Seriously....

it is time for me to step it up a noch about our family policy.

Is that how you spell noch? How do you spell that word? Noche.. or is that spanish now?

Oh, goodness. it is "n-o-t-c-h" - why couldn't I get that a second ago?

"The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks." - Luke 6:45

For the first time the "storing up" spoke to me in this verse. As if, over time - the good man is collecting little bits of good and holding them in his heart waiting for the moment to speak them. I am convicted in relation to how this applies his thoughts/attitudes about other people. I feel like the good man is going around - observing/knowing/interacting with people and all the while seeing/feeling/thinking good and then storing that up inside of himself rather than mediating or focusing on the negative aspects about people and carrying that around inside of himself instead.

I desire to be the good man.
I am, however, oh so not the good man.
I feel sorry for it.
I have had a strange desire for heaven today, yesterday, this week.
Lord Jesus, Come.