Just Enough To Be Strong

A few months ago a purchased a new Bible. My small metal one that I had used and loved for years was highlighted beyond belief, was falling apart and didn’t really have any references or study notes, which I really wanted to get into. It was pretty hard to open my Bible and go to something random when every passage was highlighted in different colors from different dates and times. : ) I haven’t in any way, shape or form gotten rid of that Bible – it goes to work with me in my purse every day and on the days when I don’t go home, it stays in my bag so I can read whenever I would like to.

Anyway, with my new Bible, I’ve started penning in notes and underlining things that have interested me. A month or so back, Pastor Paul was reading a passage in James. We were reading in Chapter 4 when I got sucked in and just started reading to Chapter 5, and that’s what’s been on my mind today, particularly 5:13-18.

Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises. Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven.
~James 5:13-15 (NLT)