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“I don’t know how I ever lived without these applications!” Those were the words of a fellow iPhone user. We were talking about how iPhone applications have become an integral part of our lives.
I’m like this iPhone user, I depend on my apps, but let me tell you about my favorite one… RunPee. It’s especially designed for small bladder-ed people like me. (I know… TMI!) I always have trouble in movies because I go to the bathroom at the most inopportune times. I have a knack for choosing critical scenes and missing important developments in the plot. But that issue is gone with RunPee. I open the app, choose a movie, tell my phone when the movie starts, and the app cues me when I can head to the bathroom without missing important information. (It even tells me how long I have.) Amazing!
Now jump to today’s reading. As I SOAP the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12), I notice how important these verses are to my life. Every verse is counter cultural and God uses words like, “blessed are the meek… the merciful… the pure in heart,” to reset my thinking. They keep me from missing the life that God has designed for me. In fact, they’re like my own little app. I could call them, RunToGod. They help me get in sync with God’s design for our world.
I read the Beatitudes – my RunToGod app – often. I even memorized the verses several years ago. And even though RunPee app occasionally gets it wrong. (The timing’s off or the movie information isn’t quite right.) Not so with God. He’s right on the mark every time.
I’d love to hear about the Bible verse(s) that God uses to reset your thinking. Join the discussion and share them with the rest of us…
