my fear of the Lord personal study

Remember a few posts back when I said I was gonna do that study? Well, I have. I was hoping to delve much more into individual but with hubby being gone around 80 hours a week, I am really taking care of the kids and household by myself, so I just don’t have the time. That is sad to me.

Here is what I believe is the bottom line of what I have learned: I looked up Psalm 111:10 in my New King James Personal Study Bible (by Thomas Nelson Publishers) and here is what it said: v10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever. I have footnotes that coincide with each verse and they say fear of the LORD: This phrase is used in the OT to designate true religion. That is, a life which expresses its accountability to God. This awareness of accountability to God is seen as the foundation of wisdom. See “The Fear of the Lord” at Gen. 20:11. So in Genesis 20:11 we read (v11) And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife. Then below in the footnotes area there is a grey box that’s the “focus” area which says: The OT has no word for religion. This is probably so because for the OT people all of life was religion. But the phrases the fear of God or the fear of the Lord come close to expressing what we mean by the term religion. It reflects a life-style which always takes into account that there is an all-wise, all-powerful, all-righteous God who holds people accountable for their behavior. To act sinfully is to act as though God is either too weak, too ignorant, or too inconsistent to enforce His will. To live in loving fellowship with God is possible only for those who “fear” Him.
That really about sums up this study for me. I miss doing that with my husband. We used to spend a few hours a day sudying the Bible when we were dating -- (I was working 40 hrs a week and he was laid up and we had no kids. Sometimes I really think "those were the days".) Maybe some day I can come back and reopen this study. That would be cool. I feel a peace about ending it now, though. And it has raised my awareness of the things that I do read, and I am slowly learning to filter more of what goes across the tickertape of my mind.
Those of you wishing to know more about what I found can contact me via email at: seeker_4_christ@yahoo.com.