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Congratulations, Luli2016! What a blessing to treasure up God’s Word in your heart. May you have many opportunities to share His Word with others. 👏🏽

Thank you Symota for your encouragement!

Wow well done Luli. I can see how the Lord is changing you. Into His likeness!

And you’ve just passed 2 and a half years of adding a new verse every day. That’s got to be a record! Pity there’s no badge for it.

Outstanding progress. May God bless you richly.

Two and a half years adding a verse every day .... praise the Lord :) Nice work, Luli2016.

Thank you everyone for your kind words, I don’t really deserve such praise ☺️!
I don’t think of it as my achievement but rather as a journey on the road to Emmaus.
It’s only by His grace and sustaining power that I have managed to get this far; the efforts have been all worthwhile and the desire to be more like Him deepened.
Thank you once again for your encouragement and inspiring example.

p.s. having come close to missing a day a few times, let’s see if I will make it to 3 years (this is more of a personal challenge 😉)!

There is so much more to be thankful for in this achievement Luli2016. You evidently don't live in a war zone, or a place where you would be constantly moved or interrupted, as by flooding waters, or hunger. Be thankful for peace. You can obviously afford to pay for your tech equipment and your connection. Be thankful for your level of wealth. Your can read, see and move your fingers, and have the mental capacity to remember these words. Be thankful for such health. You have the freedom to use a phone or computer, unlike our hidden sisters and brothers in say an oppressive false religion or political system. Be thankful for that freedom. You evidently have spare time and are probably not walking 10 miles to a well each day, or threshing your own wheat by hand, and taking your clothes to the river to wash, as well as looking after 6 or 8 children all at home or begging. Be thankful for that. You get my drift. This is a luxury we owe our lives for, as others have given their lives for this in the past.

?? Am I missing something? I’m sure Luli hasn’t said or done anything to deserve such words. Perhaps I’m reading the message the wrong way but it comes over as very judgemental to me. The irony is that if you knew Luli’s story you would not want to live through what she has lived through.
I love this site because as well as learning scripture which is a huge blessing, I get to enjoy some lovely company and some lovely encouragement. I’m just puzzled by this message and why Luli has been singled out as though she’s been ungrateful(untrue) or hasn’t had enough suffering (untrue). I’m a little hurt on her behalf.

My sincere apologies to Luli2016! I've just re-read this and it COULD sound as you say - rather judgmental. It was a not very good attempt at a sort of poetic prose, in the style of the Anglican collects, but I suppose it would have been better put "[so let us all] be thankful for x, y and z", rather than suggest that Luli2016 wasn't grateful. I was responding to Luli2016's own comment "I don’t really deserve such praise... I don’t think of it as my achievement." It suggested to me all the wonderful implications that I mentioned - that Luli2016 (and all of us who are daily logging into this) has been given by God sufficient peace, prosperity, quietness, private time, mental ability and freedom to learn a new verse each day. Halleluia!

We all follow God as best we can in the situation to which we find ourselves. Does the suffering of some invalidate this measure of hard work and dedication to the cross? Can Luli be faulted for making the most of the time and resources available? Luli is to be commended for this achievement, regardless, because it shows a level of dedication to the Word of God that few people possess today. So congratulations, Luli! I, for one, will be here to cheer you on as you push towards future achievements. Indeed, they provide encouragement to me as a new user to continue to login every day so that some day I, too, may cross these same thresholds and thus grow closer to God.

I'm not faulting Luli2016.
I'm praising God for giving Luli2016 (and me, and you, onfire247 and JDJDJD) all the environmental and social circumstances which have enabled such an achievement.
"What have we, that we have not received from God?"

So say we all.

I’m glad you clarified that Worm. I understand now the spirit of what you were saying and see that I did indeed read it the wrong way for which I very relieved.

Janet, I do know Luli's story and would never wish to offend her. In an effort to have some privacy on here I signed up anonymously. I would much prefer to have signed up with my own name, and keep my learning private, but that's not the deal on here, and I understand that. But I can see how anonymity can be problematic. Not only do other people not know who they're communicating with, but one's own persona can change. No more anonymous learning for me. I'm going to use a paper system from now on. Blessings on you all. Especially you and Luli. And blessings on your Lord's Day. X

I must confess that I got a little confused initially by Worm’s comment and struggled to understand why I was singled out as being ungrateful. (Apology accepted!)
It is only by God’s grace that I am able to enjoy peace, prosperity, quietness, private time, mental ability and freedom and am indeed very grateful to the Lord for all of the above; but above all I am grateful for:

That Man of Calvary
Has won my heart from me,
And died to set me free,
Blest Man of Calvary!

Granting the sinner life and peace,
Granting the captive sweet release,
Shedding His blood to make us free,
Merciful Man of Calvary!

Not many would know that my favourite book of the Bible is the book of Job.
I love the book of Job for many reasons but primarily because despite my luxuries, I have often prayed just like him: Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! ...
Job 10:18 &19
And again Job 19:25 says: “ For I know that my redeemer liveth”, as though to say no matter how deep the wound or how many the tears, I’m not Home yet.

I wished I had joined this site a lot sooner, it has been a blessing beyond words and I cannot recommend it enough. Not only has enabled me to meditate more on God’s Word and therefore draw strength from His promises but has also been a coping mechanism, therapeutic and neuroplasticity.

Last but not least, whether in person or via Zoom let us get together and praise the One who is worthy of our praise for all His goodness to us. “This is the day that the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
Have a blessed day in the Lord.

To Luli2016, very well stated!

To Worm, you don't have to go. I'm sure all would agree you are welcome to stay :) I say that because you wrote, "I'm going to use a paper system from now on."

Worm please don’t go. We’re all here to learn scripture. I know how much this site has been a help to me. Please don’t feel you need to sacrifice that. We all owe everything we have to the Lord. None of us deserve anything but He graciously loves us and gives us our very breath. Anything that helps us become more like this wonderful Saviour is too good to give up. I’m not very good at putting words together hence I don’t feel good at sharing the gospel. But I have encouraged so many to join this site in the hopes it will help them to know the Lord better. I would really hate to see you leave.