Friday! Proverbs!
Better to be ordinary and work for a living than act important and starve in the process.
Proverbs 12:9 MSG
The problem is its nice to feel important.
The author calls us out when we make poor financial decisions just so that others are impressed...but whether it's owing something we can't afford, or trying to impress with our looks, speech, performance, status...none of it lasts!
The truth is this:
The creator of the universe has a space in his heart that only you can fill.
You're the object of his love.
You don't need the accolades of this world, the praise of others, nice tho that is, to give you worth.
It's ok to be "ordinary" when your already chosen...
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Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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