Pondering Again
As I was rambling through blogland today, I stopped at one of my favorite reads, Mr. Standfast and his theme of The Spacious Place got me to thinking and also got me to think about that word ponder again.
Bob said at the end of his blog, in reference to the theme of The Spacious Place that recurs in Psalms 18, 31 and 118. He says, “ I ‘m going to be thinking about this for awhile. I ‘am going to to be blogging about it, about Life “outside ourselves” and about how the Kingdom of God is that spacious place.” As he says, this is for him an investigation, a pondering. He says come along with me, if you like and we will ponder together.
Being a good Texan, though a transplanted one, the word ponder caught my attention all over again and I plan to follow along with Bob and see where it goes, what insights the Lord might give us as we ponder His word together.
So just what does it mean to ponder? Back in May I looked up this word ponder and made some comments about it. It means to consider deeply, thoroughly, to weigh carefully with the mind, to meditate and to consider and not only that, but to apply the word to our heart, our mind, our spirit, allowing the Lord to write His word, His thoughts upon our hearts and giving us understanding as we seek to know Him even more through the study of His word.
So if you like, you are invited to join me as I join Bob in what seems like an adventure with the Lord, for there is nothing more the Lord loves to do, than to reveal Himself to us as we come into His word and into His presence, so that we can draw closer together in Him.
I want to thank Bob, Mr. Standfast for inviting us along.
Till later,
Paul