Yoda Grammar

"I can do all things." 

"We have peace with God."

"Such confidence we have."

Ah, nothing like some nice, encouraging, strengthening scriptures like these, right? Hand letter these things and put them up on Pintrest!

No, please don't. Because these are so utterly meaningless without the second halves of the sentences that I left out. This is what they actually are:

Phil 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Romans 5:1 "We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."

2 Corinthians 3:4 "Such confidence we have through Christ before God."

Seems obvious that we can't take only half the scripture. Yet how often, in the same way, do we tend to leave out the 'through Jesus' part of our lives? How often do we try to have strength and peace and confidence outside of Jesus? And just as often as we try, we fail. Because it is through Jesus, and only through Jesus, that we live and move and have our being.

So I like to go all Yoda on these scriptures and reorder the sentences to change it up in a way that helps me remember the true order of life:

"Through Christ who strengthens me, I can do all things."

"Through our Lord Jesus Christ, we have peace with God."

"Through Christ before God, such confidence we have."

Through Christ, I am.

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