working on living a life of love every day, but I know God will be faithful to complete the good work He has started in me (Philippians 1:6).
I am feeling so very thankful for all the other she’s out there who seek Truth each day, and especially those who leave words of wisdom and encouragement in the comments here every day. I do not always comment, but reading through them has been such a blessing for me throughout my journey. Praying for all of my sweet sisters on here today. May we continue to hold on to what we know is true and permanent in a world that is passing away.
Thanks for sharing, Kristi! It sounds like the Lord is working out something beautiful in you. I, along with the rest of the SRT community, cheer you on! So much love to you in the coming year :)
Thank you for this, Kristi!
So good! Thank you for sharing Kristi! Praying for you!! ❤
Amen!
I love the part that the Truth is love in black and white and does not change even when her Bible is closed. ❤
This passage from Corinthians is exactly what I needed to have planted in my heart today as we celebrate the Christmas season with my in-laws today. My Bible may be closed, but I will love because of Truth.
I loved this part too. It’s incredible to know that even though we are changing, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse, that we have a God who is never changing, steadfast, and loves us still the same.
since the passing of my mother n law who also was my dear friend, I feel pulled to want to know God and have a greater relationship with him. Much like Jesus, she was my earthly example. Thank you for this site, She Reads Truth for guiding me on my journey.
My Mother in law passed on Friday and she too was my friend and an earthly example of how to live in a Christ like way. I will miss her terribly as I am sure you will yours Deb. I have tried in the past couple of years to come back to center with the Lord after taking a wide path away from him. My prayers for you and I both are that things be set right just as Amanda wrote in today’s reading. I also am Thankful for the SRT community for the guidance. Please God, take our hands and lead us.
Thankb you Suz. I’m sorry for your loss. May warm memories and the example she left in your heart comfort you and guide you back to Christ. Through Christ all things are possible.
This is my first read an I loved it!
Sisters-
As some of you know I’ve been sick for 2 years now. God showed my Dr’s what my diagnosis is! It’s a very rare condition that only 1% of the world has. Essentially, my celiac artery is being strangled by a ligament and needs to be cut free. It’s a major surgery to correct and only a handful of surgeons in the United States preform it. I live in Texas. The surgeon that will do it is in Connecticut. My insurance doesn’t go out of state. I’ve tried to find an insurance that will allow me to go out of state with a pre existing condition-there isn’t one. My only other option is to move to Connecticut and apply for Medicaid. Please pray that I can find a room to rent that is cheap-it’s just me and my little girl….but I’ve not been able to work since becoming so sick. It takes 90 days to get the insurance–I am thankful God revealed my diagnosis to my doctors. That was a long wait. Now I need to find a room. Thank you ladies
Praying for you, Leah!
Thank you❤️️
Oh Leah, we will certainly pray for God to open the necessary doors for you. Protect her, Lord, give her peace in this huge move, peace for the surgery, peace that You are with her through it all. Jesus is the ultimate Comforter and Waymaker! He will make a way for you. ♥
Praying you find a room quickly.
You may have already done this, but have you searched for a doctor in Houston that can perform the surgery? Not sure what part of TX you live in, but we have one of the largest medical centers in the world here. Maybe it would present some options that would keep you from having to move to CT? Praying for you!
I saw dr west on main st by st Luke’s. I did lots of testing-he declined my surgery.
Leah, may God work a miracle in your life and may His glory be shown. The Lord be with you.
Just lifted you and your daughter up in prayer Leah!
Praying for you, Leah
Praying for you Leah.
Praying for you, Leah!
Praying for you, Leah, and the things that need to work out.
Praying for you Leah….praying God guides you to the right person, in the right place ..
This is a season for hearing loudly God with us…may you know Him with you every step of the way…Amen
Love and hugs, dear sister…xx
where in Connecticut is the dr?
Prayers going up!
Do you think there is anything else we could do besides praying. Maybe start a go fund me account
Praying leah!!! God is big and God is good, he will provide what needs to be provided when it needs to be provided♡
Leah of the surgery is medically necessary, you’re insurance should cover you to go out of state. They may even pay for travel. I would ask your current doctor to call the insurance and justify why an out of network doctor is needed.
Very hopeful
What a great word to help us stay focused on His truth and His Word!
Love this chapter on love. The blog on love is beautifully written. It filled my heart with joy, peace and love. Thank you ladies
My sisters and I needed this today. I have shared it with them. We each struggle in our relationship with our Mom. She is broken, as we all are, however, she chooses her brokenness over God’s love and uses it on her children; yesterday, in a public and embarrassing, defamatory way on Facebook for all to see. Today, we must choose forgiveness and love again, though hard. Today, we must choose Truth over the lies, the darkness because His Light outshines all darkness. Today, we choose to love. I will dwell in His Truth today. Thank you for helping lead my timid hand to Him again and again.
My heart breaks for you and your sisters Kimberley because I lost my mom to cancer 25 years ago when she was only 58. Praying healing for her and for your relationship.
Families can be difficult and ungodly families can really can test our faith. Just remember who is in control and He makes good out of bad
My relationship with my mom is very broken too and it has caused a lot of pain in my family. You definitely aren’t alone in that and I pray that you feel God mending your heart and healing what is hurting!
That was really brave and mature of you and your sisters. I know that the worst insults and pain can come from your own family. It’s also the hardest to forgive. I know whenever I feel like that I remember Psalms 27:10 and Mathew 6:14. Hope y’all continue to rely on God to fight your battles. Thanks for sharing. It really helps.
I Corinthians 13 is the go-to chapter for weddings. I have heard these verses read during those ceremonies more than any others. In fact, we had it read at ours. Our pastor asked us though to read it far beyond that one day. He suggested that my husband and I read it every day of our married lives. We pledged to love one another forever that day and our pastor knew that would be a hard promise to keep. By reading it every day, we would remind ourselves of the truth of what love is. Years later, another pastor in a Sunday service read 1 Corinthians 13 aloud and asked us to substitute the word “Jesus” for the words “love” in the verses. He told us that we would then always know the character of Jesus. We would remind ourselves of the truth of who He is. This chapter in Corinthians is dear to my heart for those two reasons – it keeps me focused vertically on my Lord and it keeps me focused horizontally on living lovingly before others. Never underestimate the daily power of Truth to do just that.
Love this! ❤️
Beautiful….Thanks for sharing❤️
So much wisdom here. Thank you, churchmouse.
That’s beautiful!! Especially that last sentence-the vertical and horizontal. Love it!
Incredible. thank you for sharing
This is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. After reading your post, I went back to the scripture and read Jesus instead of love. It made the scripture so much better and Jesus so tangible. ❤️
Wow! Love those two practical ways to apply God’s word. Thank you!
Absolutely love how the pastor you mentioned said to replace “love” with Jesus. It made reading that chapter so much more powerful! Thank you for sharing!
Late to this plan, but I lobe the idea of substituting Jesus for the word love. After all God is love and we are supposed to be like Him.
She is me.
She is you.
She wants faith, hope, and love.
She wants help and healing.
She wants to hear and be heard, to see and be seen.
She wants things set right….
She is absolutely me.
I have loved these words from 1 Corinthians 13…from the very first time I heard and read them…they have been my go- to, my inspiration, my hold on to, my reminder of who and whom I am and want to be…
In this world of Lesser, and broken things masquerade as love, I can try, as I might, but I cannot be perfect, but thank God for God the Son, the Perfect, the Permanent… the real Love, the real Hope, the real Truth, through whom we find all we need to live this life, until face to face, when…. what a glorious day that will be!
For now, as instructed in verse 13, I will do my best to ( abide) live in faith, in hope and in abundant love… Amen…
Praying peace and grace for you this Boxing day…
Every blessing Sisters…. xx
This is beautiful!
Reading the truth looking for him not just answers or how tos. Lord heal my heart.
Wow. There was so much goodness in these scriptures. So much conviction about my life and my character. I want to be like love. And I haven’t been lately. But even in the correction, Jesus shows me so much grace. This is gonna be good.
I feel like I’ve let “lesser, broken things masquerade as love” to avoid temporary loneliness or emptiness. I love that She Reads Truth pushes me to find the Truth and experience real love from a perfect father.
I’ve been there, before. Now I’m in a different season, but it’s still easy for me to look for strength in things other than Jesus. Appreciating this reminder today!
I’ve done the same and it can be shameful. So I rest in knowing he loves me more than anyone or anything ever could!!
We have the same name!! Twinzize
God bless you!