When is the last time you checked in on your heart?
I don’t mean seeing a Cardiologist, not that that’s a bad idea for any of us. But, when was the last time you performed heart-surgery on yourself? Dissected each chamber and what lives in them?
My word challenge today is, Home, from Amanda (@iloveblogs44 on twitter)
Having just recently moved to Nashville, TN I could write a lot about Home and how it has changed in every aspect. And I began to, but the phrase “Home is where the heart is” kept interrupting my thoughts.
The image of the human heart continued to show itself to me. The hearts four chambers stood out the most. I imagined that each chamber represents a home and I choose the tenant that occupies each of them.
And this is where the heart-surgery and dissecting comes in. As I began digging in and moving around each of the 4 homes I became very aware that I’ve not been an attentive property manager.
In one chamber was, quite honestly, self-image…or the struggle with it.
In another was Starbucks.
In another was approval.
In another was worry.
When I checked back the following day a couple tenants had vacated, but new ones had already moved in and made themselves right at home.
This discovery came through digging around and exercising my right to enter the premises. A right that I have neglected. Now that I have seen the occupants of my heart I’ve found that I need to do some evicting.
If home is truly where the heart is, then my heart needs some serious reconstruction, because I don’t want anything short of what is beneficial to my life, to others lives and my purpose in fulfilling Gods plan, to get in the way.
As I consider the future tenants I am imagining what Home should look like…what God might want it to look like…full of Him, others, bold faith, risks.
I need to guard my hearts home more. Not close it off, but protect it. Whatever lives in it flows out of me. And, right now, there’s a lot of coffee flowing out of me.
What’s in your chambers? What does your Home look like? Are you needing to hand out some eviction notices?
Wow, Tam. Just WOW!
Excuse me while I go do some examining…
=) and i'm still examining too….
Wow, I simply love this…
I wrote a blog post this week titled A House Is Not A Home. I have not posted it as yet. It is written from the perspective of the accumulation of stuff, and that less is better.
However, what you have shared from your heart just takes me to another level.
Today I sending out eviction notices to FEAR, WORRY, DOUBT, and even the caffeine
I want my heart’s chambers to filled with Faith, Love, Joy, and Peace…
i want to read that post, joan! please let me know when you publish it?
Very convicting post.
My four chambers currently are: anxiety re. finances in light of a second baby on the way, doubt concerning being a godly (patient, gracious) mother to both my children, low self-worth based on others' actions and words, and praise/celebration.
A weird combination I know.
The praise/celebration part comes from being convicted of the first three and coming to that place of allowing God in my heart so He can hand out those "eviction" notices and replace the anxiety with peace, the doubt with faith, and confidence with low self-worth. I am coming to a place of celebrating and praising God for conviction rather than allowing the enemy to create guilt for it. Conviction is good; transforming darkness into light, lies into truth, unrighteousness to righteousness. In other words, t's definitely something to celebrate!
Thank you for this. Love you.