Maturity comes through many beginnings, whether in time, in projects, in relationships. In the latter, for example, it’s forgiveness 70x7. The more we learn from each new start, the greater and faster we move toward maturity.
¶ I dislike blinky stuff on webpages, and social profiles. I’m highly distracted by moving objects. Just words, please. Another reason to like tinyap.
¶ A wealth of information lies just below the surface, basically, at our fingertips, so to speak, but wisdom must be dug out from the deep, often at great effort and expense.
¶ An article published a few weeks ago in The Federalist said, “This is not nostalgia; it is a blueprint.” Some people accuse us of wanting to go back to the 1950s, for some reason. I wasn’t alive yet for most of that decade. We’re not looking back to some idealized period of the good old days. We’re looking forward to completing what many set out to do: restore the church. This is needed today, more than ever. Something is profoundly wrong with religion; it has always been the case, and now the fruits are showing even more the problem. There is a solution, for those who seek it.
¶ A quote: “Legalism, in a negative sense, is adding rules on top of God’s rules the way the Pharisees did, not strict adherence to God’s rules.” ─Sword Master Publications
¶ An original verse: To turn a soul from sin is God’s good will: / Teach truthful words and point to Calvary’s hill.
¶ A Bible verse, as Last Word: “My covenant with him was designed to bring life and peace. I gave its statutes to him to fill him with awe, and he indeed revered me and stood in awe before me. He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.” Malachi 2.5-6 NETB.