"A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks." Luke 6:45
Out of the abundance of one's heart, the mouth speaks. I have to lower my head in shame at that one.
While I would say that often I say positive things and do positive works I must admit that I also do things of which I am not proud and I too often say things that are not edifying to my fellow human being. I don't often say these things to people's faces, usually it is in my car or in my head on in secret conversations with family or friends, but I think them and I say them, out of the abundance of my heart.
This happens in part because of the pain I have suffered. It happens in part because of the anger I harbor toward others, towards myself, even occasionally towards God and 'God's' church. It happens because of my reactions to the lack of use of a turn signal or when things don't go my way or when people don't respect me or praise me the way I believe they should.
It happens, but it needs to happen less until the day it doesn't happen again. And on that day my heart will have an abundance of a different sort.
+ What kind of abundance do you have?
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