Philippiansing at the Park
I figure I've done enough serious posts over the past week of opening this blog that I should break it up a bit and let y'all know that I do indeed possess a sense of humor and enjoy laughing and smiling and frolicking with butterflies amid the black-eyed susans.Since returning to California, I've gone to the park just about every day for some Philippiansing, running, and journaling time.What's that? You want to know what that word means? Well...okay, if you insist. It's nothing too complicating; journaling just involves using a journal to write down your thoughts. You can start slow with just one entry a week, or if you wanna dive right in you could write multiple times --Oh, you meant Philippiansing. Right. You just find two dudes named Phillip and Ian -- could be friends or total strangers or one of each -- and then you sing to them. As loud as possible. That's not too complicating either, is it?Actually, "Philippiansing" describes my uber-ambitious desire to memorize the entire book of Philippians.Yeah, not the one-page book of Philemon but the multi-paged book of Philippians. Just to clarify; confusing biblical Phils and all.Hey -- Phils. Phillies.Sorry, but that was awesome; no wonder I love this book. Go Phils.For years Philippians has been my favorite book of the Bible, if I may dare elevate one book of Scripture over all the others. Sounds kinda like picking a favorite child, but really, who out there loves II Chronicles as much as they love John?As for Philippians, it's always been my go-to book whenever I'm feeling lost and desperate and -- hey, what do you know, I'm feeling that way right now. I figured if I'm constantly flipping open Philippians...wouldn't it be cool if I could more instantly "flip" there in my brain?Ah yes, there's Philippians 3:8 -- right next to basic motor skills and all those wretched memories of running 3200s in track and field. Appropriate.I've never been good at memorizing Scripture on a continuous basis. Part of me wonders if I should be starting out with a couple verses in Psalms or Proverbs or some other book not named II Chronicles. But isn't that how memorizing an entire book starts anyway? A few verses at a time, built atop each other like bricks of a mighty castle?As of now I've only got six and a half wobbly little bricks set in place. But this castle's just getting started. I can't wait to build more from this incredible book. One of my favorite songs even comes from its golden pages:
