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Posted on 09/06/2021 6:00:01 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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Hi!
Bible in a Year:
So you also are complete through your union with Christ.
In a popular film, an actor plays a success-driven sports agent whose marriage begins to crumble. Attempting to win back his wife, Dorothy, he looks into her eyes and says, “You complete me.” It’s a heart-warming message that echoes a tale in Greek philosophy. According to that myth, each of us is a “half” that must find our “other half” to become whole.
The belief that a romantic partner “completes” us is now part of popular culture. But is it true? I talk to many married couples who still feel incomplete because they haven’t been able to have children and others who’ve had kids but feel something else is missing. Ultimately, no human can fully complete us.
The apostle Paul gives another solution. “For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ” (Colossians 2:9–10 nlt). Jesus doesn’t just forgive us and liberate us, He also completes us by bringing the life of God into our lives (vv. 13–15).
Marriage is good, but it can’t make us whole. Only Jesus can do that. Instead of expecting a person, career, or anything else to complete us, let’s accept God’s invitation to let His fullness fill our lives more and more..
Reflect & Pray
How have you sought spiritual fulfillment through people instead of God? How does Jesus’ completing you change your view of marriage and singleness?
Jesus, thank You for making me complete through Your death, resurrection, forgiveness, and restoration.
G’ev’ning, all!
Hi there PROCON!
Hi MA!
*HUGS*
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
All rested up and ready for the new week? Did you have family and friends together today?
Good eveing, lauren...did you have a laborless day? Back to the salt mine tomorrow?
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
Fort Knox 1990! Fun times going up and down those rolling hills. Let me know if you marched Agony, Heartbreak and Misery at Fort Knox as well. How did you do? I had no problems, seemed easy to me.
Good evening, radu...still sweltering? Did you have to run errands today?
We have had sun off and on, but the temps have made it up to 61.
A nice day to putter. I’ve gotten a bunch of little stuff done. I’ve been checking on my work site all weekend...it was/is down, per schedule, for who knows what. Work starts at 8am and one of the 2 main sites is/has been down.
If it’s not up by morning, Tuesday is not going to be good.
Good evening/morning, Redcitizen, and thanks for sharing your experiences.
Howdy, Kathy.
It was a nice day today. 80 degrees and low humidity. I thought it was supposed to be warmer that’s tomorrow. I was a day off. Got the errands done but groceries were a pain. Had to go to three stores to get what we needed. Too many empty shelves in all of them.
It was nice to see some sunshine up there today. Clouds sure hung on to the mountains though. They finally broke up enough a couple of hours ago to create some pretty sun/shadow patterns on the mountains.
NOT GOOD that your work site has been down. You NEED it! Someone better get on the stick and get everything up and running fast! This week’s already going to be a killer since you’re shorted a day.
How's everyone doing this morning?
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