The Saturday Soak

I don’t take long lingering baths too often (I usually get plenty soaked during my kids’ clean-up routines), but I DO love to soak in God’s Word.  I love to let a few verses just linger in my mind like I used to linger in the tub in those pre-kid days of life.  Valerie E. Hess and Marti WtsonGarlett, authors of Habits of a Child’s Heart: Raising Your Kids with the Spiritual Disciplines compare the disciline of meditation to the concept of SOAKING.  “Meditation teaches us to become like tea bags, soaking deeply and quietly in God and his Word so that we can better hear him speak to our hearts and minds.”

If you’re looking for a refreshing soak this weekend, take a dip in God’s Word and consider what the following verses mean to you. Perhaps you’ll gain some insight to share with your family on a tree hunt!