Dear Seeker of the Christian Spirit,
I greet you with grace and peace that comes from God our father and our master, Jesus Christ. Every time you cross my mind I break out in exclamations of thanks to God.
There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ appears.
Meanwhile, live in such a way that you are a credit to the message of Christ. Don't push your way to the front; don't sweet talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside and help others get ahead. Don't be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourself long enough to lend a helping hand. Think of yourself as Jesus thought of Himself. He had equal status with God and He set aside the privileges of deity choosing to live a selfless, obedient life and then die a selfless, obedient death.
By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward - to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back. I invite you to travel with me - always.
Remember, God promised:
His beauty and Love would chase after you every day of your life.
Love,
Paul
If Paul wrote to us today, this is what I believe he would say.
Portions were quoted from various verses in The Message.
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