Inside Out

“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. “ 2 Corinthians 4:16

Our daughter and I were considering purchasing a glass blown pair of items for my wife for Christmas. We couldn’t find any two that complemented each other enough to convince us to make the purchase. In good salesperson form, the saleswoman who was showing us the items commented, “You realize if this were artificially blown by machine they could not only be very similar but identical: because they were handcrafted they cannot be identical.” She’s right, a human being cannot apply the exact amount of pressure at the exact same point both externally and internally twice, and it’s the pressure applied externally in relation to the responding pressure internally which gives the form.

Our lives are formed like that. Everyday pressure is applied from the outside by finances, harried schedules, relationships, work pressure, etc. What we have on the inside to counteract it defines what shape our day takes on any given day, and what shape our life takes overall. If we choose to feed ourselves with knowledge of the Scripture, communion in prayer with the Holy Spirit, and, love from caring relationships…then we’ll find our day, our days, molded into a very appealing form.

Blessings Always In All Ways,
Steve