Hey Y’all!
Before I fool anyone, each of you should know that this is Lindsee posing as Beth for this particular SSMT post. She and her girls on a little girl’s getaway that is much deserved. So when she mentioned that she might not be able to work this post out, I told her not to even think of it and enjoy her time away!
Side note: She was telling me yesterday she’s not sure when her last actual vacation was because our siesta mama has spent the last two scheduled vacations either being Bibby for a week (her grandma name), or writing for a week! So! Needless to say, this girl’s getaway is earned and joyfully welcomed! We blessed them as they walked out the doors yesterday and promised them they didn’t need to worry about one detail here. She also assured me she’d hopefully have some fun pictures for you guys when she gets back!
SSMT is a big detail. So here I am. I realize that was a much more detailed description as to why I’m taking over SSMT this time than you probably cared to know, but now it’s in official wording and I’m leaving it.
Beth gave me the option to share my verse with you guys along with the one she’s memorizing this go around, so I decided to take her up on that. The more the merrier, right?
My verse is actually probably very familiar to y’all, but it hit me fresh a couple of weeks ago and knew it needed to be put into my memory for good. It’s one of those verses I know, and I could quote it, but not verbatim and I really wanted to be intentional with it this go around, especially since I really mixed up the version I’m memorizing it in this time which really makes it pop in my mind.
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (Amplified)
This I know to be so true, I need Jesus. And I need Him to steady my heart, because He alone can do that. Want to hear some synonyms of steadfast? Steady, firm, stable, constant, staunch, and immovable. Each of these descriptions are things I want to be said and true of me. I think it’s so fitting that persevering and steadfast follow each other because it’s in my persevering that He makes my spirit steadfast, but I tend to get really distracted and unsteady pretty quick. Which I guess is why we’re told to persevere in the first place. Maybe it’s just me, but so many times I allow my circumstances to determine my steadfastness. When things are going good (translation: the way I want them too), persevering comes easy, as well as a firm and steady devotion to the Lord, but it’s when the going gets tough, that the tough get going. That’s when it’s time to wrestle that hard thing out with Him. For me, an example that comes to mind is singleness. Some days I love the freedom it brings, while other days I’m wrestling my way through this season. Very quickly I can go from steadfast to discouraged. Steadfast to lazy. Steadfast to frustrated. I want so badly to be faithful in each season of my life, and to truly live in an “undivided devotion” to the Lord that Paul talks about, but we can all admit it’s not always easy. If it were easy, the vast majority would be doing just that.
I don’t always want to do the work it takes to have a clean heart, and a persevering Spirit, but I know all too well that when I’m not yearning for it is the perfect time to ask for it. So I’m asking for a clean heart! That God would renew me from top to bottom.
You’re more than welcome to join me this go around.
Or for those of you curious what our Siesta Mama has chosen, you can join her. This time she is memorizing Colossians 1:16 in the ESV version:
“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.” Colossians 1:16 (ESV)
Amen. He sees everything. He knows everything. He created everything. If you stop and take that verse a part line by line and dwell on that, it’s really mind blowing.
ALL things were created BY Him. (Things we cannot even lay our human eyes on.)
THROUGH Him.
And FOR Him.
ALL things.
I have no doubt our Siesta Mama would have more to say about that, but I’m just going to leave you with wow. So, if that scripture stirs something up in you, tag on with her.
(And now I’m going to make this really slick transition to close out the post. Could this be any more awkward? I’m kind of gifted in that. You know, making things awkward.)
Well, ladies! Time to persevere to the end! We’re so close. If you got through summer, you can certainly make it through the fall. Oh, and because I’ve been getting some emails and phone calls, I’ll go ahead and let you know that we’re planning on having all things SSMT celebration and details up SOON. Like, hopefully as in the next SSMT post or two. We’re so pumped and we love y’all dearly.
Let’s hear your scriptures!
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Vickie, Pella Iowa
But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. Daniel 6:10(NLT)
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
Pam ~ Moss Bluff LA for the last time . . . Moving home to Knoxville, TN, GO VOLS!
“She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and she laughs without fear of the future.” Proverbs 31:25 (NLT)
Kim, Amherst, OH
Lam. 3:22-23 NIV
22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Imogene, Austin,TX
Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. Isaiah 65:24 NIV
Ganise, Ottawa, CAN
‘ Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.’ Philippians 4:6 (NLT)
Missy S, Chapel Hill, NC
“Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me!” ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9b (AMP)
Patty, Granite Bay, CA “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3 NIV
Cari, Alexandria, LA:
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 NASB
Tomi, Des Moines. This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. Lamentations 3:21-26 NKJV
Jeanette Dahm Tualatin,OR
Col 1-10 NIV
And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
Fareen Doss
Las Vegas, NV
“Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother of Judges his brother, speak against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?”
James 4: 11-12 NASB
Lisa, Fishers IN
Jude 17 NIV
“But dear friends, remember what the apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ foretold.”
PS I am memorizing the book of Jude : ) So addicted after memorizing James!
I like that 🙂 Go, Siesta!
Kelly Snodgrass
Rogersville, TN
Revelation 19:6-7 NIV
Then I heard what sounded like a great mutitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
HALLELUJAH!
For the Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding supper of the Lamb has come, and his bride has mader herself ready.
Elizabeth Meagher Mechanicsville, VA
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go.”
Psalms 32:8 NAS
Glennell – Buda, Tx.
Joshua 1:9 NIV)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Shannon, Tyler, Tx “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; Who
pardons all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases.” Psalm 103:2-3 NASB
Jane from Geneseo, Illinois
1 Corinthians 4:20
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
(NIV)
Rosalye
Vicksburg, MS
We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
2 Cor. 4:16
Christen, Denver, CO
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (Amplified)
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (Amplified)
Thanks for letting me tag along on your scripture, one of my favorite, and I need God’s help with this every day!!!
Dorinda, O’Fallon, MO. “Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.” Ephesians 3:4 NIV
Therefore we must give more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. Hebrews 2:1 NKJV
Laura, Minneapolis, MN.
“And godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.” 2 Peter 1:7, ESV
Beth, Wynnewood, OK
For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 48:14 NIV
Amy Brown
New Palestine, IN
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” – Matthew 6:33 NIV
Patrice, Elm Grove, WI
Isaiah 58:11 NKJV
The Lord will guide you continually,
and satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water,
Whose waters never fail.
Lisa from Sioux Falls, SD
She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. ~ Prov 31:26 NASB
Ally, Houston, Tx.
“The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be His spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; He makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.” Isaiah 50:4 NET
Melissa Davis
Grand junction, CO
“You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.” Acts2:28 NIV
Kelly, Charlotte, NC
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
1 Peter 3:12 ESV
Nashville, TN
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth
1 John 3:18 NIV
Pam, Sioux Falls, SD
“When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
John 5:6
New International Version (NIV)
Melanie Miller, Nampa, Idaho
Psalm 25:15 NLT
My eyes are always looking to the Lord for help,
for he alone can rescue me from the trap of my enemies.
“Let your unfailing LOVE surround us Lord, for our hope is in you alone” Ps.33:22(NLT)
Lisa Walden from Grand Prairie Tx
John 14:26 NIV
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Adrienne, Valdosta
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
Tanis,Terrace
Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him. Hebrews 11:6 HCSB
Shannon Pate
Little Rock, Arkansas
“For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even to the end.”
Psalm 48:14 NIV
Linda Jewell
Sedona, AZ
Psalm 4:8 NIV
I will lie down and sleep in peace,
for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Gwyn Tidwell of Haslet, Tx
“Finally, be strong in the LORD and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of GOD so that you can take your stand again the devil’s schemes.” Ephesians 6:10-11(NIV84)
Dana
Clarksville, TN
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”
Isaiah 40:28 NIV
Colleen Duebber. Cincinnati, Ohio.
The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
Proverbs 20:5 (NIV)
Peggyann ~ Crestview, Florida
Always take time to talk to God.
Colossians 4:2 WE
(Worldwide English New Testament)
Julie, Madison, GA
You received Christ Jesus as Lord. So keep on living in Him. Have your roots in Him. Build yourselves up in Him. Grow strong in what you believe, just as you were taught. Be more thankful than ever before. Col. 2:6-7 NIRV
Amanda, Knoxville
“When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.” Psalm 61:2 NKJV
Kellye, Las Vegas. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. Psalm 62 (NIV)
Lisa Walden from Grand Prairie, Tx
John 14:26 (NIV)
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, who the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Oops! I had already used my previous posted verse months ago! Here is my new one: Becky, The Woodlands, TX – For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. Romans 1:16 (NKJ)
Vicki
Murfreesboro, TN
2 Chronicles 16:9a (HCSB)
“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His. “