I am committed to a Wednesday blog posting – I think because I have invested time and money in a blogsite, I should be committed to fresh material at least weekly. My personal opinion – no darts being thrown here! So, on Tuesdays I usually begin focusing on the post. I always say to the Lord, “If You don’t give me something then I have nothing to say and Lord, You know I don’t want to ramble unless YOU lead me to do that.”
My sweet niece, DebraWho (my nickname for her), sends me an instant message every Wednesday morning, “Blog time!” This morning I replied with, “Pondering!” And, wham! bam! Holy Spirit said, “Are you pondering or wandering?”
So my question to myself is, “When does pondering become wandering?”
Akin to being suspended or hung. That rather hits the nail on the head for me. As a born-anew, believer in Jesus Christ, I want to be decisive. I want my yes to be yes and my no to be no. I am coming to think one can “over-ponder” and when that happens the mind, the heart, the thoughts begin to….
Whoa, horses! Instant conviction of heart and mind. Am I guilty of wandering? Take note of meaning 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7. YIKES! Lord, forgive me if these things are true of my recent conduct. I want my life to be purposeful and pleasing before YOU. I want my life to be lived outward, not inward.
And your sons shall be wanderers in the wilderness for forty years and bear the fruit of your infidelity…Numbers 14.33
O! Lord, I do not want to be in this desert place!
But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2.19
Healthy pondering led Mary to the heartache of Calvary and the victory of Pentecost!
When you hear my ponderings turn to wanderings, please remind me of this post – promise me you will do this!
xo
Peggy Hoefl says
June 19, 2013 at 6:38 amIncredible word Susan.
admin says
June 19, 2013 at 6:47 amWhenever you, when Mother did, call me “Susan”, I know you are “serious”. ♥
Kathy says
June 19, 2013 at 6:14 amI promise! *smile* And I had to giggle because of an email I recently wrote you that contained the word “ponder” over and over and over…………..love you!
admin says
June 19, 2013 at 8:02 amYou better!
Donna Morscher says
June 19, 2013 at 6:17 amI try to ponder daily from my Daily Devotional Book, my words of wisdom are given to me from this precious book. My mind tries to wander sometimes during my reading and concentration of the words so I say,”satan leave me alone as I am with the Lord at this time and you will NOT take this from me.
admin says
June 19, 2013 at 8:03 amSee, even when we are pondering that rotten devil comes along and tries to make us wander. UGH….
Carol Knipschield says
June 19, 2013 at 7:16 amThis is really good. I can relate to these words. I wanted to let you know I always read your blog each week even though I don’t always comment.
admin says
June 19, 2013 at 8:02 amI know you do older sister!!!
cher says
June 19, 2013 at 7:25 amThere you go again, delivering just the message I need to hear.
admin says
June 19, 2013 at 8:00 amWe have Holy Spirit to thank for that, not me!!!
admin says
June 19, 2013 at 7:33 amand, vice versa…
Kit Lawrence says
June 19, 2013 at 4:15 pmYou know how much I LOVE word definitions. Personally, I think this is one of your BEST. It certainly speaks to me. I like to “piddle”. But I know that I often piddle too much. Thanks for the reminder that ALL time is HIS time.
Keep up the good Wednesday work.
Kit
admin says
June 20, 2013 at 5:45 amIt’s all about commitment, Elder!!!
ali battersby says
June 19, 2013 at 5:59 pmThis blog has given me something to ponder! 🙂
admin says
June 20, 2013 at 5:45 amNot too long though, Ali, then we tend to wander!!!!
Marni Nicholas says
June 20, 2013 at 5:41 amI agree with Kitty, this is one of your best blogs! In fact right before I read your Wed blog I found myself wandering and pondering on several things. I do not like to be in that place at all. I prayed and pondered on what was important to me, where my strengths need to be and Who I need to trust. Thank you Susan!!
admin says
June 20, 2013 at 5:46 amUh-oh, when my own daughter calls me Susan, I think I have struck a chord. Apples don’t fall far from those trees, do they!!!
Asheritah @ OneThingAlone.com says
January 13, 2015 at 12:05 pmWhat a great blog post! I admit that too often I wander instead of ponder in the Spirit. I just go around in circles, round and round, until I don’t know what else to do. Time to take some of these wanderings to the Lord in prayer and ponder them there.
admin says
January 13, 2015 at 12:14 pmAsheritah, I was very convicted the morning the Lord revealed that message to me! Glad it encouraged you.
Debra Alexander says
January 13, 2015 at 2:36 pmExcellent – we do become wanderers and not even wonderers – just aimlessly living – I will keep this post in my heart and ponder it – wasn’t Mary something else?
admin says
January 13, 2015 at 3:04 pmMary was extraordinary. Pondering with you, Debra.
Tara says
January 13, 2015 at 3:15 pmLoved this post! Funny how a comment can lead us to think of an old post isn’t it? Mary truly was something else as she pondered them in her heart. I am pondering a few things in my own heart at the moment too!
admin says
January 14, 2015 at 7:29 amTara, pondering is good yet we must guard it before it becomes vain imaginations!