If you watch the news, most of what you see will be negative things; riots, destruction, crimes of all sorts as well as reports about the Corona Virus infection and death rates.
Today, I thought I would post something beautiful, something to make everyone out there wish that they where this picture was taken. Basking in that light shining into the cave, listening to the babble of the incoming water, just enjoying the beauty of it all.
What could be better? Look at the picture again. Do you see it? No, well, turn your head to the right. I see a heart formed from the right side of the cave entrance and light reflected upon the water.
Today, forget about all the problems in the world; after awhile it gets quite depressing. Focus your mind on the beauty of that cave and the heart which is revealed in reflection. Sharply focused yet? No? How about I help you with just one word - LOVE. The Bible says…
1 Corinthians 13 ( World English Bible )
1 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.
3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
10 but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
13 But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
I have often heard it said that a picture is worth a thousand words; this is true. But it is also true that one small word can cause you to relive the past and enjoy the present. That word is LOVE. Remember those you have loved as well as those who have loved you- especially God; read the Corinthian passage above and think about how you can reflect the love of God in both your thoughts and actions. If you spend a little “alone time” thinking about these things, then your day will be a better one for having done it.
PS. One more thing - Smile, God loves you!