Soul Blessing

Dear friend,
I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

This looks like a letter any of us could write. Maybe we don't speak much about souls but we do wish our friends well and pray for their good health. Probably we should think more about care of our souls. They are very important to our well being.

There is a hymn that I love to sing, "It Is Well With My Soul". It is one of those internal spirit lifters. It describes a state of being, rather than an action, regardless of what life brings.

For believers, the state of our souls should be a consideration. We need quiet time with the Lord. The activity and noise of life can drown out the still, small voice. If we do not spend time with the Lord in studying the scriptures for our own growth, in prayer and in silence listening, we may miss out of some growth and blessings and peace the Lord has to offer us.

This letter is from 3 John 2. 3 John is written by John to Gaius as both praise and warning about another man. It reads much like a letter we might write if we were actively involved in witnessing and encouraging one another among difficult people and circumstances. We do have something like those kind of people today. Interesting.