May My Heart See...

There is a proverb that talks about beauty in a “wise” sort of way: Proverbs 11 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free. Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.   I don’t know about you, but that cracks me up!   Beauty is such a hot commodity nowadays.   Its all about how we look, isn’t it?   Are you looking for beautiful?   I’m not talking about the kind the world wants – where they remove and add on, shape up and stretch out – laser this and scrub that.   The end result?    Skin-deep beauty.   The kind of beauty that is fake, not real, made-up. Being beautiful has always been quite popular, don’t you think?   However, I’m talking about from the inside out – that kind of beautiful.   The kind of beautiful that is heart-felt.   A beauty that shows truth, honor and faithfulness.   A person who has compassion, love and forgiveness written all over them.   No amount of scrubbing

Had a wonderful study with my Tuesday PM group tonight.  The subject of humility came up and we were talking through some scenarios and what it meant to be humble.  Loved talking it through with you guys!   The study is by Angela Thomas, called "Brave".  Great quote from tonight's lesson: Humility is a grateful and spontaneous awareness that life is a gift, and it is manifested as an ungrudging and unhypocritical acknowledgment of absolute dependence upon God. In my humble opinion, I cannot be humble My heart is too prideful My life is too “me.”   In my humble opinion There is no humility When all I think about Is all about me   Born as a baby, In a humble beginning. Loving beyond measure, He chose to be The Savior.   God “stooped” down to offer a new beginning A humble plan of sacrifice when all the world hated.   A cross was lifted Hands and feet pierced The quest

Happy Valentine’s Day!    A day to celebrate love.   LOVE IT!   What’s better than love?   Nothing – not even chocolate is better than L-O-V-E.   Whether it’s your spouse or your children, your friend or your dog, loving is universal.   It’s not easy nor understood all the time, but its everyday – and yes, as the song says, it makes the world go round. So this love that God has – you all know that, right?   God’s love.   God’s love is perfect.   Nothing can separate us from His love – it’s never-ending, infinite.   Its called agape – my devotion for yesterday said that “it is not possible to have agape love and to be self-seeking or have self-interest.”   This perfect love that God has for us – this agape love – has no “self” in it at all – God didn’t think of Himself ONE BIT when He offered up Christ for us.   Jesus Christ, God’s offering of love.   Last night at Ash Wednesday services, on my way back from communion, I could not contemplate, in my own brain, how God co

I have a new exercise I have started, just last week.   These aren’t my rotator cuff exercises, or for my abdomen (YEAH RIGHT!), but for my heart AND for my mind.   I got a cartoon from a friend, you know the “wise” one from last week’s post, and the “wisdom” of it stuck in my head to where I find myself exercising it –   I count to three and say "trust" (only Jesus catches me!) - This exercises helps me leave all with Him – you know, the God of the Universe – the One who knows all, sees all and is all?   Our Strength, our Shield, our Deliverer.   That One. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song. (Psalm 28) When I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God, whose word I praise,     in God I trust; I will not be afraid.     What can mortal man do to me? (Psalm 56)   W hen I am sliding, you know, d-o-w-n the road of anxiety, or when I hear