Communication: Body Language

 Hello friend! 

I'm so thankful it's the weekend...how about you? Do you have any special plans to celebrate Easter? I don't really have anything extra ordinary going on, except that all classes are cancelled through Monday and that gives us a nice break. 

The other day my friend and I were talking about body language, and she told me that body language is 55% of communication, tone is 38%, and actual words are only 7%. It makes sense because we all know the phrase, "actions speak louder than words."

Our conversation made me think of Jesus. This week is Easter, the time when we celebrate Jesus' resurrection. Not only did Christ say he loved the world, he communicated it in the most powerful way through his body language when he took my sins and gave up his life on the cross for me. John 15:13 says "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." It's one thing for a man to die for his friends. But it's something else for a man to die for his enemies. Yet that is exactly what Jesus did. He proved he loved the world. 

How I love to read the book You wrote for me -

You loved the world so much you gave Your Son. 

Written there in crimson, You told me I'm forgiven. 

It is done, it is done!

So if You never speak another word of blessing, 

And the silence leaves me with a sense of loss, 

I'll remember when my heart begins to question,

Any doubt that You loved me, was settled at the cross. 

I would be the first to admit I don't deserve

The kind of favor You have always shown. 

But You don't have to tell me, 

You proved how much You loved me, 

And I know, I'll still know.

That if You never speak another word of blessing,

And the silence leaves me with a sense of loss, 

I'll remember when my heart begins to question, 

Any doubt that You loved me was settled at the cross. 

Every word was mercy, every breath forgave, 

every drop of blood testifies of grace.

If You never speak another word of blessing,

And the silence leaves me with a sense of loss,

I'll remember when my heart begins to question,

Any doubt that You loved me was settled at the cross. 

~"Settled at the Cross"

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Amazing love! How can it be that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." ~ Romans 5:8