Finally, bothers 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

Paul refers to the people he is writing to as brothers and sisters because they were family, the family of God and we all know, family can talk straight and get away with it. He is doing this. Christians…….live to a higher standard than the rest of the world, be true and noble, just do the right thing!! Make God’s will your will and it will be pure, lovely, admirable.

The essential element in this verse is “THINK ABOUT SUCH THINGS.” Our mind is the singular place we have complete and total secrecy. The only way for anyone to know what we are thinking is through our actions and words and even still we can maintain limited deception. So with this freedom we let our thoughts run wild with little risk of consequence. But eventually our hands, feet and mouths follow our thoughts and they become actions and words. So, the key is to stop things at their starting point and turn to truth, honor, integrity, righteousness and beauty.

Love,

Gretchen