Open your heart

It can be a formidable struggle to protect our hearts, because we are constantly inundated with information. Information about world events, information about others, and last but not least, information about ourselves.

All it takes sometimes is a slightly odd look from passersby to throw us off track and we wonder, "Is there something wrong with me?"

friend, you're only human. I deliberately say "only,” because you can't process all of this information with your human abilities and categorize it properly, no matter how hard you try.

Some will try to protect their heart by building a wall, not allowing feelings and emotions to show up. Others are fragile and take everything so personally that they spend their lives trying to get back up again and again, only to collapse in the slightest storm.

Can I tell you something? It's life-threatening to try to make it work on your own. In fact, it's impossible. We can break apart from trying to do it ourselves, even if it seems to the outside world that nothing affects us.

There is only One who can protect your heart. The question is, "Will you let Him do that?"

I believe that sometimes we want to keep God from our hearts as well, even though He wants to do the protecting. He wants to fill your heart with the truth…the truth that you are enough, the truth that nothing in this world or even in your family surprises Him, the truth that He already has the answer to every question, the solution to every problem.

friend, let Him work in your heart today. Allow Him to do for you what only He can do!

Feel free to say this verse as a prayer with me today:

"Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven…” (Lamentations 3:41 NIV) 

You are a miracle!