Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O Lord, and renew a right spirit within me.
This was a daily prayer I would pray because I KNEW my heart wasn't right.
I could feel the anger in it, the bitterness, the hardness.
I no longer felt compassion towards others and I DEFINITELY did not want to hear anyone's sorrows and woes.
Well that was then and today I have such a soft compassionate heart that when I read posts that spew out hurtful words I GRIEVE....in my spirit...and it goes all the way to the pit of my stomach.
(Hence some of my responses to some posts trying to promote peace).
I think the Holy Spirit over did it...lol....but in all seriousness it affirms that He is dwelling there and I am grieving as He grieves.
This is what God desires of all of us...to have the mind and heart of Jesus and the Holy Spirit indwelling in us in such a way that we actually experience His heart, His mind, and follow His ways. We are as one intertwined in the same body.
As I decrease He increases in me.
Thank you Lord for giving me YOUR heart, thoughts and desires.
Thank You for removing all the dross and purifying my heart.
All Glory and Praise to you Jesus! Amen!
This was a daily prayer I would pray because I KNEW my heart wasn't right.
I could feel the anger in it, the bitterness, the hardness.
I no longer felt compassion towards others and I DEFINITELY did not want to hear anyone's sorrows and woes.
Well that was then and today I have such a soft compassionate heart that when I read posts that spew out hurtful words I GRIEVE....in my spirit...and it goes all the way to the pit of my stomach.
(Hence some of my responses to some posts trying to promote peace).
I think the Holy Spirit over did it...lol....but in all seriousness it affirms that He is dwelling there and I am grieving as He grieves.
This is what God desires of all of us...to have the mind and heart of Jesus and the Holy Spirit indwelling in us in such a way that we actually experience His heart, His mind, and follow His ways. We are as one intertwined in the same body.
As I decrease He increases in me.
Thank you Lord for giving me YOUR heart, thoughts and desires.
Thank You for removing all the dross and purifying my heart.
All Glory and Praise to you Jesus! Amen!