it is cold tonight...
jeep and i just finished 3 miles...i was shivering...he was full of spunk...
what did YOU come up with re: a fix for the HARD soil???
let me know -- OK???
i would love to hear from YOU!!!
i have three suggestions, but first, a reality check...
i cannot "fix" my hard heart -- that is a God thing...
a work of the Spirit...
i must cooperate, BUT i canNOT make it happen...
it is God who "fixes" my sin and brokenness...
first suggestion -- sometimes, with tough love, God must break up / crush / pulverize the hardened soil of our heart...
he uses a wide variety of plows -- each tailored to our personal need[s]...
suffering...
sickness...
brokenness...
the honest confrontation that comes through authentic friendship within biblical community -- we need a few people who really do love us enough to tell us the WHOLE truth [with committed love]...
disappointment...
our own personal "gethsemane" -- our "place of crushing"...
remember -- God always acts in LOVE, even when our searing pain seems overwhelming...
his work is always redemptive, never destructive!!!
my prayer is that at the end of our "gethsemane", we will join Jesus in his prayer, "not my will but yours be done..."
suggestion two -- sometimes it is "watering" that softens the HARD soil...
maybe through cleansing tears...
maybe through the river of the Spirit...
maybe through the refreshing waters from Jesus...
we must have the former and latter rains...
moisture works wonders in our dry and hardened heart...
finally, HARD soil needs enrichment -- fertilizer -- nutrients...
from worship music...
from the word...
from intimate talks with Jesus...
from meditation and reflection...
from deep sharing with godly friends...
spicing up our hardened heart...
a final word for the evening...
SURRENDER!!!
in the end, it all comes down to surrender...
opening our clenched fist and fully releasing our life to God...
totally...
completely...
fully...
relinquish control...
surrender!!!
love ya!
guy
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