Positive Scripture...


So first...a couple of things. One is that if you've been to this blog you know a few things about me. I like bread, yes; I prefer to ride a bike rather than drive a car, yes; but also that I--like so many others--am on a spiritual journey (but we all are whether we admit it or not). And you also know that I enjoy series of things on this blog...my oldest and most popular is Things that can be Carried on a Bike, but there is also the Five Quotes series, the View from My Handlebars series, and the brief Past and Present series. Today I am beginning a new series on positive scripture passages. I'll likely post it sporadically or whenever the spirit moves me to do so. While I do believe that there is only One Source of us all, the religion of my birth and the one which I most closely identify with is Christianity, so for this reason I'll be posting selections from the Bible; mostly the New Testament. The Bible, for some (myself included) carries so much baggage, and there are sections that can be twisted to mean truly bad stuff. But I personally do not feel that is why it was written...the word Gospel, of course, mean Good News in English, and thus I feel it was it's original intention....to bring good news, not law or oppression. Anyhow, I am not a fundamentalist, nor am I a literalist...I tend to read the Bible mostly as metaphor (to read more about "where I'm at" click here). The reason I mention this is that my intention is not to offend anyone by what I post in this series or the commentary (if any) I accompany with it. If I do add any thoughts they are not intended to tell you how you should feel, nor are they intended in any way to "convert" you; they are simply thoughts on how a particular passage speaks to me. You, in turn, are welcome to comment, but please no negativity. And please do not send me hate mail or try to save me; in my view no saving is needed as we are all children of the One Divine Source. With this said, here's the first Positive Scripture.

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
~Philippians 4:8 

I chose this as the first in this series because I believe this to be so powerful, and is fully aligned with the New Thought Movement. The only thing that I'll add is that I can personally attest that in my life when I think of good things apposed to negative things, then good things happen. But even if they don't, life is much better. It has taken me many years to do this--and I'm not enlightened yet--but it's true, light overcomes darkness. Thinking good thoughts really does--to me--have positive results, even when things are not going as planned.

Urban Simplicity.

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