I love the way each of you used this blog to share your thoughts about Phil 3:12-21. Isn't it great how we can each read a verse(s) and the Lord shows us each something unique that we can apply to our own personal lives. Thank you all for sharing your thinking and providing all of us a deeper understanding of this verse.
Elisabeth

Ying-Philippians 3:12-21

After reading Philippians 3:12-21, I fell that Paul encourages us to press on in the race of life and not let past hurts who we are. While we can't forget the past, we don't have to allow the past to define our future. Too many people have remained victims of their past and claimed their past as their identity. We should leave the past behind and start each day like a new child of God. That's our hope!

I want to pray that the hurts of my own past are healed and ask God to bring people into my life that can help me through my hurt.

Kristina - Pressing On, Reaching Out

These verses tell me, that my faith allows me to know that I will have the prize of heaven. 1John 1:8-10 says: If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.There is no way to be sinless while we are in these bodies. Also, Romans 14:23 ...whatever is not from faith is sin.
Paul knew he wasn't there yet. He knew he was far from perfect. But he kept pressing on, kept persevering in the Christian walk.He uses the descriptive language of someone striving forward, pressing on, reaching out. You can picture a hiker trying to make it to the peak of a mountain. A runner trying to make it to the end of a marathon. Whatever illustration you keep in your mind, the words hold true: forget what lies behind. There is no bigger defeat than to dwell on what you've already past, how many miles you've already gone, how many steps you've already taken. Paul says that he was forgetting what lay behind and kept reaching forward.
The past doesn't matter - it's already the past. Are you growing in Christ now? Are you ministering now? Are you praying now? What matters is where you're at in the Lord today.

Just for Fun: #3 - Things to Do

Respond to the following:
In your lifetime, list 5-7 things you want to experience, accomplish, and/or achieve. Your list may include personal as well as professional. Doesn't hurt to dream sometimes. =)

Just for Fun: #2 - Places to Visit

Respond to the following:
In your lifetime, list 5-7 places you want to visit and/or see.

Just for Fun: #1 - "I'm DONE!"

Finish the sentence ("Disneyland" cannot be an answer"):
"I'm done with my online Master in Educational Technology!!! I'm going to............"

List or describe your response. Optional: insert picture. =)

Just for Fun - Intro

Dear Cadre 10 --
In addition to posting to Professor's Reflections, we also wanted to have people respond to several topics ---- just for the fun of it. This is optional, but certainly it'll give us a chance to share a little bit of ourselves. Just check out periodically for questions labeled: Just for Fun.

Kate, Margaret, and Venetia =)