i couldn’t fall asleep…
“So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective. Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life. When Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you’ll show up, too—the real you, the glorious you. Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, like Christ.” -Colossians 3:1-4 (The Message)
obscurity means:
(1) the state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant;
(2) the quality of being difficult to understand;
(3) a thing that is unclear of difficult to understand
i don’t like life’s unpredictability.
i don’t like this unmapped journey.
it’s sharp turns and confusing forks,
it’s unpaved roads and deep ditches,
it’s rundown bridges and dark narrow tunnels,
or it’s poorly lit areas and unwelcoming dead ends.
i mean… it’s so hard sometimes…
when there are things my eyes observe.
i can see the things happening around me.
they are REAL.
they will not go away.
this isn’t a dream.
this is reality.
this i my life.
and most of the time… i loathe living.
(and now i realize… that is my flesh talking)
but… i am a believer.
i believe that Jesus came here through a miracle.
i believe He walked this earth and fulfilled His purpose.
i believe in the passion.
i believe in the resurrection.
i believe… because i have faith.
i didn’t have to see it to know it happened.
i know because NOW He is my life.
and no matter what happens
from the moment i spoke His name on my lips
and declared Him my LORD…
i must live like it.
and i must remember to observe through Him.
i cleaned my room and packed all the things i needed to pack.
everything is simplified.
and i just have what i need immediately right now.
i should pack some clothes up, too.
and i have a lot of work to do.
and i feel good.
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awesome! gotta love the message bible
yeah! sometimes it’s so blunt and in yo face… i kinda like that.
From the view of a Buddhist that has a big beef with the modern misrepresentation of the christian bible… yeah, the message bible is rubbish.
well the ONLY thing i will say to that is the message bible is a great tool to be used along side an accurate translation of our documented original scriptures.
couldn’t have said it better myself.
I realize it’s nearly impossible to obtain an english bible that is much like the original text, but the NKJ and all the other bibles folks use were made for the same reason as the message. If you keep making things easier and easier to comprehend, there won’t be anything there at all.
you’re speaking of The Message Bible like it’s a repleacement to the original. The Message Bible is merely a way to communicate to the people of today. the society in which we live is different from the way it was even a few decades ago. the message bible is merely a means of communicating something that is thousands of years old and otherwise “seems” hard to interpret.
i read the entire bible 3 years ago. the translation was the New International Version. if i hadn’t read that, i don’t know how interested i would be to read the King James Version now. and i don’t know how interested i would be to learn Greek and Hebrew. but because it was easier me to read God’s word in entirety through a modern translation, i now thirst and hunger to know more by tracing back to the root.
so, for this generation… i think The Message Bible is effective.
Nuclear bombs are effective.
there are a million if not a billion effective things in this solar system.
is that what you are trying to say?
because that just backs me up.
That’s good; you need to back up.
PWNT.
You know better than to take me too seriously, but hopefully you understand that the bible business is corrupt, and that’s all I’m saying.
well… i’m not in the bible business.
i just like to read it.
Most people like looking at jewelry too, but it’s not a market I’ll participate in.
i don’t wear very much jewelry. so, i can’t relate to this.