Lent Day 3

so i woke up this morning....and i can't remember if i stayed in bed and read 1 Timothy or if I got up, got dressed and then read. But the point is that I did read today, unlike my major fail at reading yesterday. It is sad to report that I still feel like I have to force myself to remember to read my Bible, yet every other time I am reading a book I cannot even find time to put it down. I want the Bible to be the book I cannot put down, the book someone has to tear out of my hands in order to have a conversation with me. So I pray that I can just want to read it everyday and more than just once and not because I feel like I have to.

anyway I read 1 Timothy 1 (over again) through chapter 2. A lot of chapter one talks about Paul....he is the one writing the letter. It talks about how he was saved by God's grace. He was once a sinner but now he is a man of God who was saved by God. That just whispers such hope into my ears. Paul was a man who persecuted Christians and then through God became, I think, one of the greatest Christian leaders of all time. It is so amazing just to know that is true. The things I have done in my life, the amount of times I have turned to God is just.....horrible. Yet God still loves me and takes me back every single time. So I praise Him for that, and I thank Paul for writing those words to remind me just how amazing God's grace really is.

also....still doing good with wearing no make up. still a little weird but getting better, and I think it was a really good choice in the end.

just an update on the day in general: We drove home (MA to NJ) today, as it is spring break. Victoria is with me. We made amazing time and hit no traffic, and this was amazing because it still happened despite all the flooding that was happening in the area. God was with us and really got us through it all. And thanks to Becca for driving!