Pretty Shabby Nest

 II Peter 1:3-9:

• According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

• Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

• And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

• And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

• And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

• For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 

 (in verse 5 it says) "Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge." The word "add" in the Greek carries the idea of adding at one's own expense. If you're willing to pay a price, you can be sure there will be a reward in the end."   ...Mark Hamby

Meditating on these words today...