- Don't
store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get
rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven,
where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe
from thieves. Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will
also be. Your eye is a lamp for your
body. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. But an evil eye shuts out the
light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is
really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!
(Matthew 6:19-23 NLT).
- Monday of this week was really a “Monday!” Several
times during the day I asked a friend if he would tell me again how great
his last trip to our deer lease was. Those thoughts seemed to make the rest
of the day a lot better. Since I love the outdoors, it just made the rest of
the hectic day go better when he began to describe the things he saw when he
was there the day before.
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- It's amazing that how one views the world depends on
what is happening in one's life. When pain and turmoil dominate your life,
the world appears dull, lifeless, and carries little or no meaning. People
appear selfish, cold, and uncaring. But when one's life is filled with peace
and joy, suddenly the world seems a brighter place. Life takes on meaning
and you have a sense of hope. You feel that, no matter what happens,
everything will be okay. You no longer focus on the negative in your fellow
man, but instead, see their acts of caring, giving, and love. Those who
cross your path are no longer viewed as strangers but likened unto brothers
and sisters, deserving of kindness and respect.
I can recall a line in the hymn, Amazing Grace: "was blind but now I
see!" Inviting God into your life can color your world in ways you
never thought possible! First and foremost, a heart once blackened with sin
can be made pure through the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Focusing on God's
word and will gives one a totally new outlook because we are no longer the
same, but are His new creations.
Whatever you put into your life will come out of your life. Fill your body,
mind, and heart with sin and expect no good to come out of it. Fill up on
God's living word and your world will be forever changed! What it all boils
down to is this, how you perceive the world depends on whether God is in or
out of your life. Let God color your world like only He can!-
- Listen to Jesus again: Your
eye is a lamp for your body. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. But an
evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you
think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!
Don’t settle for darkness. Let the light in to your life today!
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