Several of you have written to ask about jumping back into "Studying the Bible and Loving It." And since I'm oh so highly organized and ponder my blog posts a grand 2.3 seconds before writing them, this morning I decided why not.
Let's tackle another book of the Bible. Colossians.
There is something amazing about reading a book written by a man in prison. Paul was in a horrible, filthy, stench filled, and terrifying place while writing this book. I would also imagine he's hungry, cold, and extremely lonely.
And yet when we read Colossians it's filled with the sweetest reminders of Jesus and rich encouragement to continue to follow after Him wholeheartedly.
Y'all. I try and picture myself writing this blog from prison. And try as I might, I think some self pity would surely leak through. I can feel sorry for myself and whine with the best of them.
Just yesterday I had a little pity party when drove my daughter to the bus stop at 6:45am and something went terribly wrong. After my daughter got on the bus, I tried to put my car in drive and mosey on over to Holly's house for our usual morning run. But my car would not go in drive. It would only go in reverse.
And don't you think I didn't toy with the idea of driving over to her house in reverse- because I did. I even practiced driving down the street in reverse for a little ways. But eventually my better judgement took over and I backed off to the side of the road and started frantically calling every human in my family to come rescue me.
Long story short, Holly was the only human answering her phone at 6:45am so she came to get me. Of course when she tried to put the car in drive, it slipped right into gear and drove forward. Hmffff.
I saw no purpose in this little delay.
I only saw aggravation.
I have a lot to learn from Paul.
He found purpose in his delay. He only saw Jesus even amongst circumstances that are so much worse than my little daily aggravations.
Colossians 1:23 talks about us being established, firm and not moved from the hope held out in the gospel.
I want that.
I want to be "not moved from the hope."
Despite how other people act and react today, I want to be not moved from the hope. Despite the circumstances that come that will bump and jostle me, I want to be not moved from the hope. How might my day look if I determine to be not moved from the hope?
Not moved from the hope.
That's a great little nugget for me to tuck in my brain and repeat over and over today. Whether I'm driving forwards or backwards or somewhere in between. Have mercy.
What verses jump out at you from Colossians 1? How differently might your interactions and interruptions look today if you determine to not be moved from the hope?
......... And for those of you interested in the She Speaks scholarship blog contest I mentioned yesterday, it will be a very simple contest where you'll link your blog to mine. I'll post more details tomorrow.
Let's tackle another book of the Bible. Colossians.
There is something amazing about reading a book written by a man in prison. Paul was in a horrible, filthy, stench filled, and terrifying place while writing this book. I would also imagine he's hungry, cold, and extremely lonely.
And yet when we read Colossians it's filled with the sweetest reminders of Jesus and rich encouragement to continue to follow after Him wholeheartedly.
Y'all. I try and picture myself writing this blog from prison. And try as I might, I think some self pity would surely leak through. I can feel sorry for myself and whine with the best of them.
Just yesterday I had a little pity party when drove my daughter to the bus stop at 6:45am and something went terribly wrong. After my daughter got on the bus, I tried to put my car in drive and mosey on over to Holly's house for our usual morning run. But my car would not go in drive. It would only go in reverse.
And don't you think I didn't toy with the idea of driving over to her house in reverse- because I did. I even practiced driving down the street in reverse for a little ways. But eventually my better judgement took over and I backed off to the side of the road and started frantically calling every human in my family to come rescue me.
Long story short, Holly was the only human answering her phone at 6:45am so she came to get me. Of course when she tried to put the car in drive, it slipped right into gear and drove forward. Hmffff.
I saw no purpose in this little delay.
I only saw aggravation.
I have a lot to learn from Paul.
He found purpose in his delay. He only saw Jesus even amongst circumstances that are so much worse than my little daily aggravations.
Colossians 1:23 talks about us being established, firm and not moved from the hope held out in the gospel.
I want that.
I want to be "not moved from the hope."
Despite how other people act and react today, I want to be not moved from the hope. Despite the circumstances that come that will bump and jostle me, I want to be not moved from the hope. How might my day look if I determine to be not moved from the hope?
Not moved from the hope.
That's a great little nugget for me to tuck in my brain and repeat over and over today. Whether I'm driving forwards or backwards or somewhere in between. Have mercy.
What verses jump out at you from Colossians 1? How differently might your interactions and interruptions look today if you determine to not be moved from the hope?
......... And for those of you interested in the She Speaks scholarship blog contest I mentioned yesterday, it will be a very simple contest where you'll link your blog to mine. I'll post more details tomorrow.
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