i meet lots of people in the shop. mostly fantastic people, (here and there less fantastic people), and then sometimes, really special people who come and nestle themselves in your heart.......Monique and Sammy are people like that. their love of life, their absolute committment to tap everything possible out of every moment and to just love life, is contagious. i miss them - seeing them every day to just say HELLO after they have been to the beach and just to have a chat. they have wide open hearts. lots of love to share there. God also wants us to open our hearts to Him. if He is already in our hearts, we need to open wider, let more of Him in, allow Him to fill every chamber. Psalm 24:9 & 10 - "Open up, ancient gates, open up, ancient doors, and let the King of Glory enter. Who is the King of glory? The Lord Almighty - He is the King of Glory!" sometimes we allow God into our lives, but only in a certain area. there are "rooms" in our "house" that we never clean. we don't allow Him in there. we seperate our relationship with Jesus from the rest of our lives. almost as if we say - just stay out of my life until i need You and ask You to help. when i am having fun and doing things that i should maybe not be doing, just stay away. Your only job is to help me when i can't help myself. that is all God is good for. it should not be like that. our hearts should be so wide open - our minister said today that the doorframes should be pulled from the walls of our heart so that the door can never shut again and God's Glory can fill us completely. are you filled with Jesus? how wide open is your life to Him? are you allowing Him into every area of your life, or are you still shutting Him out of certain areas? are you harboring resentment towards someone? are you being less than honest in a business transaction? were you mean to someone on the other end of a telephone? or a beggar? or someone behind a counter? do you owe someone something? an apology? money? are you really showing the world that you belong to Jesus, or are people unsure of who you belong to? clean out those rooms! i have a few that i will try and springclean this week - and, as we all know, springcleaning occurs regularly. cobwebs appear overnight. go and wear His Grace like a "tattoo on your face" - impossible to miss. everyone will want to know where they can get one......................... have a super week and i hope you all get spoilt rotten this Valentine's day!
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