I recently attended a women’s retreat centered
solely on relaxation. The day began with
meditation and restorative yoga – both which my body desperately needed. Through guided meditation, deep breathing and
quietness I discovered an area in life needing attention.
Meditation guided toward focus on the heart. I absolutely adore the heart (as an
organ). Before you write me off as crazy
and completely weird, hear me out. God placed
a heart in all of creation as the sustaining organ for life. Without the outpouring of blood traveling,
via a brilliant pumping system, to the rest of our body we would die. The beat, created by a beautiful ‘electric’
system, keeps the pumping system functioning properly.
The heart works constantly 24/7 supplying oxygenated
blood to the rest of the body. This
concept in and of itself is amazing.
God, our Maker, placed a fabulous organ at the center of our core to
sustain life while here on Earth.
We equate love to a heart. Why?
Well, the heart sustains life. Love
sustains life. Without love, we are
nothing spiritually. God is Love;
therefore, without God, we are nothing spiritually. We are but a mere presence on this Earth,
here today and gone tomorrow.
Okay, Okay, let’s get to the part where I see an area
needing major attention in life. Love –
what is it? How do I get it? What if I find it and then it leaves? All these questions have led to burial of any
love and walls constructed to prevent receiving love. I feared rejection. I put my trust in too many people in this
world (where love is temporary) and felt rejection. The rejection hurt and to avoid such hurt, I
buried love.
When I came to know God, I could not imagine Him
loving me ‘just because’. I felt a need
to earn His miraculous love. Remember –
God is Love. Therefore, when accepting
Jesus as Lord and Savior over our lives, we receive Love. Even still, I kept guard on giving and
receiving love.
Then God sent an individual along the path that had
the whole love thing figured out. He
displayed all the characteristics of true love.
Even still, I kept guard on giving and receiving love. I did not believe someone here on this Earth
could love me for who I am at my core.
The closer I grew to know God, the more I realized
the power of His love. The more I
realized His love, the clearer I could see the love of the amazing man God sent
as my teammate in life. Even still, I kept
guard on giving and receiving love.
No more holding back. I want to love despite fear of a broken
heart. I want to express the feelings
that dwell inside. I want to open my
heart and allow all this buried love to flow freely. I want the keep my heart healthy – pumping
out love powered by the emotional ‘electricity’ felt towards others! 24/7 outpouring love on this world to sustain
life!
How can a heart work properly when damaged severely? Years of mistreatment, failed nourishment and
neglect cause hearts to give out leading to disease or death. Well, I must make an appointment with the
Great Physician and learn ways to restore my heart. It is possible. By strength only found in His Word – one by
one, He will speak clearly to my heart and begin repair. He will clean the gunk out, allowing love to
pump freely through and outward. He will
provide the power to overcome the lies and keep love present in my heart.
He is Love.
He is Life. He will sustain me.
21Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.
23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:21-23)
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.
23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:21-23)
Live life. . .One Day at a
time!
Sheree Craig
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