Your soul is what is running your life at any given moment. It is your internal compass. It is the deepest part of your self. You don’t direct the soul. You feed it so that the it can direct you.
How would you know if your soul is doing well?
Presence of:
- Contentment.
- Gratitude.
- Enthusiasm.
- Creativity.
- Consistency between private and personal life.
- Laughter.
Absence of:
- Preoccupation with image/success.
- Compulsive behaviour.
- Unrest.
- Envy.
- Evaluating the quality of the day according to “how much I got done.”
- Difficulty accepting people for who they are.
Soul care is important!
Our soul is like a reservoir. We need to manage the ratio of inflow and outflow. We need to be filling our reservoir with the things in the top list because they refresh and fill our soul. We need to limit and remove the things in the second list because these things drain our soul.
How is your soul doing? How well are you doing in soul care?
**** This post is based on one of the sessions at the “Knowing Christ“ conference that I attended February 21st to 23rd in Santa Barbara called “Soul care for the Pastor”. It was led by Richard Blackmon and David Ross.
Hi Kevin! I think my soul is doing well! I try to focus on being joyful each day, even though some days it’s super tough. I like to wake up and say, “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” If I say that first thing, it’s amazing how my day is so much sweeter!
That’s awesome Kathy!
Thanks for sharing.
Your soul covers a lot of territory. Kathy spoke well of it. This is the bottom line. The question is are you a believer? Believer in what you ask? The soul carries a lot of weight. It’s eternal and just speaking about it in a way of burdens isn’t what it is for. Your soul is your pipe line to be in glory. Before your end comes, your sou needs to be a part of doing yourself well. If your not speaking in spiritual terms; it’s meaningless. Sin! That’s what I talking about. You need to keep your soul spotless, from sin. That’s what the Gospel is all about. God’s son gave us all a magnificent gift. However, 90% of mankind has no use for it. Christ is very unpopular because he makes billions of people uncomfortable. The way to go is to give him an invitation into your heart. Once that is done you have it made because you have invited the Holy Spirit to indwell in you. Your soul has then become spotless. He forgives and your future sin, however, Jesus would like to hear from you asking for forgiveness. Calling for him to give us the spirit makes us dual citizens. A citizen of your country and a citizen of heaven.
This is such a beautiful share, Kevin. At any point a pure and chaste soul is what matters. I am glad I am away from most of the vices. I am not perfect nor do I intend to be, but I am working on some of the flaws. The care of the soul demands equal time as the care of the body. Loved it. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing Richa!
How do I get out of the “how much did I get done” mentality. It’s awful!
That is definitely a tough one Jenn! I believe we can only overcome this by not basing our identity on what we do or have done. When we can get to that point we can be content and satisfied because it won’t matter how much or how little we got done.
Thanks for sharing!