“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” ~ Proverbs 4:23
Cornucopia is a fun word. Until I’m awake at 3 a.m. thinking about it. So, what’s a girl to do but roll out of bed and take notes?
We know cornucopias as a classic symbol for abundance and thanksgiving. They’re often depicted as a horn-shaped basket lying on its side with grapes, pears, apples, pumpkins, and ears of corn spilling out.
It makes me think of our hearts. We fill them with good and good spills out. And we know the reverse is also true. It’s a tricky balance, isn’t it? To protect our mind and spirit from filling up with negativity and worry.
Jesus knew we’d struggle. “Don’t worry about these things, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. First and most importantly seek His kingdom and His righteousness [the priorities, attitude, and character of God], and He will give you everything you need.” Matthew 6:31-33.
He invites us to enjoy life. To stop stressing over earthly things and to focus on our spiritual needs. In Galatians, we see an abundance of spiritual fruit: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control.
God has already provided what we need to live a full life. All this spiritual fruit ~ and so much more ~ is available to us. As much as we want. In fact, we can be so full that the very life of Jesus spills out.
So, our heart is kinda like our own little cornucopia.
And you know what? When we daily fill up our mind and spirit with this good fruit, worry stops stealing our peace and joy. Anxiety doesn’t get to decide if we’re thankful, grateful, and blessed.
And the really cool thing is: We get to be the overflow.
Someone Jesus loves needs us to be the calm in her chaos. The joy in his sorrow. Kindness in the midst of all this anger. And the patience, gentleness, and self-control amid too many harsh words and way too much hustling.
Around the Thanksgiving table and out in the stores, we get to be different. We get to share the attitude of Jesus Christ, right here and now.
This is the key to living our life empowered by abundance. What a joy and a privilege to be filled up and flowing over. Thankful, grateful, and blessed to be a blessing.
😎☮🍇❤
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