The Bento Box

I went to a movie with my wife and one of my children, and afterward we went for a lite meal. We had one of my favorite foods sushi. My wife and child had bento boxes. I’ve been intrigued with them since I first saw one. Whoever thought them up was good. I know your probably saying to yourself “get a life, it’s just a box”. I know it is, I saw a segment on a TV show where there was an auction and very old bento boxes like over 300 years old were being sold for a lot of money. If memory serves me correct over a $ 1,000,000.00.

Back to reality, what impresses me was that everything has its place. The little compartments and how it kept the different food separate from each other. I looked at them and asked myself “Do I do that with my heart with God”. Do I keep things in little compartments in my heart and not let Gods love and his influence affect those areas in my heart and my life?

We have a tendency to compartmentalize things in our life and try not to have them spill over to other areas. We or I don’t want things to get messy. When God works in my life and I’m trying to hide things from him (as if that can happen) it can get messy. I don’t know why I do that experience has taught me that if I just let God into my whole heart, it ALWAYS works for the best and I grow from it.

God and I have been talking about me trying to compartmentalize my heart and not letting him have access to my whole heart. When I accepted Christ into my heart and asked him to forgive me of my sins. I opened all of my heart to him, not just part of it. This was a good reminder that if I have areas in my heart I’m compartmentalizing, I’m taking the walls out and letting it all mix together in one big heart. Thank you God for the reminder.