Ahh, the Blog has finally arrived. I smile as I hear Scott, my dad, and PT challenge, “Shannon blog!”. In all honesty I love to sit down and write, my mind has just been so full lately I have had great difficulty focusing on just one topic. I have had to stop, pause, and reflect on words spoken to me several years ago from the Lord...”Shannon be still and just listen.” (I remember this moment so clearly as I was on my knees in worship during a youth service, praying and praying and praying in agony….only to hear the words, “Shannon stop talking and worshiping and just listen, be silent so that you can hear”, it was a humbling, and a life changing moment for me. What stop talking and worshiping? …Surely that’s not what I had just heard the Lord say to me? Indeed it was and for that moment and many moments that have followed me during my journey with my father…) This is something I often find difficult. I busy myself, in studies, in worship, in good intentioned often God centered things only to realize, even in these things, I have become so busy, I am not pausing to “hear” what it is the Lord has to say through it all.
I have challenged myself this month with a passage of scripture 2 Corinthians 4. My challenge is to daily read 2 Corinthians 4 for 30 days straight, meditate on it and see what comes of it. I was challenged on the word “meditate” which means to chew over and reflect deeply upon. I wondered although I read scripture often, how often do I ever really rest on a passage and “meditate” on a specific passage… really meditate on it, and I wonder what it would look like personally in my life? In doing so I have been amazed how often this chapter has hit home. It is a passage still in process, and everyday that is miss, I will start over again and begin my 30 days, unfortunately this has happened over the holidays, but I am not discouraged, in fact I am encouraged, as I believe there are good things to come, more revelation, more truth, and more challenges. God has already revealed many specifics to me through this passage. As I begin this 30 day journey all over again, I wonder… “What else do you have to say Lord?” I have fallen in love with this passage, and believe that as I round out my journey and continue to visit it on occasion, it will be firm in my memory, and very useful in future ministry….. I will revisit my journey through 1 Corinthians 4 with you my friends as this month continues forward. Until then I challenge you: How can you too challenge yourself to connect with God on a different level?
Be blessed all
Shannon
Shannon Zittle 