Brothers and sisters I want you to put,
all things in your mind that are true and good.
Keep to your thoughts what is worthy of praise,
and with things that are honorable fill your days.
If you stay in the ways that are pure and right
the Lord will help you to win the fight.
(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.)While cleaning up I found a note with the above poem. I have already blogged it almost 2 years ago, but I think a little reminder of that is never bad.
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Hi Tina, I like this poem. Aren't you glad you found it again! It is soooooo true!
" ... 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." Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
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Thank you for your comment this morning. I added four more short paragraphs (and possiblly the last two of this comment). And yes, I will count yours as a vote for a part two.
Also, God has been very good to me. But I realize that He is good to ALL his children so I didn't want to boast about that in the post. I don't feel I am any more blessed or loved than any other child of His. Mostly I was in the right place at the right times in my life and choose the right door to open.
Of course I did choose the wrong door occasionally but fortunately then somehow I listened for God's loving voice in time and found my way out of the wrong places. So far that is, I am not perfect at all, I have a lot of flaws and do get in a lot of hot water.
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