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As you know I get pretty tired of verses as topics about evil doers and adulterers. Oh,
and eternal torment...lest we forget.
Here is the first verse that I ever saw, (btw,on a refrigerator) in the topic...by the 2nd verse on a funeral
bookmark, Psalm 139...I was intrigued and soon got a Bible or at least thought about it.
This verse is around Isaiah 23? And is quite different in various translations.
I know it by heart, of course.
Since I have sat in stillness and silence for hours on end (for 45 yrs this month!)...staying
my mind on Him ...is a snap; having Practiced the Presence for so long.
What does this singular statement from God mean to you? Maybe you never paid attention to it...it
hasn't been brought up in a sermon maybe.
Have you ever practiced this?
What does it mean...it's obvious it doesn't mean stay your mind on generosity, service, learning verses, preach, love your wife;otherwise He would have said that ...It's clear "on Me".
he also did not say place your heart on Me. Hmm..
Why the mind? How can we place our minds on Him...cuz, 'Me' wouldn't be words He has said
or pages in a book from a Being that existed before humans were even conceived...
As my words are not 'me'...me is 'me', lol
...you don't buy presents for a book.... you buy presents for a person, a being....
"Me" is a singular Being to stay your mind on....it is very personal..wouldn't you say?
So if you post, "It means staying your mind on the Bible or practicing what He has said, following
His Commandments"...a buzzer will sound and ya get the hook.
(a Vaudeville term for the youngsters).
That's one of those verses that stuck with me as well, MissH. Together with, "As a person thinks, so s/he is" and "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind", and "Whatever is noble, lovely, etc., think on these things."
It's simple for me. As a person who was mired in depression for most of my life, when I finally realized I wasn't at the mercy of my thoughts but could actually learn to think about things which were uplifting, my life began to change for the better exponentially. But it all started with realizing that anything I thought about God that wasn't noble and lovely and didn't renew me and bring peace, wasn't true.
That's one of those verses that stuck with me as well, MissH. Together with, "As a person thinks, so s/he is" and "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind", and "Whatever is noble, lovely, etc., think on these things." It's simple for me. As a person who was mired in depression for most of my life, when I finally realized I wasn't at the mercy of my thoughts but could actually learn to think about things which were uplifting, my life began to change for the better exponentially. But it all started with realizing that anything I thought about God that wasn't noble and lovely and didn't renew me and bring peace, wasn't true.
Needed to be shown again!!!! Beautiful.
Truth hits a person in a different way, don't you find...that's where the phrase 'rings true' comes from; it has a beautiful 'ring'....feeds the soul truth....never a 'clang'.
As you know I get pretty tired of verses as topics about evil doers and adulterers. Oh,
and eternal torment...lest we forget.
Here is the first verse that I ever saw, (btw,on a refrigerator) in the topic...by the 2nd verse on a funeral
bookmark, Psalm 139...I was intrigued and soon got a Bible or at least thought about it.
This verse is around Isaiah 23? And is quite different in various translations.
I know it by heart, of course.
Since I have sat in stillness and silence for hours on end (for 45 yrs this month!)...staying
my mind on Him ...is a snap; having Practiced the Presence for so long.
What does this singular statement from God mean to you? Maybe you never paid attention to it...it
hasn't been brought up in a sermon maybe.
Have you ever practiced this?
What does it mean...it's obvious it doesn't mean stay your mind on generosity, service, learning verses, preach, love your wife;otherwise He would have said that ...It's clear "on Me".
he also did not say place your heart on Me. Hmm..
Why the mind? How can we place our minds on Him...cuz, 'Me' wouldn't be words He has said
or pages in a book from a Being that existed before humans were even conceived...
As my words are not 'me'...me is 'me', lol
...you don't buy presents for a book.... you buy presents for a person, a being....
"Me" is a singular Being to stay your mind on....it is very personal..wouldn't you say?
So if you post, "It means staying your mind on the Bible or practicing what He has said, following
His Commandments"...a buzzer will sound and ya get the hook.
(a Vaudeville term for the youngsters).
what>? NO GONG!?
For me it is "thinking" 'bout god without being conscious I am thinking 'bout god.
Truth hits a person in a different way, don't you find...that's where the phrase 'rings true' comes from; it has a beautiful 'ring'....feeds the soul truth....never a 'clang'.
Yes, that's a great way of saying it!
In my experience, though, it took time to be re-tuned so that I could discern the difference between the ring and the clang after so many years of being told that it was dangerous to listen to and trust my feelings when things the church taught me didn't feel right. I ignored the warning clangs for 40+ years, to my detriment.
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy."
In my experience, though, it took time to be re-tuned so that I could discern the difference between the ring and the clang after so many years of being told that it was dangerous to listen to and trust my feelings when things the church taught me didn't feel right. I ignored the warning clangs for 40+ years, to my detriment.
Oh my, this is quite profound....thank you...I play Cello....it is a tuning that can be very subtle.
You have tuned yourself well, from my take.
What i do is type even part of a verse and google it...never fails me.
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