“The soul is seen when it reaches out in love.”

A thought by John Ortberg (2014-04-22) from his book, Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You (p. 153). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

“There are two great words in the Bible, Dallas said, that describe the posture of our souls toward other people. One is to bless. The other is to curse. We are creatures with wills, and in every encounter with other people we will what is good for them, or we fail to do so: we will what is bad. We cannot help ourselves.” John heard Dallas Willard say these words.

John then continued this thought with, “Blessing is not just a word. Blessing is the projection of good into the life of another. We must think it, and feel it, and will it. We communicate it with our bodies. Blessing is kind of like an ancient dance of the Hokey-Pokey; before you finish you have to ‘put your whole self in.’ Blessing is done by the soul.”

I have problems smiling for a camera but I don’t with other people. The opposite is true with some people, they have no problems smiling at a camera but they do with other people. Now I really would like to do better smiling at a camera. My family loves to take pictures and put them on Facebook and there I am. I know all those pictures will be there for all to see and that only that person I personally smile at will see that smile that I give to them but I think it is a form of blessing to them.

Now some of us give smiles and others give scowls. They both start with the crooked letter s but they have far different results and responses.

So which do you give, a smile or a scowl?

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