This week’s Scripture “Sunday” is good and hard for me. Hence it being posted on a Monday…lol. So here it goes…
Over the last 6 months I have become busier, all of which are blessings from God. Though I have been making it all work…God was showing me though a Bible study that my priorities were not in line with His. I wrote down everything that I do day by day and in fact it was broken down by the times I did things each day. I could not see what I could do to lighten my load.
The weekend of the 10th we had an “All In” weekend for choir and orchestra at church and knowing that I would be at church and in God’s word all weekend I prayed that God would show me what I needed to do to help myself get in line with His plan for me.
When we arrived on Friday night we were given an activity to pick a table with a Biblical person’s name on it. Right when I got there I saw Noah’s name and when my husband asked me what table I wanted to sit at I knew…Noah. We were asked to read some scripture given to us about that person (Noah) and while we were eating to write down why we thought Noah was All In for God.
Noah was All In for God because of his faith he was obedient to God. Noah built the ark even though it had never rained on earth…he listened to God.
Ok so obedience is what I am hearing from God. Then scripture was read and I did not hear where this scripture was or even all of the scripture at the time, but one word suck out to me. Encumbrance. This verse was mentioned a few times that weekend and by Sunday I knew what God was telling me and asked where that verse could be found. So when I got home I looked it up so I could really read it. Well, I looked it up in my ESV and it did not say Encumbrance…WHAT! So knowing the version of Bible that verse was read out of, I looked it up the NASB.
Hebrews 12:1-2
1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Encumbrance Meaning:
Hindrance
I know that all of this is coming from God. If you ask for God’s wisdom he will show it to you. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. James 1:5 If I would have looked up that verse on my own in my ESV version I would have never seen any of this.
The bad news is this is the last post that I will be making on The Way We Save.com. This venture has been so great! I have loved helping everyone out saving money and couponing. I love coupons and saving money and will not stop doing that.
Good news is I am excited for what God has given me already and what He will bless me with. So incredibly excited about putting God first, then my husband, and then my household!!!
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