dailydatewithgod

The body language used by humans to demonstrate honor seems to be present across various cultures.  Typically it consists of a bow or lowering of one’s head to indicate that whoever or whatever is being honored is of greater value than the person bending.  There is a correlating experience when it comes to the opening of one’s heart.   We see that when people are in awe, praying, or pausing to take in something that has touched them, they physically touch their hearts.  We touch our hearts to indicate honor of the power of the heart.  It seems to be a default awareness of honor in our hearts.  When we are caught by surprise or find ourselves emotionally touched we touch our hearts. God encourages us to honor ourselves for allowing something to affect our hearts.  It is part of our design for our hearts to be affected by our internal and external world.  When we touch our hearts physically we allow others to know something about us at that moment.  Given the unspoken nature by which it happens, it becomes a quiet and subtle communication between all kinds of people in the same way we know what honor outside of ourselves looks like.