Life Verses

Many people have life verses. I remember hearing people say they "claimed" this or that verse and it always threw me off. I never knew what they were talking about. I thought, the Bible is for everyone, you can't claim scripture just for you. Let's keep in mind, I was probably 16ish. I still don't like using the "claimed" terminology, but now I'm starting to understand it.

It's usually a verse or two that really speaks to you. It can be a verse that challenges, motivates, or guides you. I've known parents that mediate on/claim specific scripture for each of their children, families that abide to life verses, etc. Single women for example, may cling to "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 Likewise, single men hold fast to: "It is not good for man to be alone." Gen. 2:18. Both of those are sort of jokes.

This is sort of on my mind because someone recently asked me what my life verse was and I didn't know how to respond. After prob 30 sec. of thinking, I came up w/ Psalm 46:10: "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

The more I think about it, I think I have two life verses. The first being: "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8

And because I have a tendency to make rash decisions and confuse love with works, the Lord has given me my second life verse: "BE STILL, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10

Saying all of that, Parents can I bring him home??? He's three-ish(they don't know his exact age) and he needs a family...

Here is another picture of him. He watched all the kids ride on Wynn's shoulders and got so excited when it was his turn.

So, I know I'm being unrealistic. I cannot adopt him...yet, but I can pray for him and other few thousands of orphans in South Asia.