So, the name of this blog is a little misleading. It is not a food blog, which explains why I haven't talked about food.
When I named this blog, I was going to blog about where I live here in the Umpqua Valley, a land truly flowing with milk and honey, but God had other plans. Those plans worked right into the title. How do you ask? Let me tell you.
The phrase flowing with milk and honey makes me think of God's word, particularly a verse which would go great with a blog about the Umpqua Valley. It is Numbers 13:27: "Then they told him, and said: ""We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit."" This is the account of when Moses sent the twelve spies to spy out the land God had promised them. Unfortunately for them it took them another 40 years to get there, but that is a different post, and maybe I'll throw a little Umpqua Valley in there too.
Anyway, there are other references to milk and honey in the Bible that talk more about God and Jesus and how we can grow from His word.
Let's start with Psalm 119:103-"How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth". Have you felt that way after reading God's word. I have. I love reading His word, studying His word, and thinking on His word. It is like having a good meal with a sweet treat thrown in (and I said this wasn't a food blog, lol).
How about 1 Peter 2:1-3- "Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious".
Just as an invite, Psalm 34:8-"Oh taste an see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who trusts Him. These verses just make me want to shout GLORY HALLELUJAH!
Feasting on His word, resting in His promises, knowing how much He loves and cares for us. OH GLORY!
Now that is a land flowing with milk and honey, God's Word.
Father,
I thank you for Your word. I thank you that You said it would not return void. Fill our hearts with Your love. Guide us as we read Your word and learn to feast on it.
In Jesus Name
Amen.
When I named this blog, I was going to blog about where I live here in the Umpqua Valley, a land truly flowing with milk and honey, but God had other plans. Those plans worked right into the title. How do you ask? Let me tell you.
The phrase flowing with milk and honey makes me think of God's word, particularly a verse which would go great with a blog about the Umpqua Valley. It is Numbers 13:27: "Then they told him, and said: ""We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit."" This is the account of when Moses sent the twelve spies to spy out the land God had promised them. Unfortunately for them it took them another 40 years to get there, but that is a different post, and maybe I'll throw a little Umpqua Valley in there too.
Anyway, there are other references to milk and honey in the Bible that talk more about God and Jesus and how we can grow from His word.
Let's start with Psalm 119:103-"How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth". Have you felt that way after reading God's word. I have. I love reading His word, studying His word, and thinking on His word. It is like having a good meal with a sweet treat thrown in (and I said this wasn't a food blog, lol).
How about 1 Peter 2:1-3- "Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious".
Just as an invite, Psalm 34:8-"Oh taste an see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who trusts Him. These verses just make me want to shout GLORY HALLELUJAH!
Feasting on His word, resting in His promises, knowing how much He loves and cares for us. OH GLORY!
Now that is a land flowing with milk and honey, God's Word.
Father,
I thank you for Your word. I thank you that You said it would not return void. Fill our hearts with Your love. Guide us as we read Your word and learn to feast on it.
In Jesus Name
Amen.
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