Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Philippians 4:4-8 (ESV)
Yes, I did just start my blog with the Bible verse – Bible verses rather. Do not think ill of me. I love Philippians 4:4. I love Philippians 4:6. I have grown up listening to Philippians 4:7 weekly at church. Philippians 4:8 is not a stranger to me. I don’t recall ever having to memorize Philippians 4:5. Why not? It would not be difficult for me to memorize these verses in their entirety. I’m pretty close already. But how have I never realized that they were all there – right there – together. Why do I remember each as separate?
Rejoice in the Lord.
(Be reasonable.)
Do not be anxious.
Ask God.
God’s peace guard you.
Think about excellent things.
NO.
Rejoice in the Lord. Be reasonable. Do not be anxious. Ask God. God’s peace guard you. Think about excellent things.
All this to say. I might not finish this blog. I might not get my girls to school. I might not last the day. I don’t know when my time will be up. And I don’t live as such. I live as though I will live to be 100 and I am already bored.
I am not paying attention. I am accumulating knowledge. Hoarding it. Do I really need to read one more book?
STOP.
I’ve decided I’m depressed. You see, chapter 1 was about our awesome God and it inspired me to try to put to words how He makes me feel through His creation. His attributes displayed through His creation. Chapter 2 is about our insignificance. This is God’s movie – not ours. But that is dwelling on ourselves for a chapter, all be it a short one. And at the end of the day, I couldn’t remember if I had actually read it or not.
And the most inspiring thing I found when I scanned the chapter to see what I had missed was the Bible verse(s). Which is as it should be, yes?
Do I want to glorify my God through my writing? Why yes. Wouldn’t that be amazing – rather isn’t God amazing.
Wouldn’t I love to be inspired everyday like I was yesterday? Why yes.
Will it happen?
It seems I tend to complain on a daily basis. I am not rejoicing.
I need to rethink this.
Hopefully, Chapter 3 will be more memorable. Hahaha. Do we buy our books for personalities? I remember a book by a Christian about God where I thought, boy, she’s talking a lot about herself and her uniqueness. It was even worse to watch the video that went along with it. I haven’t watched a video of an author since until this book where there were videos to go with. Hmmm.
They say television changed the way we vote for presidents. And now it seems to be more a popularity contest … perhaps the same has been done with our religious leaders. Would we have savored C.S. Lewis’ writing more or less if we had the videos of him to go along with his books?
Rejoice in the Lord always. I say it again – REJOICE!
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