What if we all read the following daily? In these over-stimulated-with-information-digitally polluted times, we need biblical refreshments like these below.

I Corinthians 13- 

1 ¶ If I speak human or angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.

3 And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 ¶ Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,

5 is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs.

6 Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.

7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 ¶ Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will come to an end.

11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put aside childish things.

12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.

13 Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love  —  but the greatest of these is love.

Philippians 4:4-8

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

5 Let your graciousness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.

6 Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

8 ¶ Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable  —  if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy  —  dwell on these things.

What are you dwelling on lately? Me? I’ve been mentally overloaded. Ironically, with my own self inflicted rumination. So, I’ll definitely be meditating on these scriptures and crowding out the negative noise.

Dear reader, may The Heavenly Father bless you this coming week! Take time to connect with Him –read your Bible, pray, and get out and enjoy the beauty of creation.