tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post5254695780305387718..comments2024-03-25T05:22:40.086-04:00Comments on Widow’s Christian Place: A Priceless Daily Routine Ferree Bowman Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739485535852107104noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-39163010404620789642014-06-17T02:52:16.785-04:002014-06-17T02:52:16.785-04:00One of the ways my life has become enriched is the...One of the ways my life has become enriched is the quiet mornings provided for me in my grief while reading my mother's Bible twice since she went on to her promised joy of Eternity. Since then, I have discovered more truths, promises, and encouraging messages to live a life of hope from my own Bible...the one that lived on a shelf for years during the time when I believed I was too busy or too tired to sit down long enough to understand God's way better. It was seldomed read until a question came up in my mind, or for browsing through when feeling discouraged. My beautiful Bible was given to me as a graduation gift when I completed nursing school. Thirty-seven years later, after I retired and became a widow, this Bible has moved to a place close at hand. I also enjoy reading material written by authors who have studied the Bible and can point me towards answers I seek and what God allows me to understand. My daily Christian reading time is usually only about 30 to 40 minutes. Getting up to go off to work in a rush at a fast paced workplace has mercifully been replaced by becoming quiet, more open and stronger for the day ahead. It is surely worth the investment, isn't it? And if I knew then what I know now, I would not have allowed the dust to settle on my own Bible. BTW, it took reading God's Word in a different format, such as Mom's Bible to "get into the hang of it". Sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-39285957452195999592014-06-03T09:16:05.705-04:002014-06-03T09:16:05.705-04:00Oh my gosh Ferree! You became a widow that very d...Oh my gosh Ferree! You became a widow that very day you read that and had those thoughts. God is awesome! He lead you to that right when you were going to NEED it.<br /><br />I am one of those 'white-haired widow ladies' and God has certainly been my portion these last almost 18 months.<br /><br />I am ever thankful ~ FlowerLadyFlowerLady Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678852154334714784noreply@blogger.com