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Today's Early Church Wisdom
“I shall not hesitate also to put into ordered form for you, along with the interpretations, everything I learned carefully in the past from the elders and noted down carefully, for the truth of which I vouch. For unlike most people, I took no pleasure in those who told many different stories, but only in those who taught the truth. Nor did I take pleasure in those who reported their memory of someone else’s commandments, but only in those who reported their memory of the commandments given by the Lord to the faith and proceeding from the Truth itself. And if by chance anyone who had been in attendance on the elders arrived, I made enquiries about the words of the elders—what Andrew or Peter had said, or Philip or Thomas or James or John or Matthew or any other of the Lord’s disciples, and whatever Aristion and John the Elder, the Lord’s disciples, were saying. For I did not think that information from the books would profit me as much as information from a living and surviving voice.
~ Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60–130 AD) From the Preface to his lost ‘Expositions of the Sayings of the Lord’
This week's Psalm is Psalm 31 'My Rock, My Shield, My Song'

Be The Best

Live your best life now

Why settle for mediocrity when you could be amazing? Why accept poor quality when you can have the best? Most of us are not in a position to always afford the finest goods and services, but we are all free to choose the best for our lives. What do I mean by that? Joshua, one of the greatest leaders of God’s historic people, understood that life and success are far more than a matter of physical strength and worldly wealth. And because of this, he challenged his people with one of the most fundamental life questions that it's possible to ask: “Choose you this day whom you will serve!” (Joshua
24:15). He then answered his own question, saying, “As for me and my house, we
will serve the LORD!” Joshua chose the best, and so can we. Don’t settle for a
second-rate life, trying to do things the world’s way. Stand with Joshua and
serve God. Live your best life now!