Over Christmas, I received a Spanish/ English Bible as one of my Christmas gifts. I was so excited- sometimes there are passages in the Bible that make more sense to me when I read them in Spanish. However, something that I considered a downside to receiving this new Bible is that I was not able to open to a page, see the notes or underlining I had previously done and relive what God had already taught me. Yet, on the other side of that, it meant I was able to approach it as "unknown"... each lesson would be brand new, each discovery exciting. I'm currently going through Psalms- and I'm loving reading passages that I had underlined in my last Bible, remembering what they mean to me, and also encountering other verses that are speaking to me right now. One of my favorite verses {I have it painted on my wall in my room back in Colorado} is Psalms 62:8 "Trust in the Lord at all times, O people. Pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge"

{Quick God story: When we were down here over the fall, we were having a women's bible study on Esther. One day, Heather had a pile of paper, each which had a verse on it. She went around the circle, handing each of us one randomly. When she came to my place, she handed the slip of paper to me; I opened it to find Psalms 62:8. God knew I needed to remember this verse and chose to remind me of it through Heather. Needless to say, that was a good day.}

The other day, I came across Psalm 62 as a whole- and I realized that it's not just verse 8 that I like, the entire chapter grabbed my attention. The chapter talks about our rest coming from God and how He is our salvation, our rock, our fortress, our refuge, that He is loving and strong. I love seeing who God is and how He manifests Himself my life. It gives me courage and peace to know that He is always there for me when I need Him and that He has everything and anything I need. Also, in just one chapter in the Bible, He is seen in more than 6 ways- to realize that He shows Himself in that many ways in just one chapter, it makes me think of how many more ways He is able to show Himself to us in the rest of the Bible. I love finding out more ways to see my Lord and also seeing how He chooses to show Himself to us: whether it be in the form of a cloud, fire, a donkey... I really do love discovering new things about Him. Or at least, being reminded of how creative and multi-faceted our God is.