A friend mentioned this passage to me today, I think it’s a nice way for me to end this roller-coaster term.
“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious – the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.
Thirty more bottles, sitting on the wall. One falls down and..
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dlanorpi // March 12, 2007 at 8:43 pm |
Wow. That’s a lot of words (and possibly opinion) from “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Interesting. The loss in translations.
Chiang Fong // March 12, 2007 at 8:57 pm |
Agreed – but it took me quite a few reads to grasp what that’s trying to say. Worth the time, though.