Saturday, January 17, 2015

Always enough

When I was born into this world, I was naked and had nothing. When I die and leave this world, I will be naked and have nothing. ~ Job 1:21a (ERV)

We didn’t bring anything into the world. We can’t take anything out of it. If we have food and clothing, we will be happy with that. ~ 1 Timothy 6:7–8 (NIRV)

God, I talk a lot about the importance of being content. But I am rarely content with having enough food and clothing -- with life. I am so stupid at times. If you are the great benefactor I will always have enough. I'm going to once again aim toward being content. I'm going to walk through this day listing in my mind the many gifts that come from you. And I'm going to be happy! Amen.

Difficult Words
Content -- If you are content you are at peace because you are satisfied. You are not worried.
Benefactor -- a generous person who gives something, often money, to help a person or a cause.
Listing -- Collecting and organizing information
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The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul.

The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston

TRANSLATIONS

ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon

CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)

CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)

NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)

NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)

NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

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