Random thoughts

So I'm going through a tough trial at the moment that right now almost seems insurmountable and a friend sent me this verse.

Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Has going through the Bible and picking random verses changed my life, has it given me any sort of a greater understanding of God, of myself, of my circumstances? Yes, I think it has but not so much the words themselves but in the realization that you can't get to know someone by just learning random things about them. You start off with the basics and then delve deeper. I was trying to avoid the delving part of my relationship with God and go for the superficial. Does that make me a superficial christian? I don't know, I do know this though, that I need to spend more time getting to know God and I am not going to get there by just randomly picking verses and hoping for that "aha" moment when the clouds part and the angels sing. I have to put an effort in to getting to know the God that would send down his only son to die for MY SINS!

So here is a verse that everyone should at least recognize!

John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

But wait there's more!

John 3:17-20
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. [18] Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. [19] This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. [20] Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.