some verses

Felt like I was supposed to share these verses with y'all. Don't know why.

This is from the New Living Translation. I made the switch to the NLT almost 12 yrs ago because it's a translation from the Greek to American English that puts God's word in our everyday way of saying things. By studying it & using it in my daily reading, I can use it in conversation with people. I'm still a little confused when people still read & quote something arcane like King James Version because the way things are expressed in it - cometh, goeth, thus doeth thou when thou hast cometh - has a tendency to confuse people who may not believe in God or who don't ever read the Bible. They don't talk that way, nor do they know anyone who talks that way. They think it's more than a little silly.

Anyway! I read it so I can use it as a bridge builder to others - plus, I think it's a whole lot easier to read!

I digress...

Don't know why I felt like I should include these verses in this note today. But here they are... (lemme know if they were for you, will ya?) 

2 Peter 3
1 This is my second letter to you, dear friends, and in both of them I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory. 2 I want you to remember what the holy prophets said long ago and what our Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.

  3 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. 4 They will say, "What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.

  5 They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water. 6 Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood. 7 And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.

  8 But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. 9 The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.*

  11 Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live, 12 looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames. 13 But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God's righteousness.

  14 And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.

  15a And remember, our Lord's patience gives people time to be saved.