E for Enough

Continuing with the most popular letter in the English language, here is an encapsulated rendition of Philippians chapters 3 & 4:

Look out-

Evil hides in religion: 

Eighth day, a tribe, and some zeal.

Everything’s really through faith,

Eyes fixed ahead on our call.

All our

Enemies walk past the cross,

Ending in shame, filled with self.

Earth shapes their minds, but not ours,

Enabled by Christ to change.

Therefore,

Entreating sister workers,

Euodia, Syntyche,

Enter again side by side;

Everyone’s watching your lives.

And now

Each anxious thought in your hearts

Entrust as requests to God.

Everything worthy of praise,

Earnestly dwell on these things.

Know that 

Extremes in life will abound-

Empty or full, I’m content.

Except for you, I’ve had Christ.

Enough in his strength, I’m supplied.

Why condense a book into phrases that start with E? Does it do any good or is it just amusing? Here’s what you might find in an exercise like this:

1. You concentrate and meditate on a passage, which puts it deeper into your heart.

2. You look for meaning in paragraphs, not just single verses.

3. You’ll never forget that Epaphroditus and Euodia are in the book with lots of E’s.

E for Effort

As I read Philippians 1 & 2, it was surprising to me how many words or concepts in these chapters begin with one repeated letter. If you Google the most frequently used letter in our alphabet, the English language has a favorite one, and it’s apparently the vowel E.

Paul didn’t write in English, so I don’t believe E has any divine meaning behind it, but if I were looking for a way to remember the topics from these first two chapters in Philippians, I’d start with E.

I pray,

Eager to see what only

Eternity will complete.

Embracing love more, may your

Excellent lives bear their fruit.

I know

Each of my trials bring joy,

Envy or good will aside.

Even by life or death, our

Eternal Christ is proclaimed.

I am

Encouraged by Him who was 

Equal with God, and yet He

Emptied Himself to His death,

Even to death on a cross.

He was

Exalted by God above

Every name known in the

Earth and the heavens, so that

Every knee bows to Him.

It’s not

Easy to shine, just like these: 

Epaphroditus and Tim.

Endure, yet be sure that the

Effort’s all Christ’s, and He won.