new church life: jan uary/february 2015
• Abraham Lincoln once humbly acknowledged: “I am busily engaged in
the study of the Bible because it always finds me where I am.”
Reading the Word and the Writings can be daunting for anyone plunging
in on his or her own, but the more we can bring a sense that “this is God
talking to me,” we cannot help but be enriched and inspired. A good place
for anyone to start to cultivate a habit is with the Daily Inspiration sent out
by General Church Outreach. (You can sign up to receive it by e-mail the first
thing each morning at www.newchurch.org.)
We are told in the Writings how important reading the Word is – not only
for our own good but for the connection it makes with the angels in heaven.
And it is important not just to read, but to think and reflect humbly about what
we are reading, with an affirmative attitude of: what is God saying to me here?
We are blessed in the Church also with the revelation of the internal,
spiritual sense of the Word, and at least an inkling of the correspondences
with which the angels in heaven delight in reading and studying the Word to
all eternity.
This is the Lord’s gift to us ( 2F