Closer

I have been struggling to explain the massive 'overdose of God" I have experienced this last month. As I've said before, I have an insatiable hunger and thirst for His Word and the depth and severity of the cravings have not subsided.

 I found myself running in all directions, grasping every single 'Christian' possibility, hoping to soak up information, yet not able to concentrate completely on any one specific resource at a time.

This continued to the point of exhaustion and confusion - I did not truly know from where my information was coming. I was questioning the integrity and validity of everything I read. Essentially, I was pushing myself away when what I really wanted was to move closer.

To move closer. I thought that if I was attuned to each and every Christian blogger, author, musician, speaker AND devotional, I would be able to soak up even more of His Word.

The result? I was so bombarded by information, opinions, and directives - not to mention the time it took to read all of these sources - that I was ultimately moving, not closer, but further away, from what I truly sought.

Come on...my only and important goal of moving closer to God's Word really isn't that difficult...as long as you push aside all the 'other' resources and concentrate on the one-and-only, tried-and-true, honest and full-of-promise source available. The Bible.

A newbie mistake? Heck yeah! But, a valuable lesson, as well. My hunger and thirst are not sated. My desire to ingest all information is still strong. And I continue to read my main daily devotional Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, and still follow my favorite bloggers Jen Hatmaker and Ann Voskamp, and still dig deeper into topics and questions I come across.

The only difference now? God's Word...the one thing of which I was seeking more...is the first source I use and the only one I fully trust. 

But there is a silver lining to my lesson learned. In all of my mad searching, I actually did accomplish a lot of research on topics I am interested in, as a New Believer. New posts coming soon!

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