This verse was on my page today and as I read it I got to thinking.  How true it is!  The books of the Bible were written over a 1600 year period.  There were about 40 different writers.  They lived generations apart.  Yet the words of this book are as applicable today, to me, as they were to the ones who penned them.  The Bible is never outdated.  As I read it, it reveals to me who I am.  It shows me just how dark the recesses of my heart can be.  Things I try to overlook, it brings to light.  No one knows the real me.  No one knows the depths of depravity I am capable of -- even myself!  But as I read I catch glimpses, and it isn't pretty.  It shames me.  But God shows me these things to remind me how desperately I need Him.  I am no good on my own.  There is nothing in my heart that is redeeming in itself.  Not without Christ.  God knows, and through His Word He reveals it to me, and keeps me running back to Him.  When I neglect my Bible reading, I can forget.  I start feeling pretty good about myself.  I start getting "puffed up."  Then the Lord brings me back to His Word, and wham! a bucket of cold water gets dumped all over me.

Dear Lord, keep me humble.  Keep me coming back to you.  Keep me dependent.  For without you I am nothing and can accomplish nothing.  Thank you for your love and mercy!