His Face on Me!

"The Lord make His face shine upon you." Numbers 6:25

Imagine yourself alone in a huge crowd...a crowd moving from one place to another through a canyon of office buildings that scrape the sky. Imagine the faces of 20,000 strangers looking back at you as you look around at the crowd.

Now imagine that you spot a face in the crowd. It is a face you know. In fact, that face is the face of the person you love most of all on the entire earth. From across the street, you and your loved one exchange smiles. These are smiles of warmth, affection, love, and approval. You begin to move through the crowd toward one another.

This is the picture painted by the phrase, "the Lord make his face shine upon you." It is a picture of God's deep love for each of us as his individual children. It's a picture of affection and acceptance. It is a picture of the intense commitment in our Lord's heart that draws us ever closer to him and evokes our love for him in return.

You see, our Lord, Our Savior, Our True Vine...loves his people far more than a kind "group policy" that covers all of us at once. Rather, HE loves each of us...One by ONE!

Despite the billions of people in the world, Jesus knows us, recognizes us individually. He knows the shape of our body, the contour of our shoulders. He shaped the silhouette of our nose...recognizes our laugh...He notices every tear and wipes it away. He not only knows, He cares!

Lord, Jesus, help me feel the smile of your unconditional love as I serve you today. Amen.

You know I love ya - Don

Positives and Negatives

I have always loved the old saying, "Better to be positive and wrong than negative and right." This is so true for us today. We have no reason to be negative. Jesus Christ has transformed us through His power into His love for HIS purpose of redemption!

Enough could never be said about the power of being positive. God is positive and if you and I want to flow with Him, we must get on the same wave and ride the ocean current headed to eternity! I am not expressing mind control, but simply seeing the glass 1/2 full. It is being an all-around, positive person---have a positive outlook and attitude, maintain proactive thoughts and expectations, and engage in affirming conversation.

Jesus certainly displayed a positive outlook and attitude. He endured many difficulties including personal attacks. Yet in the midst of it all He remained positive, proactive, and affirming. How positive are you today? Remember Proverbs 23:7, "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he."

I am going to make a conscience effort to be positive, proactive, and affirming...come on and join me. You know I love you and we can do this together....Don