“12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 3:12-14 (KJV)
I love office supplies. Blank sheets of copy paper, blank journals and Moleskine notebooks, pens full of ink…the world is waiting to be conquered with these tools. When I sit down and first turn back the cover of that new notebook, my nerdy little heart leaps just a little at all the possibilities. I could write the next great American novel, pen a worship song that captures everything I can never seem to say—blank paper makes me feel that I can do anything. Old notebooks, full of the blood of lesser pens spilled on their pages, are tossed into the trash never to be remembered again as I put pen to paper on a fresh, new page.
In the scripture above from Philippians, I get the sense that Paul would like office supplies, too.
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