Tell Your Face About It

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word

 

1Sa 14:27 But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; (He had called for a fast) therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened. Mmmmmmmmmmmm honey!

 

I can’t help but grin as I read this passage. It reminds me of a standing joke in our family. My wife never has to wonder if I liked a dish she has prepared, All she has to do is read my countenance (my face) mmmmmmm Mayonaise Potato salad!

 

 

It’s just like that Olivia Newton John song, “Every Face Tells A Story”

 

Recently I have retired from the airwaves of The Family radio station, but I used to end my show with this little challenge: “Jesus loves you…tell your face about it.” It just seems that there are too many “dour” faces on the followers of Christ.

 

A couple of weeks ago I was in the waiting room at the VA clinic in Green Bay, a woman walked by and looked at me and said  “smile.”  What? Since when do I need a reminder from a complete stranger to fix my countenance?  

 

Something is not right about that!  I must be leaking joy or peace! Maybe some mourning going on as I realize my broadcasting days are over at The Family. Maybe I am not handling my Parkinson’s diagnosis as well as I think I am.

 

Whatever it is, I don’t like it   I don’t like having  to think about my countenance! I don’t want to paint a fake smile on my face! That is bordering on hypocrisy!

 

I wanna be like Moses who was beaming so much, he had to put a veil on after spending some time with God! The best way I know how to do that is to ever be mindful of what Jesus did on the cross for me, for you, for the world. Jesus loves me and I am forgiven, Gotta practice what I preach and tell my face about it.

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s Living Word.