So, one of my guilty pleasures in the mornings as I get ready for work is to sit in the middle of my bed and watch t.v. as I put on my makeup. Generally I sit and flip between four different shows: Crossing Jordan, Angel, JAG, and Dharma & Greg. Eventually, I land on a episode of one show that will hold my attention long enough to make me almost late for work.Anyway - as it turns out, this morning it was Dharma & Greg that caught my attention. In this episode, Greg stayed up all night reading a bunch of books by different "spiritual" leaders trying to "find himself". He looks at Dharma and tells her that he is going to read the bible next. Dharma replies something to this effect, "Let me save you some time: First half - don't mess with God; Second half - be nice to everybody."
It was at that point that my brain really started processing for the day. At first I wondered if you can really boil it down to two simple phrases like that - and if you could, those two phrases didn't seem anywhere close to accurate. I believe that the bible is written in simple enough language for us to understand, but, it would be very difficult to choose two specific phrases to "sum up" what the bible is about. And maybe those two phrases would change throughout my lifetime. My very first try was: First half - God loves his people. Second half - God loves his people. Then it switched to: First half: God loves his people. Second half: God saves his people.
Still not exactly right. I'm going to have to ponder this some more...
