Slush Puddles

Day 142 

This morning I was thankful for my boots as I went slush puddle hopping on my way to class at 7:52. I know the exact time because it takes me 7 minutes to get from my apartment to my class and there’s something of a science in getting to class ON TIME but not too early. The science is a bit more complex in the winter as it involves clothing one’s self in items such as scarves, hats, gloves, and coats. Anyways, I was thankful for my boots today – it’s a mess out there. A lovely snowy mess, but a mess nonetheless.

 Onward.

When I study something, I find that I think a lot more about the topic. Neuroscience: I’ll find myself contemplating the guy at the desk at work whose shoulder keeps twitching and hands are trembling and wonder if something’s up with his basal ganglia. Voice Disorders: Hmm – do I have a posterior chink in my vocal cord closure, like the majority of women my age? Stuttering: I notice my disfluencies more and more. We all are disfluent at some time or another – we revise, interject “ums” and “you knows”, repeat words. That’s entirely normal. Still, my awareness is heightened.

Of course, what I study in school is of temporary value. It’s worthwhile to learn these things because I’ll need them in my job as a speech-language pathologist. But if studying these things makes me more aware and conscious of them, how much more important is it to study the eternal Word of God? As I read that and it gets into my thinking, it is infinitely more worthwhile than my school subjects. The Holy Spirit can use the Bible to convict, comfort, and guide me in ways my classes never can. But the wisdom found in Scripture will only be of value if I study it.

Note to self: Get in the Word! 

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (NAS)