Trying to make a miserable mortal into an immortal is a lost cause, as this writer learned. But healing came when he began to see more of his identity as the man God made.
Recently
on the news, in back-to-back stories, a person being interviewed complained that violence had given her city a "bad image," and in the next segment pundits speculated about how "marketable" the image of a particular office seeker was.
Watching her child take time for quiet thought, a busy mother decides she should more actively expect spiritual refreshment and inspiration each moment of her day.
Even with labor-saving devices and priority-setting skills, we may often feel as though our lives have got beyond us. Perhaps the real need is for a deeper sense of divine Love's control.
The Psalmist prayed, "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord ...." Couldn't we all use more of that kind of discipline in our thought and conversation?
We
rely on numbers to tell us all sorts of things: how much or how little provision will come from our income; how many pounds away we are from "beauty"; how successful our business will be.
