Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Living Our Life Like God Is In Charge
Ephesians 2:10 NLT/CEV mix
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live."
In God's sovereign love (Ephesians 2.4) He redeemed me from sin, death and wrath (2.3). That life of sin was no way to live, in fact I wasn't fully alive until He saved me (2.5). Actually, His purpose for me is even greater than this life, it is to set my identity on His future FULL glorification (2.6,7). Alas, until then I am filled with hope and His direction because even before I was, the great I Am had a plan for me to live IN JESUS (2.10). How cool: before time He thought of me; after time He has a plan for me; and in time He has a way for me to live, in Himself!
That being said I thought this mix of translations represented a great pinnacle to the argument or at least a key thought for me to memorize.
Ephesians 2:10 NLT/CEV mix
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live."
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Interesting Article
The Weekend Interview with Paul Johnson: Why America Will Stay on Top - WSJ.com
How’s this for a teaser of the article…
“The former governor of Alaska, he says, "is in the good tradition of America, which this awful political correctness business goes against." Plus: "She's got courage. That's very important in politics. You can have all the right ideas and the ability to express them. But if you haven't got guts, if you haven't got courage the way Margaret Thatcher had courage—and [Ronald] Reagan, come to think of it. Your last president had courage too—if you haven't got courage, all the other virtues are no good at all. It's the central virtue."”
Friday, March 04, 2011
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