"The deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray:

'Thy Will Be Done'."

~Elisabeth Elliot

Friday, May 9, 2008

Because I'm Obsessed...

...I researched and found a possible spiritual application to my last blog...

Did you know that the Bible uses the word "heart" 765 times? See, because of my obsession I spent the whole day reading and counting! No, just kidding (Did you ever notice how people always feel like they need to say "just kidding" when it is clearly a joke...who could read the whole Bible in a day?) I obviously did a Bible search online. Often times the condition of the heart that is being referred to is either positive or negative to the extreme...evil, hardened, glad, willing, discouraged, sorrowful, seeking, guarded...In our modern dictionary, there are so many definitions of "heart"...understandably, the first definition states it's function in our ability to live...it mentions the conventional shape that we usually draw...like, I heart N...but out of the many possible ways of defining this word I like: "the innermost or central part of anything"

To love the Lord your God with all your heart...may our love for Him be the central part of every single part of our lives...and may we be able to express His love to others who don't know it.

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deut. 6:5

So, monitor your heart today...what is it's condition?...

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