Summary Of Paul's Letter To Philippians

This world of ours is cruel and dark; there is so much evil lurking around trying to find victims of ungratefulness, hateful, and careless. It’s so hard for a person to become joyful in this world when such things exist and is trying to take away your life in a sense. So many people in this world focus on things that are negatives no matter how much positive there is. This world of ours has become so immune to negativity that positivity hardly exists any more. I think we could learn a thing or two from Apostle Paul when he wrote the letter to the Philippians. Out of all people, Paul has every right to gripe and complain because he’s in jail. He knows that his future is coming to an end here soon and it’s not going to be a pretty one either. …show more content…
He wants them to rejoice in the Lord even while sufferings. No matter what circumstances a person is in, Paul wants us to find joy because the Lord has done so many things for us. Paul knew that if we put our faith into God, God can change us. Can the joy of Paul work for us in this lifetime of ours? I think is can if we all put our mind into it. To see the light in things when it is dark is hard but it can be done. To me joy comes from within a person. It is not something that is learned or taught. Joy is a developed trait that not many people have in them. People nowadays are so cruel that they rather see someone hurt or do harm to others and not have a care in the world for them. The funny thing is that’s bringing joy to those who do the harm, but how is that joy? I think we can all benefit from Paul. We all need to enjoy life and live it to the fullest as much as possible. There is so much hate and anger in this world that needs to disappear. Why be spiteful all the time? There are things in nature that we all cannot control and it is out of our elements to do so, so we just have to roll with the punches and let it be. But having a positive mind set can set or change the tone of