What is inside of you?

"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What is inside of me is evidenced by what I see in my thoughts and actions. I see that inside of me is darkness and evil, as evidenced by my sin. I also see that there is love, compassion, and empathy, as evidenced by the aching of my heart when others suffer and the overflowing of my heart when those whom I love succeed, or find forgiveness and redemption. What lies in front of me (the rest of my life here on Earth and then my life for eternity) will be viewed by my God and by the world in terms of how whether I follow the darkness and sin in my life or follow the Holy Spirit of God who lives inside of me. I pray that, in hindsight, what now lies in front of me will be lived by one who is loves with the love of God, forgives with His forgiveness, empathisizes as He does, and gives his life as He did in the person of Jesus Christ.