Carpe Diem or Coram Deo?
8:52 AMHeatherI am going to completely date myself and talk about that classic movie Dead Poets Society. What a great flick! That came out while I was in college, and I have great memories from a college church retreat based on that movie. We'd watch part of the movie, then divide into our small groups to tie in Biblical principles. Yes, I have long thought that CARPE DIEM! is a great battle cry in this life. Surely, we should seize the day and make the most of every opportunity.
But, while reading my Lies Women Believe chapter yesterday, I saw a new and bigger challenge. Personally, I felt convicted that it trumps even carpe diem. I need to be about coram deo. Now, unless you are my brilliant friend, Amy Brooks--or one of her Latin students--you may be as clueless as I was. But, Coram Deo means "before the face of God." Here's some further insight from Nancy Leigh DeMoss:
Coram deo doesn't just say carpe diem. But, it says seize the day--not for my own good or agenda--but for GOD'S alone. It makes that remarkable statement that Paul wrote in Philippians 3:8:
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