Where Does My Help Come From?

A week ago I mentioned that I still felt empty inside. With in a day of admitting that I felt whole again. Sometimes I think that the Spirit wants us to fully acknowledge our feelings so that It can show us how to heal.

I always struggled with the idea of "Feeding the Spirit". What exactly did that entail. I think I learned more about what those words meant than ever before as I worked through that empty feeling. After admitting my issue, I started reading more of my Bible and a couple of books I have on the Kindle by Frances Chan. Now, technology is my good friend. My iPhone which, if you ask my family, has become a constant accessory. I carry it everywhere and am constantly using it to amuse myself. Well, lo and behold, the two things that I needed most at the time were my Bible and uplifting literature. I first began reading the books. In them the author references many Bible verses. I would stop reading and go read the referenced passages. Not just the verses but the entire chapter they came from. I learned two new words from one of the books, exegesis and eisegesis. To really understand these two words, if you were like me and didn't know them, google them. The best explanation comes from http://www.biblestudy.org/beginner/definition-of-christian-terms/exegesis.html (You know I may have heard these terms but like many of the things in my life I'm just now conscious of them.) Anyway, this is just what the Spirit wanted me to do. Get back to my best self help book, the Bible.

You know as I read what I write sometimes it sounds like I'm so "holier than thou". It's precisely the opposite. I feel like such a dunce at times. Why now is the lightbulb going on? Why now are many of the dots getting connected? And as I learn or awaken to much of it the more I realize that I don't know. It makes me hungry for more. And that excites the Holy Spirit. He has been dying to teach me.

Now I also want to point out that I didn't get to this point on my own. I didn't make myself hungry to learn. I prayed for it. It is answered prayer. Matthew 11:23-25 and Matthew 21:21-23. So if you read this and desire more. Earnestly pray for it, and be patient.

Note: Thank you D.W. for your email. Little did you know that God was using you to guide me back to resources that I already had at my fingertips. Mere words can not express my gratitude.