"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." Philippians 4:8Not a bad reminder, huh? We still have much to celebrate and much goodness to"think about".
Have a beautiful Sunday, my friends.
z
14 comments:
I admit it: these days I have a difficult time enjoying the good things in this life.
I need to turn off my computer for a while, I guess.
ditto, AOW..hence, this post! xxx
God is entirely good. He is eternal and unchanging. His Creation is filled with wonders, marvels, perplexities, complexities, delights --- and boundless opportunities to meet challenges to demonstrate the power Love, Truth, Principle, Intelligence and Spirit have to transform all kinds of adversity into something constructive and desirable.
The Kingdom of God already IS within every single one of us.
When we refuse to believe and remain unaware of that and therefore lose faith, we might possess great physical beauty, live in a gilded palace with all the aides and accessories needed to make it work, and still be utterly miserable. Yet, with genuine faith in God's Love, Omnipresence and Almighty Power we CAN know JOY --- even if we are imprisoned in a dungeon --- or worse.
Everything happens for a REASON. And everything --- no matter how dreadful it may seem --- happens for the best, if seen from the perspective of Eternal Truth.
As fatuous old FDR wisely said, "We have nothing to fear but fear, itself."
"Out of the mouths of babes [and fools] ..." ;-)
Aye, darkling Sense,
Arise. go hence.
Our God is good.
False fears are foes.
Truth shatter those,
When understood.
~ Mary Baker Eddy
Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungoidly,
Nor standeth in the way of sinners,
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful,
For his delight shall be
In the law of the Lord,
And in that law Shall he meditate Day and night,
And he shall be
Loke a tree
Planted by the rivers of water
That bringeth forth fruit
In its season.
His leaf also Shall not whither,
And whatsoever he doeth
Shall prosper ..."
~ Psalms
Philippians 4:8
That is one of my favorite verses. Thank you for sharing it! It is something that many need to remember in these times. God is still God and he is perfect and beautiful!
Leslie
*I do sing too! Working on getting things together to make my second CD
Z,
The remarkable content of that verse reminds us that each of those -- True, Noble, Right, Pure, Lovely, Admirable, Excellent, Praiseworthy are all attributes of our Savior Jesus Christ.
Think on these things and we are thinking on Christ.... Think on Christ and we contemplate these things..
If we don't know the Savior it is hard to reconcile these truths.
Amazing -- God's Word!!
In Christ eternally,
ExP(Jack)
A wonderful verse to remember for this Lord's day and these times.
The words and the picture are equally beautiful.
Amen bro. Jack! John 17:3 comes to mind. Eternal life is to know the only true God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It will take all eternity to plumb the glorious depths of our wondrous Savior Jesus Christ! Thank you Z for this gerat reminder!
Sunday is about the only peaceful day of the week anymore. I look forward to it very much. The rest of the week, seems like one day after another things get worse.
Sue, thanks..I thought the picture was very beautiful, too.
Beautiful as always, my friend. Kim and I visited a new church today and it was very refreshing for us. We had a thoroughly good time.
Pops, I'm so happy about that...I'd read Kim's wonderful blog this evening and saw her posts.
Sorry it's taken me a day to get here to read this, but you know how it is sometimes with preachers and Sunday.
The picture and the verse should be on a hallmark card in the "Thinking about you" section.
Blessings.
Post a Comment