Noticing What Nourishes Us (Philippians 4:8)
A focus on the noxious robs us of noticing what nourishes us. (A mind set on what’s wrong bears ugly fruit.) How to resist? See Philippians 4:8.
In these posts we’ll take a careful look at God’s written message to us. Reflect with me on how welcoming (or rejecting) His perspective on reality impacts and shapes our lives. I pray you will receive what He has to say with open hands (and hearts) and that you will have the opportunity to lovingly and generously offer His wisdom to others.
A focus on the noxious robs us of noticing what nourishes us. (A mind set on what’s wrong bears ugly fruit.) How to resist? See Philippians 4:8.
I spit my pain out at God: “It’s not supposed to be this hard!” His response startled me: “You’re right. But not yet.”
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Read morePlaying music backwards works – the cowboy finds his dog, his truck gets fixed, then his girl comes home. It’s an old joke, but what a concept! If we could only pull it off in real life. But we can’t play real life backwards. All we have is forwards. And that’s where God comes in.
We don’t obtain rest by pursuing rest; we obtain rest by pursuing Jesus. As Matthew 11:28 says, rest is a gift,