~ * Lasting NOURISHMENT * ~

Do you remember what your pastor spoke about 8 weeks ago? Probably Not. After all, it's been a while. But does that mean it wasn't a valuable message or that it was a waste of your time to hear God's Word being preached?

Absolutely not! Especially if we see God's Word and its teaching as a source of keeping us alive spiritually. Pro baseball player Shawn Boskie learned this truth while talking with a fellow Christian, Mark Dewey. "Mark asked me if I remembered what I had for lunch the 13th of last month, and I told him I couldn't remember. He said, 'But did it nourish you?' I said, 'Yes, I guess it did.' "

Boskie got Dewey's point. "I think that's the way God's Word is," Shawn concluded. "It nourishes us even though we may not be able to remember exactly what it was we read."

The Word of God is indeed nourishment, and it comes to us from various sources: preaching, music that glorifies and praises God, and Bible-based literature, to list a few (*including regular personal quiet times; reading and meditating on God's Word and prayer). NEVER stop praying! We need to continually feed our souls - not so we can remember facts, but so we can grow stronger.

You may not recall all the details of each spiritual meal, but one thing is sure: It's lasting nourishment. - JDB

God's Word provides the nourishment

That every Christian needs to grow,

Supplying strength from day to day

By teaching what we need to know. - S

"Teach me, O LORD,

the way of Your statutes . . .Revive

me in Your way."

Psalm 119:33, 37.

ONE MARK OF A WELL-FED SOUL IS A WELL-READ BIBLE.