Timely reminders

Sigh, I've been staring at the screen for minutes already, at a blank of what to write. Since yesterday, I've been writing a lot in my life and spiritual diaries. So after quite a bit of emotional diary writing and confronting myself with difficult questions and feelings, i feel at a lost as to what to blog. I could write a million things but these million things seem so shallow.

Let me share my thoughts on some verses I came across in the Bible in the book of James.
1:11 says 'For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat then it withers the grass; its flower fades, and it's beautiful appearance perishes. SO THE RICH MAN ALSO WILL FADE AWAY IN HIS PURSUITS.'
This verse arrested my attention because I'm a 'rich man'. With all my gifts, I could still perish and I thank God so much for showing me this verse so that it will stop me from getting drown in my pursuits.

1:22-24 says ' But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he is.'
God, through this verses, showed me that I'm exactly like this man! During sermons I can give my utmost attention but leave forgetting what I'm supposed to change in my life.

1:27 says 'Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.'
God only wants pure and undefiled religion from us! How significant is that??? We are to show love, nothing but God's love.

I'm so thankful for God's grace in showing me these verses. Just as it was a timely reminder for me, may it be one for you.