Quote of the Week: Shay

The trouble begins, I think, when our passions are the beginning point of our decision-making, and not the Word of God. And unfortunately, because we are human beings, and sinful at heart, this will always be a struggle. That is why the Word of God simply must become part of us through regular reading and meditating over. It's not enough to just read; we need to think about it, pray about it, and let it soak into us so that when tough decisions come up, or we become discontent, we will tough it out with the truth, rather than pursue something that will satisfy our passions momentarily.

Kim Shay
The Upward Call

Comments

[Kim in On]

Oh, my, you're quoting me. Should be the other way around.

Actually, I have several quotes from you in my quotes collection! I don't always leave comments, Kim, but I always read and appreciate what you have written.

[John]

Great quote. You two 'Kims' are awesome. To be included as a 'Kim' with Kim Shay is an honor. Thank you.

[heidi]

So much of our life is lived in reaction- rather than in straightforward decisions to do this or that. We need to develop Biblical reactions- so that we have a firm base under our feet as we continue on the spiritual journey!

So true! We can't expect to respond to situations in a Biblical manner if we have not developed a Biblical world view by studying God's Word. And even that is not enough. We must stay in the Word, daily renewing our minds.

[Kim in On]

I love how you can respond to the comments in your own comment box.I love the way I can subscribe to the comments of individual posts on your blog. I'm pretty sure you can't do that on Squarespace. You can subscribe to comments but then I think you'd get ALL the comments instead of just the post you are following

[antigoni]

I agree with you completely.