Philipians

Philipians is a great book. I love reading Paul's letters in general throughout the New Testament. His wisdom is awesome and so beneficial to how we live our lives. There are various metaphors throughout this letter and all through the Bible. It's amazing how faithful Paul was sitting in a jail cell and still praising God and ministering to people through his letters. He could be bitter and angry at where he is at, but instead uses that time he could use for those emotions and puts them out in a positive manner.

 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.  But if I am to 

live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do 

not know which to choose.

 I love this part in the letter where basically says as long as he is still alive he will do fruitful labor for the Lord. If he dies, he gains eternity in the place where the streets are made of gold. He gains when he dies, but he still labors in fruitfulness for Jesus when he is still alive. That is just an interesting concept to think about in how we live our lives for Christ. I don't think I have ever heard anyone sounding excited to die. it IS a weird concept but as a Christian shouldn't we really have that mindset? He should be excited to die. We should be excited to go to the kingdom of Heaven and gain eternal life. I think one big drawback we have is that we think about losing our loved ones around us. Yea I guess it is sad to think about the people that you've had in your life will never be seen again if they don't go to heaven. We should still live for Christ alone though. If all we're supposed to need is God, then why do we worry so much about the other things in our life? We've become attached. We are afraid to let someone else (God) take over our life because when we control it we see where it is going. Sometimes we just need to let our autopilot direct us.