Today’s Thought “Half In, Half Out” G. Ward 2 Peter 2:20-22 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.” Our hunger for Truth is likened to the most disgusting act a dog embodies after vomiting when we’re faced with directives from God’s living Word and immediately thereafter subverting its authority through reliance on vain philosophy (because it’s commonly perceived among the masses); whereas the truest position in righteousness remains an ongoing pursuit in intimacy with Holy God that trusts in His sole guidance to never sanction outside perspectives and opinions. No matter what the people say, my participation in the gospel will find solace in following the perfect nourishment of HIS words vs. regurgitated attempts in temporal pleasures…