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The series on Jonah ended last week, and we've moved on to a focus on meditation and confession.
The assignment for the week was to write about Joshua 1:8-9.
I ended up getting a little off the beaten track with this week's assignment, but I'll still talk a little about Joshua 1:8:
There is a particular word that stands out to me in this verse that has been on my mind:
Meditate.
Meditation is one of those words that I feel like you could ask ten different people what it means and get ten different answers. It's a broad term.
So, what does it actually mean to meditate?
According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary (and shared in this She Reads Truth post) it means:
“to engage in contemplation or reflection; to focus one’s thoughts on: reflect on or ponder over”
Basically, one could mediate on anything, since it essentially means to think very hard about something.
The kind of meditation I want to do is that which is mentioned in the book of Joshua. Biblical, scriptural meditation. I want to desire to read the Bible with thoughtfulness and linger over God's Word. To meditate on truth alone.
I have been challenged this week to do just that: to practice meditating on God's Word.
It does (for me at least) take a whole lot of practice to naturally meditate on scripture. To help, I am trying to start memorizing a new verse each week. This week, I've started with one of my favorite verses in the book of Psalms:
This verse needs to be my prayer each and every morning when I wake up. Oh, what a rich piece of scripture!
Would you like to join me in memorizing Psalm 19:14? Feel free to use the verse picture to save as your phone screen saver! That works as a great reminder for me to practice the verse throughout the day.
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You are so right, there are so many different ideas on what it means to meditate. I think that is why I have never really known how to approach it because it means something different to every person you ask! Thanks for delving in deeper to what meditation means. I think memorizing Scripture is a wonderful way to becoming more engaged in the word. Thanks for sharing!
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