Pondering… “to think about something carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.” I find myself pondering more and more these days. Maybe it’s because life is passing by so quickly; my children aren’t babies any more; the world is busier again. Whatever it is, I sit and think frequently. I try to break life down into meaningful decisions. I weigh benefits and risks continually in my mind. Maybe that’s just part of me or maybe it’s because I’m a mom or a woman, like a bee, my brain constantly buzzing trying to figure out the next best thing. I enjoy the thrill, the fun things, the busy. But some times I just want the quiet. Some times I like to sit and ponder.

In the quiet, I find that my pondering becomes clear. I can sit and think or sit and read. I can spend time diving into God’s word and I find that I ponder more and more. Each day there are new lessons to be learned. Today, I even think why me. Why do my thoughts need to be laid out on paper? Sometimes pondering doesn’t give us all the answers. However, God’s word provides us with direction. Each day that I read, I find God has created me to ponder; to look at his word, and find a way to apply it to life, to use it as direction not always knowing the answer.

Today, as I ponder my purpose, God’s word tells me to speak truth. I feel lead to create that spark in others so that He can cause their hearts to ponder also. God’s word is truth. It tells us that things may not always be easy; it tells us that temptations exist. Even as he hung on the cross, Jesus, the strongest believer was tempted, being told to save himself from his death. If the strongest believer was tempted, even we as Christians will face temptations. If we sit and ponder though, our thoughts and connection with God can help us work through those overwhelming decisions. We can think clearer, we can think more carefully. As I write these days, sometimes I feel those thoughts and temptations creeping in, the what if’s. But, I know that God is power and his power to me is to be encouraging.

Today, my devotions with God not only lead me to ponder my purpose of writing, but how it will reach others. Today, I constantly hear, EVEN ONE. If God’s voice reaches even one, then my pondering and writing was worth it.

Matthew 18:12-14

“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out and search for the one that is lost? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away! In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish”

Even one…I ponder, even ONE! Even one is important. Even one can be helped. Even one can be saved. What if my pondering only helps one? If I am so fortunate that God uses these words to speak to even one, then I am blessed.

My prayer today, is that even if only one hears this, my prayer is that God speaks to them. Temptations are real. We can let them stop us from continuing on, or we can stop and ponder. We can come to a conclusion or decision that even if what we do only helps one, only reaches one, only speaks to one, IT WAS WORTH IT. You, the one person that’s reading this, you are worth it. God is putting a spark in you that can move mountains if you believe. Ponder that! Then, let God speak to you and use you so that you can reach Even One as well!

God bless,

Holly