Back in the 1985, I was divinely inspired to write a song called “On the Inside; On the Outside.” The song speaks to the fact that one needs to feel God on the inside for others to see God on the outside. In other words, if you recognize God in your daily life and live the way that God wants you to live, than others will see that something good is going on in your life. If you find that your heart is cold and empty, it may be because you have not let God inside. If you let God enter your heart, you will be filled with overflowing love, which you will want to naturally pass on to others. God is always with you, and we are called to spread His word to all. Others can’t help but to be attracted to a person who is so filled with the love of God, and so filled with the vocation of serving others.
Here are the lyrics:
On the inside they will feel it, Your love; Your love.
On the outside all will see it, the glory of the Lord.
Is your heart cold and empty? Open up, let Him in.
It will show on the outside, your love for the Lord.
He is there always with you, in your heart – in your mind.
Spread His word to all people, let it shine, let Him shine.
All it takes is a kind word and the love in your heart.
With a friend, with that feeling, you’ll be in the hands of God.
On the inside they will feel it, Your love; Your love.
On the outside all will see it, the glory of the Lord.
Can I be completely honest with you? People see God each and every day, they just don’t always recognize him. My hope is that this blog will help you to experience God in the everyday; to find peace in knowing that God is active in our lives. Whether it is in the work that we do, or in the people that we encounter, or even in the circumstances that make up our sometimes mundane existence. But once we able to recognize God and see how God is a part of our everyday, it is then when we will be able to change the way we live: to love others more, to serve those in need, and to spread the Gospel. Peace on the outside comes from knowing God on the inside. May each of us find the presence of Christ in all that we do!
