My Last Post ❤️

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 Audio:  https://youtu.be/-24BfU3HgCk?si=jA_EaUavZKX8cAyC


In less than three weeks, I was able to record 54 podcast episodes. Each one came from my personal devotions, truths I needed for myself, and areas in my life that needed change. I shared them because they helped me, and I pray that they might help others too. I also wanted my children to have something to look back on when I’m no longer here.

As I reviewed my recent posts, it became clear that I’ve started drifting from the purpose I had when I first began writing. For the past two years, I have been praying for revival. Through that prayer, the Lord led me to meditate on His Word. It was during that time He showed me that I had long struggled with unhealthy patterns of rumination without even knowing it. Meditating on Scripture became the only thing that brought real change.


As I spent more time in prayer and God’s Word, I began to experience a kind of abundant life I had never known before. It was not just something I read about, but something I finally lived out through His truth.


Over time, it became more and more evident that every problem ultimately has one solution:  the Word of God. But somewhere in my most recent posts, the message started to sound like a list of rules. That was never the intent. The Bible is not a rulebook. It is the living Word of God, written so that we might know its Author personally. When you read, study, and meditate on it, He will guide you step by step. You can trust Him to do that.


There are many other devotionals available, and some may communicate truth more effectively than mine. But if I could leave you with just one message, it would be this: open your Bible, pray, and obey. If there is only one thing you take away from this blog and podcast, let it be to spend time with God and His Word.


I will be praying that you discover the Lord for yourself through the pages of Scripture. And if you do not yet know Christ, I pray that you will believe in Him as your Savior.


Thank you for walking with me this far.


Gladys

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