Today’s Thought “A Message of Old Done Away With” G. Ward 2 Peter 3 14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found spotless and blameless by Him, at peace, 15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which there are some things that are hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. Believers in Christ sufficiency, along with complete surrender therein, will live their lives as unto the blessed hope promised – an eternity with HIM. Fantastically, other’s view of this will mostly ridicule them (i.e., believers), suggesting they’re driven in complacency, refusing to accumulate indicators of wealth and how they must embrace an audience with a presumed high achievement set of goals in mind. They’ll even utilize Jesus’ word, “abundantly” (John 10:10b), to indicate this was what HE meant, while it was merely a warning against false teaching similarly and whereas implicit follow-ship of Himself should be the only goal for every believer (cf. *Col.3:16-17), those living antithetically to HIS demand remain disconnected. At some point, we hope, that all will rely on our Grandparent’s mantra that said, “Money can’t buy health,” particularly as they viewed the inevitable of their departure from this strange land (?).