Day 3156 of the 7 day Bible verse challenge.
2 Peter 3:17 NIV For us to underappreciate the opportunity of pre-awareness is to invite negligence into the outcome of an entirely critical circumstance. But alas, we've become quite opposed to embracing the sternness of Scripture. Instead, as a result of our understandings as given us by the world around us, we've grown only concerned about the coddling of our feelings to the point that most find that the warnings kindly offered throughout God's Word are simply overbearing and therefore an unnecessary burden that we shouldn't have to carry. No, to many around here, He's supposed to be just this big fluffy teddy bear that should bring nothing but sunshine and happiness along every step we don't want to have to take along a path that's a bit too tight for our liking followed across a lifetime that we'd otherwise like to spend focusing on ourselves and the happy hopes we keep insisting He fulfill on our behalf. And thus, a vast majority of Scripture and t...