Confidence
This picture exudes confidence to me. This little guy has his swimming attire, his shades and his boat, which he is about to launch! With the word confidence on my mind, I dove into a search on Biblegateway in The Message translation.
Paul is pumping out some wisdom. How I want to live in "love splash mode."
"May God our Father himself and our Master Jesus clear the road to you! And may the Master pour on the love so it fills your lives and splashes over on everyone around you, just as it does from us to you. May you be infused with strength and purity, filled with confidence in the presence of God our Father when our Master Jesus arrives with his followers." I Thessalonians 3:11-13
Then if you want to be pumped up for the day. Just read this to someone over breakfast!
"We will tell you with complete confidence-we have the Master's word on it-that when the Master comes again to get us, those of us who are still alive will not get a jump on the dead and leave them behind. In actual fact, they'll be ahead of us. The Master himself will give the command. Archangel thunder! God's trumpet blast! He'll come down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise-they'll go first. Then the rest of us who are still alive at the time will be caught up with them into the clouds to meet the Master. Oh, we'll be walking on air! And then there will be one huge family reunion with the Master. So reassure one another with these words." 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
