...out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45, Amplified)
I would "amplify" that verse to include actions---because one's actions follow what one is thinking (mind) and feeling (heart.) Proverbs 27:19 backs up my thought: "As water reflects the face, so one's life reflects the heart."
In the Hebrew culture, the heart was the metaphor for the core of one's being. Center of one's personality. "It was a spiritual hub and life flowed from its orientation." (gods of war, p. 31)
If a heart is filled with love....it's love that flows forth. Love in words AND deeds.
Love can be shown in a variety of ways---but "hands on" love is the best. Being the hands and feet of God. Doing unto others. Serving with an overflow of the love of your heart....or if you are just two years old, making your dainty hands into a heart shape print for your grandarents' Valentine card, is the perfect expression.
Lucy's card was by me as I sipped my morning brew in a dain-TEA cup and opened my Bible to scriptures of love.
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