who we are: our personalities, gender, race, nationality, parents,
experiences, education, religion, etc....
A sermon at church has been replaying in my mind and so I thought I
would share a bit of the thoughts it stirred up in me.
When you read the Bible do you use your filters to "filter" out what
God is actually saying or do you read a passage or chapter and really
think about (in context of course) what the point was.
This week I've tried to completely change my "filters." I guess
a little experiment if you will. What if I was an abused woman from
a muslim third-world country living in a hut with 3 small children and no
food for tomorrow. What would the scriptures mean to me from that
angle? Something totally different right? For example the word blessing
in scripture might mean a meal tomorrow for my children instead of
a car. Or the word persecuted would mean that if my husband found out
about my faith he would most likely kill me instead of thinking someone
might think I'm weird because I do or don't do certain things.
Just something to think about. Filters. Next time you read the Bible
try to get them all out of the way. Don't use your filters to excuse
yourself from what Jesus was really saying. He didn't just talk, he
actually meant every word.
Just a thought this week on this journey.
Oh, and one more thing that I need to say.
Please stop and think right now about this.
You and I will live roughly 75 years on this earth.
Some of you may be halfway there already.
If you believe that eternity comes next then
you will spend more than
50,000,000,000,000,000,000 years
there.
God said that we shouldn't store up treasures in this world
because, well you do the math. Are you living for this world
or the next?
In Christ,
Tanda
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