Pondering these lately

"Far better to be right and poor, than to be wrong and rich." Proverbs 16:8(message)

"Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life..." John 6:27 (KJV)

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will" Romans 12:2 (NIV)

"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever." 1 John 2:15-17 (NIV)

"Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown." Mark 4:18-20 (NIV)

"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon" Matthew 6:24 (KJV)

"If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth" Colossians 3:1-2 (NKJV)

Is it possible to not be worldly in EVERY aspect of our lives? I would love to say that I live out every aspect of my life based on my convictions but I do not. I pray that God convicts my heart on this and on that, but when that conviction comes, I can't always fulfill it. Whether it be negativity from my own flesh, or from my husband, or from my family and friends, it is hard to do the right thing sometimes. I pray for thick skin, not to be bothered by what others say and feel, but I can't help it, it gets to me. It would be so much easier to just go with the grain and go with what everyone else says is "right", but it's my personality, I can't. I get confused sometimes and I know Robb does too. Pray for us to be bold and stand for what we know to be right, more or less, to live out our convictions.

"Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness" Psalm 143:10 (NKJV)