Emma Veronica

The mind is a mysterious thing.   It is filled with thoughts and images, dreams and aspirations.   It allows us to dream up what would seem unimaginable to the world, but to us it is a reality.   The mind sometimes brings nightmares and darkness. Every fear that becomes a denizen of our mind seems to file itself somewhere deep down and make itself invisible.   If we allow them to settle there, the nightmares arise and our brains are flooded with disasters, fears, and terrors that seek to haunt and destroy.   The brain is a mystery. Scientists search for clues and answers, but the three pounds within our skulls is still all but figured out.   God is a revealer mysteries, however (Daniel 2:47).   He created us in His image and He also created our minds. As complex as they are, He simply molded them from dust, breathed life, and they began their intricate function that we call thinking.   We need God breath. ...

                          Have you ever heard the phrase, "shine bright like a diamond?" I seem to hear it a lot lately. At first it sounds like good advice, right? I mean in Matthew 5:14-16 we are told that we are the light of the world! We are so bright, our light cannot be hidden! We should let this light shine before men, so that they can see our good deeds and praise our Father in heaven!              Someone made an interesting point to me about this once: a diamond can't shine without light and also, it cannot regulate its own light. If you put it in a dark room it will not be able to glow.             But isn't this also true of us? We are all diamonds-- well, first we are just a lump of dirt. But once the Creator gets a hold of us, He molds us into beautiful and precious j...