Wonderful or Wonder-empty

"Behold, You [God] desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom (Psalm 51:6).

Some people you meet are very warm, genuine and connected. Others seem to be cold and distant. Their life seems rather flat line, dull, and even boring. I'm not talking about times of sickness, sadness or sorrow but this is how they are pretty much most of the time. Why are some people like the latter group? One of a number of reasons is because they are repressed in their emotional life. Chances are that they grew up with a sense that emotions—especially negative emotions—were not acceptable, so they learned early in life to bury and deny them. Or they may have been hurt deeply as a child and found that they had to stuff their emotions in order to survive. It may sound crude but it is a fact of life that the stuff we stuff stuffs up our lives. This can cause all sorts of emotional, physical, relational and/or spiritual problems.Emotions are God-given and are a vital part of a healthy, mature life. We are not talking about emotionalism which is a cover of true emotions. We are talking about being connected to our inner self and being in touch with all of our God-given emotions. If my emotions are buried and I am disconnected from them and my inner self, I cannot be truly connected to anyone else or to God at any kind of intimate level. At best, my relationships will be very shallow. Furthermore, when emotions are repressed, instead of life being wonder-full, it may be wonder-empty. As such I will characteristically be bored with life.

If one's life is wonder-empty, how do we overcome? How do we get connected to our inner self? Go to God. If we commit and trust our life to God and ask him to confront us with our reality so that we become fully connected to our inner self, we may go through some very painful experiences (that are often needed to break through our defenses) but, in time, our pain will pass but the beauty of our life will last forever.

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, in keeping with your desire please help me to be connected to my inner self and always be honest with myself and with you and thus grow up into the fullness of my salvation. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

Insurance that everyone needs

This life is real and living is a risk. Therefore, as humans we try to make life as pleasant as we can. We try to get protection for the risks that living brings. Insurance offers us a way to cover these risks and make life more comfortable for ourselves and our dependents. It is a means of guaranteeing safety or protection. So we take property (house, business, car etc), liability, health, disability and life insurance.

We take these steps to protect and ensure we live relatively safe and happy lives here on earth.this is a very sensible step. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't but the fact that we take these steps show that we love ourselves and want the best.

The good news is, there is a more secure form of Insurance. It never fails. It value cannot be estimated. It serves us in all aspects of our lives; in this life and when all is done, in the life to come. It is that insurance that will come to our aid when this life is over. It is good to know that we acquire this insurance from this life,our actions in this life determines if our claim will be true when the time comes.

Remember, "...rather, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust can consume and thieves cannot break in and steal.For where your treasure is, so is your heart". -- Matthew 6: 21
When we obtain accurate knowledge of God and apply it in our lives, we store up a good record with Him. When we do his word and keep to them, we are paying premium on our insurance. When we do good to others, are kind and considerate,we are storing up treasures.

Indeed, serving God, placing our confidence in Him is the best insurance of all.