Thursday, October 18, 2007

This Is What I Needed Today.

Hopefully, this will bless you today, like it did me. The last couple of days has been those times when I worry about tomorrow instead of living today. God is working on that with me. I go to this verse often and love how The Message bible translates it.
Philippians 4:6-9
Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious- the best, not the worst: the beautiful, not the ugly: things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.

2 comments:

kristin said...

love that, thanks for sharing it.

Connie said...

This was not a typical Laura blog, but I love hearing from that part of you now and then and an awesome thing to share.