Have you ever
noticed how beautiful and radiant young couples look when they are truly in
love? It’s almost like you read their hearts just by looking at their faces.
They radiate a love, a happiness that can, many times, be contagious to those
around them.
And it is also true
that our actions, our priorities, can reveal who we really are, what we believe
in, and where our treasures lie.
Some people may
be very quiet about their inner lives. Their sufferings, their heartaches,
their concerns are hidden from the world but, yet, the love and peace of Christ
still shines through for the whole world to see.
We have all heard
the expression, “You are what you eat”. Yes, to be fit and healthy, we eat
foods that will not just satisfy, but nourish and strengthen the body.
There is also
another expression, “you become what you think about most”. And today, those
thoughts can be downright depressing if we allow them to control our mind. Once
a seed, negative or positive is planted in our mind, it can spread even unconsciously.
“I keep my eyes always
on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore, my
heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure”.
Ps 16:18-19
God has made us
so beautifully. He made us as a unified person with bodies to express what is
in our heart. And he wants to be the center of our thoughts expressing that
love in our hearts. He, wants to be what we think about most.
Don’t let this world
and its allurements steer you away from inner peace. Sometime today, take a
moment and ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart with you, to go deep into
your most inner thoughts to strengthen that bond between you and God. And it is
that bond that will allow you to respond to others with a greater love in this,
their time of need. Let our face radiate with the love of Jesus.
“You
make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand”. Ps 16:11
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