By Bro. Obet Cabrillas
We often belittle life and doubt whether we could impact others by our own. No wonder mediocrity became a convenient standard of the modern world. worse, our society rewards people for being alike and not for being different. Malcolm Forbes was so right when he said: “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”
Today let’s break free from our comfort zones, reclaim our freedom to become what God planned us to be: Champions of His goodness and love. To the world you might be one person; but to one person you might be the world. You are great beyond measure! Let your Heart of Gold Shine!
Luke 6:31
Do unto others as you would have them to you.
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure of heart for they will see God!
How To Have A Golden Heart
The 4 PRs of a Golden Heart
1. Preservation
From survival instincts to sincere concern
Matthew 16:25
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small. Be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.
-Juvenal
The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
-Pablo Casals
2. Protection
From Private Safety to Public Security
Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wing.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
-Czech Proverb
3. Provisions
From satisfaction to sharing
1 Timothy 5:8
Anyone who does not provide for his household, especially for his immediate family, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
-Kahlil Gibran
4. Prayers
From petitions to intercession
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 1:3-4
I thank my God every time I think of you. In all my prayers for all of you, I pray with joy.
The deeper you are drawn to God, the more you have to go to the world and carry divine life into it. The more you pray the more you should bring out what you prayed about in the world.
-St. Edith Stein
Your Heart Of Gold Will Be Tested By Fire
Sirach 2:5
For as gold is tested by fire, so as worthy men in the crucible of trials.
1 Peter 1:6-7
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith- of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire- may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
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