04/26/2024
The heart. It’s the only part in our body that doesn’t have an automatic healing mechanism. If we get cut, our blood clots, a scab forms, the skin heals back together. If we get sick, our body heats up and uses fevers to rid itself of infections and other things that don’t belong. Even our bones can join back together if broken.
But the heart, our emotional heart, does not heal on its own. Contrary to popular belief, time does NOT in fact, heal all wounds. It would be the same as putting a piece of tape over the check engine light of your vehicle and hoping something will miraculously fall back into place and repair itself. It doesn’t happen. If you keep driving the vehicle, ignoring the check engine light, you run the risk of more damage being done and causing possible injury.
When the heart is injured, ignoring the injury or avoiding the pain of the injury will not fix or heal the heart. Time will not heal the heart. What is done during that time will determine the likelihood of healing. There must be intentional steps taken to ensure healing takes place, and one of those steps is acknowledging the heart and the emotions God designed in the heart.
God designed emotions! Emotions are not good or bad, right or wrong. They are morally neutral. Emotions are just raw data that say something deeper needs to be explored.Everything we do or don’t do, everything we say or don’t say, is all driven by a heart that is full of deep fears, wounds, beliefs, longings.
If all we do is focus on the words and behaviors, we miss the heart. We miss an opportunity to learn and know something more deep within ourselves, and in the hearts of those we love. When we make and take the time to fully understand our own hearts, it is only then, when true healing can begin.
Do not leave your heart unattended for we know it is deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9). Our heart is also a wellspring and needs to be kept with all diligence (Proverbs 4:23).
When your heart is well cared for, life will pour out of it. 
