Bible Journaling

More Tape, Please! June 19th, 2023

“When God measures the greatness of an individual, He puts the tape measure around the heart not the head.” - Anonymous

Imagine that God wants to measure all that you are by putting a tape measure around your heart. How much tape would He need? Chances are that you would feel it all depends on the day. After all, some days you feel warm and generous and loving to everyone. Other days, you want to hide away from the world and protect yourself from life’s drama.

The wonderful thing is that the size of your heart doesn’t depend so much on how you feel on any given day. It depends on how much of God’s love you allow to go through you and out to the rest of the world. It depends on how much love you’re willing to share. The size of your heart is a matter of love and you have a lot of love to bless those around you. No doubt, the more you discover about yourself as you lean closer to God, the more you’ll realize that your heart is bigger than you even imagined. God may indeed need a bigger tape measure.

“A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart.” - Matthew 12:35 NLT

Let us pray: “Lord, bless us with a desire to have a bigger heart for those around us, being willing to see any affliction and offer our help however You lead us to do. Father God, hear our prayers of intentions from today, from our prayer wall and for any unmentioned prayers in our hearts.. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

(Today’s devotional comes from”You are Blessed: 366 Devotions written by Karen Moore) Published by Christian Art Publishers