KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Catalog
TIS THE SEASON to receive catalogs in the mail....
Every trip to the mailbox ends with an armload of slick holiday catalogs. Each one claims to offer me something I need--immediately. "Don't wait!" "Limited offer!" "Order now!"
The lure works. I open the pages to discover what I didn't know I needed. Sure enough, I see things that suddenly seem essential, even though a few minutes earlier I didn't know they existed. Manufacturers use catalog illustrations to create desire for their products.
In a way, Christians are God's catalogs. We are His illustration to the world of what He has to offer. His work in our lives makes us a picture of qualities that people may not know they need or want until they see them at work in us.
As you browse holiday catalogs, consider what the "catalog" of your life says about God. Do people see qualities in you that make them long for God? (Julie Ackerman Link)
KneEmail: "You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men" ( 2 Cor. 3:2).