Monday, November 17, 2008
"God, why did you soften my heart if that only makes me even more susceptible to hurt?"
why? so that i'd be able to learn to forgive.
i thought i would be fine with a hardened heart as i once possessed years ago, thought i would be able to block out whatever emotion i didnt wanna feel. for a minute there, i fell. but thinking back, i know i thought wrong. haha. those days were crap, i nvr wanna return.
if my heart were as cold as steel, how then, would i ever expect to
learn to LOVE,
experience unspeakable JOY,
possess unfathomable PEACE,
be taught PATIENCE,
be showered with KINDNESS,
be exposed to GOODNESS,
know FAITHFULNESS,
be humbled by GENTLENESS,
or exercise SELF-CONTROL?
Galatians 5:22-23 was His instantaneous reply in response to my qn.
my heart has been softened, that i may have LIFE by the Spirit.
He wants us to experience a full range of emotions, both joy AND sadness, just as He designed us to. We're molded in His image. God feels too. there's no need, then, to numb ourselves, because good or bad, He'd still be there every step of the way, and tts more than enough for me.
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