Live in His Word

  Peace is something we all want, yet often we don’t feel like we have. How many of you have craved peace this last 14 months? I know I have. We live in this world that feels the opposite of peaceful. Between the pandemic, political divisiveness, hatred, and arguing- it is hard to feel peaceful. Maybe it isn’t even those things causing the problem. Maybe it is the laundry, the dishes, the kids teething, or dealing with teenage angst. Life is hard and peace can be hard to find. But God! Isaiah 26:3 says “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you.” These verses tell us that God will keep us in perfect peace. That sounds nice. We may even know it mentally, but sometimes we do not feel it experientially. When I read the Bible I love to look up the Hebrew and Greek meanings of words. It just gives it a deeper sense of richness to me. When it says “keep” in the Hebrew- some of the synonyms listed are guard, watch over, protect, maintain, and de

    My blog is getting a makeover! The Make One Choice blog is now becoming the  Live In His Word blog! I am so glad you are here! As I was beginning to get back to work on this blog I knew it was time for a name change. There are so many cutesy names out there that might be fun. I could have just used my name- but who can spell that? I mean it took me two years after I got married to be able to spell it correctly. I decided to look at what I am passionate about and go from there. So my passions- studying the Word of God and verse mapping/Bible Journaling. I love to dig in when I study the Word. It is so easy to read the Bible because it is what we are supposed to do. We read a Bible plan and get our checkmark for the day and we are good. The Bible is so much more than a checkmark for being good! “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.