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Greetings All,
MORE ON THE HEART
Well, last month we talked about the heart,
taking down the walls we build and letting God
be our protection.
Glad to be done with that I thought!! But no,
that was just the beginning of Dad working on
the heart. God has such a sense of humor,
doesn't he? I mean sometimes I think He just
shakes His head at chuckles at us when we think
we have it all figured out and we are way off
base!
More often than not when God tries to teach us
something, first He will tell us... then we get
to practice it!
So I thought I would share with you the journey
we have been on since last month!
I ended last month with these words,
"As long as I leave my heart in His hands, He
will gently hold it, nurture it, stretch and
grow it so I can hold more and more of what He
has to fill it with! As we stretch the body, our
loving Dad stretches the heart."
Well, you guessed it... Dad started stretching
my heart so He could fill it, but before He
could fill it with more of him, He first had to
empty it of those things that were keeping me
bound and locked up, those things that needed to
be removed, that were cluttering up my heart.
Remember we talked about opening up the heart
area, stretching our chest wide open, pulling
our shoulders back and taking a deep breath?
Silly me, I didn't realize something!! We are
made up of not only body, but soul and spirit as
well. When something changes in one part of us,
like opening up our chest or heart area in the
body... hello... our spirit and soul open up
too!
My Dad started digging around in old emotions
that needed to come out... ouch... and I
actually felt some physical pain in letting go
of some grieving and sadness that was still
inside. God showed me areas in my
attitude, yes I will admit it, pride, some fear,
offendedness and unforgiveness that needed to
go. Old ways of thinking that were ugly...
selfish, me first patterns.
God brings to the surface those things that we
need to let go of at that time. He won't dig
deeper than we can handle. It's kind of like
peeling an onion, one layer at a time. Our part
is to surrender, yes all of it, so He can indeed
stretch and grow and fill us to overflowing with
Himself.
As He gently showed me that these needed to come
out, I willingly, well, kind of willingly,
handed over to him all that He showed me and I
felt such a relief and cleansing, and light
heartedness. But you know the best part???
When we let God empty us of our selves He
doesn't just leave us there... He comes and
fills us up with himself in those places and
then yes, we feel so alive... fully alive!!!
And what comes next is His amazing peace.
Yep, that's what God says guards our hearts...
his amazing peace.
"Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God
will bless you with peace that no one can
completely understand. And this peace will
control the way you think and feel." Phil. 4:7
Contemporary English Version
God is the one that wants to have our hearts,
have you given Him yours?
You can trust Him with yours!
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