Good morning ladies,
The word of the day is “laudable.” The apostle Paul was
always trying to make people better. He was not doing this for his sake, but
for that of the Savior. He knew that his time on earth was limited in that he
needed to do what was right all the time. You have to understand that Paul had
a pretty tumultuous beginning as a Christian, or should we say a non-Christian.
Remember that before he accepted Christ on that long road he was one who
persecuted the very same people that he would soon be ministering to. For this
reason he understood how precious life was and the importance of following
Jesus at all times. He did not have time to think about things that were
ungodly.
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.
~Phil 4:8
My question for you is: what are the things that you think
of on a continual basis? I know that with all of the stuff that eats at us at
life, it is tough to stay in the mindset that Paul speaks of in this passage.
My prayer is that each of you takes this verse and applies it to your lives all
the time. I say this with humility because I know that I do not always “think
about such things.” But Paul says that our God is laudable, or worthy of
praise, which means that he deserves nothing but exactly what is in this verse.
Praying for you,
Mo
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