A Blessing by Mistake

My husband and I usually ride to work together in the morning. I start work later than he does but there is a space at the church that I can use to write and that gives me a dedicated time each day to do that so I get up and go in with him. Today though, Valley Girls starts so I need to stay after work and, since I didn't want him to have to come back in later to get me, I am staying home and driving my self in later. I was going about the "getting up" process in a much more leisurley fashion when I caught myself running all of the things that I thought could happen in this day through my mind. Things like unpleasant comments from people. How their faces would look when the uttered the comments. How I would feel and how I would respond back--if not out loud, at least in my mind. Then, thank God, I stopped myself and remembered that I am not focusing on such things right now. As I sat down to connect with God, I read today's passage in Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (a great devotional if you are looking for one)and one of the scriptures was Proverbs 19:23 which read: The fear of the Lord leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil. It really spoke to me because I think fearing the Lord is honoring the Lord and that is exactly what I am aiming to do with this whole "love God; love others" mentality. I like the promise of abiding in satisfaction and not being visited by evil. Who wouldn't, right? I know that God's word is alive and relevant to each of us, every moment of each day but when He helps me to really stop and recognize it in a personal way, it excites me So I finish my Abide Time and grab my computer to write. I decide to blog about this Proverb and how it applies to what I want to focus on today. The sun is up a little higher now and my living room is a little more lighted. I refer back to the reference and it wasn't Proverbs 19:23 at all. It was Proverbs 29:25. At first I thought I must have read it without my glasses. I had them on so that doesn't fly. I looked up the passage that was actually printed in teh book and here is what it was: Proverbs 29:25 New King James Version (NKJV) The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe. Wow! This one pertains too! So many of the negative thought processes I struggle with stem from a fear of man. God is so interested in our daily lives. His word is here to guide, encourage, and bless us in every situation every day. Again, when I take the time to recognize this, it really builds my faith. PS: I write in paragraphs, with indent and spaces. Why does it end up all jammed together?