Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 37:1 (New Living Translation)

Don’t worry about the wicked
or envy those who do wrong.

Look at those people. Look at what they are doing. Can you imagine anyone would do those things? And look at the cars they drive, the clothes they wear, the places they go, the houses the own…all the material things they enjoy!!!!

Yes. It is easy to find someone else who isn’t living right AND is enjoying all the pleasures of 21st-century life. And that isn’t right and…

And what am I doing? How am I living? What is in my heart?

I cannot control the lives, hearts, and minds of others. I have some control over my life, my heart, and my mind. I have access to a loving and guiding God. I have access to a Savior.

There are days, however, when I wish I could just… I should pray more on those days. God, please help me in my unbelief.