Don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. If you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it. - James 1:22, 25 How many years now have I been showering you with the goodness and guidance of my Word? Yet sometimes it does not seem to soak in. It is deflected by your disinterest, your distraction, your disobedience. I am not pouring my truth into you to burden you or bore you. I want to bless you. So let my precepts sink into the soil of your life and nourish you. Linger over my Word. Turn the words and phrases over in your thoughts. Be bold enough and brave enough to do what the Scripture says, even when it is uncomfortable and inconvenient. Be pliable enough to bend your life to my law. I am not out to break you, but to bless you.