The importance of having my heart exposed is becoming more and more real each day. Keeping an open heart towards God and a soft tender heart towards people are essential, not only for other’s sake but mine. Within this past week I have been hearing how I am sensitive and that I have a tender heart. The blessing for this is that it allows me to love people; it puts me in a position where God can use me to demonstrate love, compassion and mercy towards orders. The not so good part is that my heart is exposed to getting hurt. By not blocking off my heart towards people it puts me in a vulnerable place where their words and actions can have some powerful effects. The danger that can result is bitterness, unforgiveness, discouragement and every kind of negative feelings and emotions.
If my heart goes untreated, the impacts that it will have on my life is detrimental to me and those surrounding me. So why go through this? Why have a heart exposed if people can be mean, cruel, nasty, hurtful and just horrible? Why, why should I put myself in a position like this where it can ruin me? I am an ambassador of Christ; I am a vessel of love. If I block off myself from one person is will be hindering all others. I need to be an open vessel of love. Love forgives, love bears all things, love endures all things, and love never fails.
It is vital that I immediately go to God with my hurt heart. Allowing him to heal me and restore me, allowing him to fill me with more of his love that removes the damages and brings me to a stronger more loving state. Allowing God’s love to wash over my heart and mind; just sitting before him and enjoying his presence; enjoying the fullness of joy and pleasures that are saturated in his presence; embracing the throne of grace; Gazing upon his eyes of compassion and mercy. Feeling his arms wrap around me and comforting me in my sorrow and pain.
Oh the joy of being comforted by the lover of my soul. The joy of knowing I am loved regardless of what people say, do, or think of me. Because the only thing that matters is what God, my heavenly Father think, says and do to me. I am before an audience of one. I can’t please everyone. But I can please the one who loves me with an everlasting love. It is by his strength, his might and his Spirit that I can please him. By looking to Jesus the author and perfector of my faith and believing and trusting in him. Oh the joy that Jesus gives when I look to him.
Mind like flint and heart of flesh; a stable mind that will not embrace and meditate on the hurt and negative feelings. I will not give power to these thoughts. But I will allow my heart to be exposed and available to demonstrate love and compassion that is full of joy and peace in the Holy Spirit.
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