I came across this photo in the wonderful world of tumblr and thought it'd be a cute/good idea to put up Free Positive Thoughts (or Bible verses, words of godly encouragement, etc.) around campus during NSO. And perhaps also during finals periods, the mental illness awareness week, Religion and Spirituality Week, and others. At least during the first two weeks of school we know people will actually be looking at posters! ;PP.S. For those of you who might be reading this via blogger or RSS feed, I apologize that all the posts I write for my other blog (swatsnapshot) keep ending up being posted here. It's because I linked my blogger account to my formspring account, but formspring thinks that my primary blog is scfblog, instead of swatsnapshot. So I have to remove the posts it makes here automatically and repost them in my other blog. Thanks for understanding!
Hey, I like that! And maybe we could do the 'theme' based on the week - like, bible quotes for r+s week, positive thoughts for mental illness awareness week and finals, etc. Sounds like a fun, easy way to get our presence out there on campus, and also make people's days just a bit more pleasant.
ReplyDeleteI once saw a similar poster. It said "Selfish? Please take one" and all of the tabs were torn off. Rather unrelated, I know, but still... haha.
ReplyDeleteFree positive thought:
"That famous promise God gave Abraham -- that he and his children would possess the earth -- was not given because of something Abraham did or would do. It was based on God's decision to put everything together for him, which Abraham then entered when he believed. If those who get what God gives them only get it by doing everything they are told to do and filling out all the right forms properly signed, that eliminates personal trust completely and turns the promise into an ironclad CONTRACT! That's not a holy promise; that's a business deal. A contract drawn up by a hard-nosed lawyer and with plenty of fine print only makes sure that you will never be able to collect. But if there is no contract in the first place, simply a PROMISE -- and God's promise at that -- you can't break it.
This is why the fulfillment of God's promise depends entirely on trusting God and his way, and then simply embracing him and what he does. God's promise arrives as pure gift. That's the only way everyone can be sure to get in on it, those who keep the religious traditions and those who have never heard of them. For Abraham is father of us all. He is not our racial father -- that's reading the story backward. He is our faith father."
- Romans 4:13-16 (The Message. I know the translation is loose, but it makes so much more sense than the NIV this way)