Thursday, December 12, 2013

A Surprising Connection

I was surprised to find the last chapter of Paul's letter to Timothy was wholly devoted to the working relationship between bond servants and masters, or in our case, employees and bosses.

Sometimes the fact that chapters and verses have been added to scripture creates a disconnect between thoughts.  For example I have never connected Paul's exhortation that the love of money is the root of all evil with the tension that is created between the employee who has little and the boss who is wealthy.  Yet when chapter six is read allowed the correlation is clearly understood because verse three joins the first two verses with the rest of the chapter.

For today, simply read the chapter out loud  as one continuous thought and see if it broadens your understanding of the text..