I have a number of what I call "life verses" that literally guide my life and praying. They form what amounts to a personal 'mission statement' that has taken shape across the years.
I also have some favorite verses that have sort of 'leapt off the page' at various times in my life. Isaiah 41:10 is the first one that comes to mind.
In 1949, September 3, I was leaving home for the first time-- to go from Ohio to Massachusetts and college. $300 in my pocket- total savings. I was hitching a ride with our sunday-school superintendent who was taking his daughter and two other students besides me to Eastern Nazarene College. I was 18 years old.
Near Syracuse we stopped for the night at one of those little cluster of cabins that pre-dated the modern motels. In one of those little cabins I opened my Bible for a prayer before going to bed. I was not at all a Bible scholar, and it must have been more or less at random that I opened my Bioble and read:
"Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
I didn't know where I was, literally. I had no idea what the next few years at college would unfold. But that night I knew God knew. It was a personal assurance. It was MY verse. It still is.
More verses later, maybe...
Russ
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