In our Ethics class yesterday we were thinking about the way that your ‘filters’ affect your interpretation of events, and can influence your reaction to events.
Remembering Gospel realities can be a good way of restoring correct perspective in the face of difficulties (or blessings) and can help to re-cast your response to a situation, and gradually re-form your character, in the likeness of Christ.
Fieldy mentioned 5 Gospel Filters which were a great starting point for seeing the world correctly. So if you are a Christian, and have at least one hand, why not use it to remind you of these great truths…
(as I was searching for a suitable image to use to create this, I came across the following which is a similar idea with respect to the Word of God – another great resource from the Navigators – The Word Hand.)
Some comments from Fieldy – the picture will be revised soon…
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Fantastic – apart from the word “heaven” which should be “glory” (see http://davidpfield.blogspot.com/2005/11/not-looking-forward-to-heaven.html ) For fuller detail on this, see http://davidpfield.blogspot.com/2006/09/ten-personal-belief-blessings.html
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