Finding the More

I am writing this for myself today, but you are welcome to read along and be encouraged. I was thinking about the phrase “You are what you eat”.  I also saw a quote on Facebook that said you should name your new puppy (if you have one) after the last thing you ate.  I realized I don’t want to resemble a blueberry muffin, nor do I want to call any dog of mine, that. Yes, I need to eat less blueberry muffins…!   On that sweet note, it was my mother’s birthday last week and so we had a lot of tempting sweet treats in the house.  Since then, we made the decision that we had to be more mindful to eat less sugar and sweet treats.   The quote should probably be changed to read “You are a product of what you eat”.  But what about our spirits?  They are equally a product of what we “snack on” with our eyes and ears.  If we are not selective in what we listen to or watch on media platforms, then that can affect our spirits and fill us with fear and anxiety. Wounds of the spirit and of the soul

So we had this little situation last week.  My dog Gracie is turning 10 this year.  When she was a puppy and even during her younger years, she never used to get cold.  But as the years went by, this changed to the point where she seriously needed a jacket.  The problem is that she hates her jacket or any other form of clothing.  She believes that her legs stop working whenever I put it on her.  We have tried many times in the past and finally managed to get her to wear a type of t-shirt that doesn’t really give adequate warmth, but it was better than nothing. It is winter in South Africa and last week we had snow nearby and so it was below zero degrees.  I looked in the cupboard and found a jacket from one of my other dogs and we decided to put it on her.  Big mistake!  Her personality changed instantly, and she became distant and even hostile.  This hostility lasted two whole days with her not wanting to be near me.  In fact, she just stayed outside, looking in at me from a distance

Have you ever wondered why, even though you have the Spirit of the Living God on the inside of you, you still feel like there is no life on the inside?   Like you are missing the “more” abundant life that John speaks about in John 10:10?     Yesterday the Lord showed me one of the keys to finding the “more”.   It is in John 4 from V14:  14 But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life.”  And in John 7 from V38: 38 He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water.’” 39 But He was speaking of the [Holy] Spirit, whom those who believed in Him [as Savior] were to receive afterward. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor). So i