Did you smile today?

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Proverbs 27:17 KJV

I love to see you smile.  I created joy and happiness to be the norm for your daily experiences.  Nearly everyone smiles while looking at a young child taking their first steps.  Others enjoy watching the playfulness of their pets.  I enjoy watching each of you growing in your trust for me.

Sin, stress and the sorrow of life squeezes your spirit man.  I have made you in such a way that this compression cannot be contained.  It finds a way to express itself in your countenance.  My servant David expressed this when he wrote, “Why are you so downcast, O my soul?”  Adam and Eve not only felt the guilt of their sin, but it was revealed in their face when they looked at me as I approached them in the cool of the evening.

Each of you have the ability to see the hurt, confusion, disorientation or the uncertainty in the face of your relationships.  Speak life!  Created in my image, I have given you the ability to speak (stir up) life in one another.  The words that flow forth from your tongue have the greatest potential.  You can break the chains of hopelessness in another, just by the words you share.  Every day, you are fitted with a whole arsenal of life transforming words. 

The change in Zacchaeus started the moment when My Son, Jesus, said to him, “Zacchaeus, today I am going to your house.”  Don’t every underestimate how important inclusion is the life of a person.  When was the last time you invited someone to participate in a daily activity?  Stop waiting to be asked, go ask someone else.  Ask Me, and follow my leading, I will show you many who are in need of a word of inclusion.

The “sense of belonging” is communicated with words.  I know that some of you wanted to hear your parents, spouse, or a significate person say that they love having you in their life…it never happened or it occurred so infrequently that it failed to communicate.  I told my Son, that I take great delight in him at his baptism.  He needed this reminder as he was about to be in the wilderness for the next 40 days.

I love you and enjoy doing life with you daily.

Whispers from your Father, God..