Weekly Photo Challenge: Worn (2nd photo)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Worn. New Testament Bible, American Standard Version, published in 1901. Copyright SG, 2011.

I first acquired this bible while browsing through a collection of books our local library was offering for sale. I have owned it for over 5 years. However, it was in a much better shape when I bought it. I got home and put it in a safe place where it had been until a year ago. I didn’t know it at the time but apparently when you move something that old from a place it has been it starts deteriorating, or become worn out.

Did you know that?

Perseverance Must Finish Its Work

Have you ever started something you felt was really important, that God was leading you to do, but after a certain point you did not feel inspired to continue? This has happened to me a few times. People might think and say that I misunderstood God or the timing was not right. And that is possible. Sometimes the person that cast the vision is not the same one to bring it to fruition. Sometimes we are simply to write the vision down and let someone else run with it. Then there are times when we are to hold on to the vision, to wait and let God move on our behalf. Years before I understood this concept I would question God