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Finding Your Passage

"...fall back on it as often as you can."

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“Finding your passage” is like finding a life verse. It’s a passage that you can always fall back on to pick you up, to remind you how loved you are and to just serve as a form of praise when reminded how beautiful the passage is. It’s very important to not only read but to reflect on these certain passages that mean something to us. This could mean that we actively seek out passages that tell about people who went through something similar to what we’re going through. This could also mean that we see a cute photo of a Bible verse, and feel compelled to read the entire story, similar to a photo like this:

Or like this:

I know that I have looked up photos like this for brightening a bad day or to send to a friend who needs encouragement. Reflecting on the past year, I’m very Bible-oriented when it comes to seeking answers or reasoning behind why something is the way it is. For that reason, I lean on many passages in the Bible to serve this purpose. However, this past year, there was definitely a passage that stuck out to me. I’ve always been an incredibly peppy person. People have often referred to me as the girl who never needs coffee due to my natural state of being overly excited. Though it can often be a bit too much for some, I feel blessed to have this constant joy in my life, for when people present me with the commonly asked question, “Why are you so happy all the time?” I get to tell them the good news, and how the Lord is in my heart. For that reason, as the biggest transition of my life thus far was about to occur after graduation, and I was about to come into contact with so many new souls, I needed a concrete passage that I could personally refer to when I questioned why I felt a certain way, whether it was this joy, or something else. I was seeking a reminder that the Lord was working in my life. Matthew 5:13-16 served this purpose perfectly. It reads, ““You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. ‘You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.’” We are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. We have a responsibility to boldly proclaim everything that the Lord has shown us. Being loud and energetic is simply how the Lord allows me to do this, and I’m thankful for Him speaking to me through this passage to remind me that we all need to constantly be spreading this light He provides us with.

Find that passage for yourself, and fall back on it as often as you can.

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