Dear Fellow Disciples,
When I think of rubbish I think of trash, the bottom of the heap, the stuff that you would find seeping from toxic waste bags. Dangerous, gross, disgusting, waste, rubbish.
Rubbish to me is something to be avoided, to be stepped around, and certainly not something you would eat and fill yourself with.
"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ..." ~Philippians 3:7-8
But according to Paul, that's what we do. We fill ourselves on things of this world... and compared to Christ- the things of this world are rubbish. We fill our souls, minds and hearts with rubbish-the things of this world. That we shrug off and say,
"It's not that bad." or "That kind of thing doesn't affect me."
I'm just as guilty of any of this as you all are, but what I wonder is if we all really stopped pursuing things of this world. honestly, looked at what we sought- what would our lives look like?
Did you know? That when the Bible translators came across the original language Paul used they decided that the word he used was too vulgar and they couldn't use it- so they used 'rubbish' instead?
Funny.
In Christ,
Nadine <><
Question: When compared to Christ, what becomes 'rubbish' to you?
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