So we are in week 8 of the online Bible Study for Stressed-Less Living. This week, I wish to blog about where I am in the Bible Study. For the first six weeks everything went along like it was supposed to. However, for the last three weeks, I have had more challenges in trying to keep up. Yet, I am not stressed out over it. I know that as long as I do the reading and the Bible study portion at my convenience everything will be fine. It is more important for me to stay in God's Word than to be concerned with when I do it.
I know for the next two and a half weeks, I will probably have no time to do anything with my husband at annual training during the day. However, I know I will have long evenings with no outside obligations to distract me. So I plan on using that time to catch up on everything. I have to say I really am enjoying this study. Jeremiah 29:11-13 are verses I can really claim as my own during this chaotic time. Between Dennis being gone, winding up our homeschool year, praying and considering going into the Salvation Army as officers; life has its uphill and downhill moments. One of the low points was finding out last week that Boy Scouts of America chose to walk about from its Biblical foundation in order to be politically correct. As a result, we had the heartbreaking experience of telling our sons our family needed to leave Scouts. Yet it is not causing me stress. I have an inward peace of knowing that we are staying in God's will. This study has helped to provide that peace. Plus having previously completed the Let It Go Study helped as well.
While this is only my second online Bible Study through Proverbs 31 ministries, I know it won't be my last. My participation with my online small group through Facebook has been a wonderful experience. I have gotten to know these ladies and had the privilege to pray for them and to have them pray for my family and me. All in all this has definitely been a blessing.
Excellent point about not letting the study cause you stress. While I'm not behind right now, I have been in previous studies, and it has amazed me when I've read something and it is absolutely what God wanted me to read for that day... even though the group had covered it a couple of days before that. Prayers for you and your family. Thank you for sharing.
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