What colour is your soul?

Watching the movie "12 years a slave" is a moving experience. It touch me on many levels and spoke loudly about how we judge people according to their outward appearances. In the movie, Solomon Northup makes a startling statement concerning what is on the inside of every human being - our souls. He says:

“What difference is there in the color of the soul?”

That's a tough question to answer - or is it? I believe there is no difference in the colour of our souls, but our souls can be focused on God or not. We can associate a particular colour to our souls, if it helps us to describe how we are feeling or living, but in the end our souls have no colour.

Psalm 33:18-19 (MSG) - "Watch this: God’s eye is on those who respect him, the ones who are looking for his love. He’s ready to come to their rescue in bad times; in lean times he keeps body and soul together."

Solomon makes another insightful comment later on in the movie. He reflects as follows:

 “At such times, the heart of man turns instinctively towards his Maker. In prosperity, and whenever there is nothing to injure or make him afraid, he remembers Him not, and is ready to defy Him; but place him in the midst of dangers, cut him off from human aid, let the grave open before him, then it is, in the time of his tribulation, that the scoffer and unbelieving man turns to God for help, feeling there is no other hope, or refuge, or safety, save in his protecting arm.” 

May God bless you over this weekend.
May your soul be as bright as sunshine.

Living in Grace
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