Favorite Verses

Most everyone that has spent anytime reading the bible finds a verse that is their favorite verse. For some reason, that verse above any other sets in your minds and speaks to your heart. My Aunt Dorthy's favorite verse was Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. She read this verse to me several times and looking back at the woman that she was, I can see why this verse spoke to her so much. She was one of the strongest and toughest women that I ever knew. Maybe it was this verse that made her so strong.

My favorite verse has varied throughout my life. As a little kid, I loved John 3:16. It was easy to remember and it told me everything that I needed to know. - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son so that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

As a teenager, I wanted to be cool. It was important to me. Heck... it still is.. I guess it's the human side of me, but I still like people to think of me as that cool laid back girl. With the desire to be cool, I always struggled with the way I would be cool. To be a cool christian, it takes a little extra effort. Luckily, I discovered sometimes it was the being different that made you cool. I was different than most of my other high school friends. Sometimes it was that difference and the way that I accepted and didn't care that I was different that made me cool. Don't get me wrong I crossed the line plenty of times, but this verse was always a reminder to me. It helped me remember that the way that I was different & cool was because of God.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. - Romans - 12:2

Young Adults have it even harder than teenagers. Most teenagers still have a guiding factor in their parents and that restriction of their freedom. That freedom of becoming an adult gives you the opportunity to come to your own understanding. It is wonderful to realize that your beliefs are your own and not some product of your raising or your community. However, it is this time in life that people tend to make their biggest mistakes. I think that is why at this age, I gravitate towards the Love Chapter of 1 Corinthians 13:13 - And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

As a young married woman with kids and too much stuff going on. I sometimes struggle with my commitment to God. It seems like the more time I give God..... the more he wants. As a christian, the answer seems simple. Just give God what he is asking for. As a mother and wife, their is only so much time during the day and my kids need me too. Don't get me wrong. I think God wants me to be a good mother and wife, but he also has called me to do so many things. Whenever I am having trouble balancing all of the roles that God has given me, I remember these verses. Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
Deuteronomy 30:11-14

What are your favorite verses and how do they speak to you?