Cumulative Effect

Earlier, I'd done a post that we hadn't gotten the snow that was forecasted. Needless to say, that's changed. We did have a large storm last weekend. That storm dumped more than a foot before it was done. Since Monday morning, it's been on-again-off-again snowshowers. Nothing too severe, except that it too piles up. One inch here and there and before you know it...the banks got higher and the driveway needs to be shoveled again.

You probably have Bible reading times like I do -- you know, the kind where you're not convinced what you read is doing you any good. Bible reading, like those snow showers, has a cumulative effect. Even if you don't see any big result right away, give it some time. It will pile up. Your knowledge base will increase. You understanding of God will expand. You will change. Just as snow depth accumulates one flake at a time, so spiritual depth accumulates one exposure to God's Word at a time. Line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little.