The Heart: Essentially the most important issue in existence
Category: Religion and Philosophy

   You have seen it alot over the years, everywhere you go, everyone you see....and definetly in almost every movie and book you see or read, there is always something to do with life and the Heart. It is all over the bible, I believe it is the most talked about subject in the bible, and FOLKS that is why Jesus came. Alot of people would say, "But I thought Jesus came to bring salvation?" Well he is the salvation, he is also the sword....He is many things. "I am the way, the truth, and the LIFE. No one comes to the father except through me." Anyway, something to look at is why it is the most contovertial subject in the Bible....Proverbs 4:23 "Above all else guard your heart for it is the wellspring of LIFE."   It is life that comes from our hearts, let me just make a connection here, Jesus said he is the way, the truth, and the LIFE didn't he? So if we accept him, we have life, we are now in life, and we are to live life because of that sacrifice Jesus made on the cross.  "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit." 1 peter 3:18. This is going to sound wild at heartish.....But what does a man desire...DANGER, that is a natural thing for a man, he wants to that kind of stuff because that os how a man lives, and really lives from his heart. "The Glory of God is a heart fully alive." St Irenues. What do we do with that kind of a thing? What? We could use it for Godly things, and how would we do that, find our strength that God has personally gave us and let it shine forth, as !@#$ as it might sound, that is really the only way you can truly make it in this world that is hurting. And speaking of hurting, when we hurt, emotionally I am speaking, where does it come from, usually the heart...so what do we do about it...Christ who is the Life comes in and shines some light on your heart, it is painful, but if we dont let him, how else are we going to know our strength, how are going to let it shine...ultimately we cant....Jesus said..."I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:10, and dont get me wrong Jesus came for everyone, but he also says..."I have come for those who are sick, not those who aren't." What do we see in this example, Jesus as the great Physician...one who knows what we need and gives it to us....In my case, he is more than great, he is the only physician I can trust! He originally designed us to figure him, to be human beacons of light as God is, and I think this is interesting....but we fell in the garden of eden....what did this do, it left us shame, it brought sin into the picture, and we are seeing everything now in a different way, our world, our HEARTS were taken from us in that place...that really blows.....But God who knows how to be the hero is like, "Okay, I am going to come in and save your hearts in a HUGE way." He spoke of a Savior for hundreds, even pretty close to 2,000 years, that shows that he has spent time to 1. work things out...and 2. that he has showed his heart for us, and he showed how godly he really is by that as well, and it blows my socks off, but it gets better....Jesus, who is the bringer of life lives his life and everything, fast-forward to the other Garden, this time it is Gethsemane, and Jesus knows that it starts there in that Garden, the very act of salvation, the very act of winning our hearts back is in the Garden...it is where it starts, and it ends when he resurrects...Which I believe is also from a garden tomb if I am correct...God showed us his HEART for us, and by that we have life through him...It will always be a tough process, but in the end, it wont just be worth it...it will be the greatest day ever....

This is my blog shed for you....

John

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