I can remember as a young child thinking that I’d be too old to live into the next century, but in retrospect I was still considered middle age when Y2K arrived. I usually don’t mind having a birthday, but this year I wasn’t just a year older, I wasn’t just a decade older; I was now a senior, at least according to the discount coupon at my favorite store. I’d weathered becoming a grandmother without “feeling my age”, but this was different.
So on my birthday morning I cuddled up in the recliner, with a hot cup of tea, to have a devotional time. I’ve been reading a chronological Bible and I was so struck by the following verse that I’ve decided to make it my “verse for the year”. Perhaps I’ll embroider it on a wall hanging, or on dish towels, they’ll at least wear out before I do.
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
Last year I read a book that was in obvious Scriptural error. As I critiqued it, read the critiques of others, and read alternative sources I was startled to realize the large degree to which my thinking had been influenced by this same philosophy. Of course it was more subtle and less extreme, but still predicated on a misunderstanding of scriptures, the traditions of men and the principles of the world rather than being based on Christ.
I hope you’ll follow my blog as I explore some of these subtle philosophies that took me captive and colored my world before I became an oh-so-wise senior citizen. J
