Well, I woke up this mornin’ feelin’ bum…. (Maybe someone can finish that song and put it to music.) It seemed I couldn’t (wouldn’t?!) keep my mind from churning over a certain issue (ie, person) or two.

Then I start reading in Colossians 3.

“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above” (1).

“Set your affection on things above” (2).

When I see issues (ie people) before I see Christ, things can look mighty hopeless and my attitudes become mighty dim.

I am risen with Christ! That means new, abundant life with a new focus and new set of values.

But I didn’t wake up feeling that way.

So I need to make a choice.

Seek after and set my mind on things above.

Actually, make that plural — choices.

“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (5).

“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.” (8).

Yup, a bunch of gross, negative, evil, anti-Christian things — and I must choose to part company with them.

The chapter continues with more choices I must make — positive, new-man, image-of-Christ choices.

I would like to put down the full text of verses 12-17. Please, please — read them.

I know — I’ll link to them. Click here!