Posted on 04/29/2015 5:59:19 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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In our media-saturated age, image consultants have become indispensable. Entertainers, athletes, politicians, and business leaders seem desperate to manage the way they are perceived in the eyes of the world. These high-priced consultants work to shape how their clients are viewedeven if sometimes there is a stark contrast between the public image and the real person inside.
In reality, what people needwhat all of us needis not an external makeover but an inner transformation. Our deepest flaws cannot be corrected cosmetically. They are directly related to who we are in heart and mind, and they reveal how far we have fallen from the image of God in which we were created. But such transformation is beyond any human ability to accomplish.
Only Christ offers us true transformationnot just a facelift or an outward adjustment. Paul said that those who have been raised to eternal life in Christ have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him (Col. 3:10).
New! What a tremendous word full of hope! Christ transforms us into new people in Himpeople with a new heart, not just fixed up to look good on the outside.
INSIGHT
: The letter to the Colossians is one of four epistles referred to as Pauls prison letters. Written during his first imprisonment (or house arrest) in Rome, these letters also include Ephesians, Philippians, and Philemon. All of the letters were written to churches except for the one written to Philemon, who was apparently a dear friend of Paul (Philem. 1:1,7). Paul founded the Ephesian and Philippian churches, but there is no record in the New Testament that Paul was ever in Colosse.
Hi Kathy!
How you doing?
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Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...did you sally forth? Was it weird seeing Camden Yards and no people?
We finally got a little bit of rain, so I don’t think I will have to water this weekend.
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
How soon til you get to deliver a mixer?
Good evening, Ms Feather...((hugs))
Is it warming up yet? Is your snow going away? How’s the furnace?
Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...your shoulder making progress? Is Mrs SR home from her visit?
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Good evening, Kathy...((HUGS))...Shoulder is making slow progress. Mrs SR comes home from her visit Saturday night.
howdy there
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