Claiming Those Words



This is what I'm going to remember.  This I'm going to do.  Instead of dwelling on all that's gone wrong, everything that hasn't gone my way, disappointments and hurts and fears, I'm going to claim those words that the godly man wrote way back in the day.

I'm going to remember what is true.  Noble.  Right and pure and lovely.  Admirable, excellent and praiseworthy.  Those are the things I'm going to reflect on.  Immerse myself in.  Speak about.  Share with others.  Because it's too easy to head the other way.  Human nature being what it is.  Self-absorbed.  Negative.  Cynical.

By His sustaining grace, I'm going to live this out.  Day in and day out.  Personally and professionally.  The letter to the Philippians speaks to where I am, where we are.  Today.  In this generation.

 

- Sharing bread with the seagulls, September 2012 -

   *   *   *   linking up with my online counseling buddy, Beth   *   *   *