Commendable. Admirable. Of good repute. Excellent. Praiseworthy. The first three words are used for the same idea in three different translations. And all of them can be put together to describe the last set of things that Philippians 4:8 tells us that our minds should be focusing on...
The unlovely is a place that our minds can go when thinking about our relationships… our spouses, our parents, our children, our friendships, our co-workers, our acquaintances. We can think on the problems… the areas where we differ… the words they said to us, which they probably...
Instead of continuing with thinking on things that are lovely and commendable, I felt led to add another week to the topic of purity. This is such a dangerous struggle and one of the most difficult to overcome. Since last week’s was mostly about preventing ourselves from the...
Three hours of writing time tonight! Jeff said, “go,” so I went. The goal was to find a place that stays open until 11. A little difficult on a week night. Borders? Nope, 10:00. 10-minute drive to Barnes & Noble. You guessed it. 10:00. So much for 3 hours! Oh, impatient me. Came into...
Just as an FYI… in this post, I am mostly speaking to women. However, my hope is that everyone can get something out of this. I have been waiting for this one. Anxiously. It is somewhat taboo for women to discuss the topic of purifying our thought lives. We talk about how men struggle...