Things are better when I start my day with scripture. 

Hear me correctly here. Reading Bible verses doesn’t magically make good things happen to me. 

Whether I read my Bible in the morning or not, the same crap happens. The good and the bad – it all still comes pouring into my day, filling my head and time and space with its incessant demands. 

What is different about my day when I start it by simply reading God’s Word, is me. I am the piece of the puzzle that changes. My attitude, my reactions, my words – all of it is different. 

Because when you spend time in scripture, it does not return void. It is living and active (Hebrews 4:12) and He is working on you through it, whether you realize it or not. 

I’m still not perfect. And I won’t be until I finally enter my true Home with Jesus. I still get anxious about that little thing that’s coming up tomorrow. I still snap at a friend or co-worker when I’m feeling like I am just over it all. I’m still a sinful human, and I have to come to terms with it.

But, what I have noticed about who I am and what I do and say and the choices I make is that I am being transformed more and more into the likeness of the One who created me. My mind is being renewed and my heart and soul is being healed. 

My challenge to you, and continuing to myself, is to spend time with God is His Word. Keep watch for what he is doing to and in you. He is faithful to do immeasurably more than we can ever ask or imagine. 

It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. – Isaiah 55:11