2 Timothy 1-2

2:22 "Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."

What stood out to me is the "along with" in the verse. The Christian pursuits that Paul is encouraging are not to be sought in seclusion. Our growth and sanctification is a process within the body of Christ. Trying to do these things on our own might be compared to mountain climbing without any rope... precarious at best.

This post was meant as a test run to see how running my blog as my journal would work with my current schedule and resources. I just picked the part of scripture I was already reading and this is what came up. The main reason I like the idea of using the blog to journal is that if I fall of the horse, everyone reading will know about it. I need that kind of accountability. If you take the time to check here over the coming year and you see that it's been a couple days since my last post, please email, call or talk to me and tell me to get with the program. Thanks.

By the way, this starts Jan 1, so chill out until then ;^)

Lord help me to pursue You and Your purposes. Help me to do this with transparency among my brothers and sisters in Christ. Amen.