Kim Newlen - Sweet & Simple Moments with God

Sweet Tooth for Gods Word

How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.

Psalm 119:103

I have a confession to make. I have a big sweet tooth. If I had to point a finger at the culprit, Id have a doughnut hanging there. Yes, its true. Doughnuts are to blame.

When I was growing up, our family went to the beach every summer, and in the mornings my early-bird dad would go to the local doughnut shop and buy fresh ones hot off the conveyor belt for us. It was really a sweet special delivery.

When wed get home from vacation, we would beg Mama to make homemade doughnuts. She obliged us on a regular basis by deep-frying canned biscuits. She used a plastic bottle cap as her doughnut-hole cutter. We could choose chocolate or vanilla icing for her homemade delicacies, and she would slather it on and we would scarf them down! My mom fried the doughnut holes, too, which were my favorite because I could dip them in icing, covering the entire pastry.

Im not a doughnut-a-day person anymore, but every now and then I buy the little powdered-sugar doughnuts to go with my coffee and Bible in the morning. In the same way I developed a craving for doughnuts, my sweet tooth for Gods Word developed by repetition. When I actually began to read the Bible on a daily basis, His words became sweeter and sweeter as I interacted with Him each day through its pages.

As humans, we long for food that tastes good to us. We crave things that are pleasing to the taste, flavors we can savor for a while. And we love our sweets! In Bible times honey was the sweetest substance on earth.

In todays verse from Psalm 119, the psalmist craved the sweetness of the Lords promises and instructions. In fact, for 176 verses, he cannot say enough about the value of Gods Word.

Enjoy your sweet time with the Lord, indulging daily. His Word provides a sweet sustenance you and I cannot live without.

R ELISH THE SWEETNESS OF G ODS W ORD. R EAD P SALM 119 AND WRITE DOWN A VERSE OR TWO THAT SPEAK TO YOUR HEART.

Our Father Always Knows Best

[Jesus] never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone.

1 Peter 2:22

H ave you ever gotten something in the mail that says you have won a prize? My first free prize experience was in high school. Several days after a big fair came to our small hometown, I received a letter saying I had won a trip to Florida.

I couldnt contain my excitement. My dad came into the kitchen to find out what was causing all the commotion. When I showed him the letter, he said quietly, Kim, this is a gimmick. Theres a catch.

No, Dad, Im sure this is real. I didnt want to think that I had been tricked. Dad advised me to call some of my friends who had gone to the fair with me and had entered their names into the drawing for free prizes. I was ready to prove my dad wrong, so I got on the phone. Of course, Dad was right. All of my friends had won too! I was extremely disappointed.