A Shining Countenance
On the evil and good-just and unjust.
“That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. ~ Matt. 5:45
Generally there is no preferential treatment when God’s good sun shines. And there should be none in the Christian’s life. The saint’s shining countenance should fall upon both the just and the unjust.
Too often we have a smile for the one but a frown for the other. Our shining countenance is not only for those who bless, but for those who blaspheme. If not, “...what do ye more than others?”
And so it is with us. When Moses blessed the people of God (good and bad) he said, “The Lord make his face to shine upon thee.”
We are but reflections of God, and that brightness is not just reserved for the lovely, but the unlovely also.
”A happy smile goes a long way in melting a hard heart.”~rds
by an Aged Saint
Growing up on the farm in IA, I often heard my father say as we could see the rain falling in the distance: "It rains on the just and the unjust, and today it's raining on the unjust,"