Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
(Hebrews 3.12
NRSV)
Chris looked puzzled and responded, "My guts?"
"No, you have a piece of God," his father replied.
After a brief silence Chris responded, "God is in my guts?"
"No," said his Dad, "we have a piece of God inside of us; it is God's gift to each of us." Chris smiled, tapped his Dad's chest, and asked whether his Dad had a piece of God in his guts. They laughed and together they began to ask this same question about the rest of the family.
"Does Mommy have a piece of God?"
"Yes," they answered, laughing.
"Does Matt have a piece of God?" they asked about his older brother.
"Yes."
O'Brien knew that Chris attended a day care center with a little girl named Mary who was so spoiled she made the people around her miserable. He said, "You know, even Mary has a piece of God." Chris looked stunned, and then he said emphatically, "No, not Mary." When his father insisted Chris said, "Daddy, I have been with her more than you. She doesn't have a piece of God." O'Brien told his son that God never missed anyone; everyone has a piece of God inside. Chris pondered this a while, and then said, "Well, her piece must be all covered up with junk!"
Don’t let God be covered up with junk in your life.
Lord Jesus, don’t let me cover you up. Amen.
Ron Newhouse