walking worthy is a staple of my spiritual diet. self-evaluation is dark chocolate.

one teaching method that has always hit home for me...self-evaluation.

sometimes i forget the importance of it, and forget to take spiritual stock of where i'm at. probably because of the slight painful, piercing effect. haha.

if this happens to you too, a quick, friendly reality check from Philippians 4:8-9...one of those awana kid passages I could quote in my sleep while working snack shack without wearing any socks.

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me - practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you."

while I usually focus on verse 8…all those delicious things to think on, verse 9 has been challenging me. paul was modeling exactly what he wanted his spiritual babies to do.

am I doing that?


as a mentor, leader, servant and friend, am I able to say: “what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me - practice those things.” woah.
simple, sweet, and hard as heck.

but it’s what I need, and what He wants.