Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Thessalonians 4:12 (New Living Translation)

Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.

Depending on other persons can be a dangerous thing. If I owe too much to another person, they control my decisions.

Well, if I owe the mortgage company for the next thirty years… Can I live within that? Many of us have, and we were fine. Some of us slipped and fell and … things didn’t go so well. We took jobs with the wrong people in the wrong places and strayed.

Dependence on other persons and other things can be a dangerous things. Let us strive to remain out of danger.