Clean Heart
Scripture: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and
right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
Many women know all about
having a big pretty purse. We also know
the feeling of having too many things in the purse and not being able to find
what we need! My sister, like me, is a
person who carries a big purse with a bunch of stuff in it. One day, as we walked in the house, I carried
her purse in. In between our pleasant
conversation, I told her, “Sis, what do you have in here, girl, your purse is
so heavy!”
She told me, “I need to clean
it out! It is full of a bunch of stuff and usually I can’t find what I need.”
While we enjoy the
spaciousness of our large purses, sometimes we can fill them with too many
unnecessary items. Sometimes, our
hearts are like purses that carry too much in them: too many desires,
emotions, and perceptions. Our heart is
the center of our spiritual life!
Has your heart ever felt
heavy? Our hearts are filled with many
dilemmas, some of which we desire to change.
Like those purses, we find that the hearts are filled with good things,
but sometimes we can’t find them because we have other things in the way.
The Psalmist was able to
unload and empty her heart before God in repentance and consequently, make room
for God’s grace, love, mercy, peace and joy.
How might we do the same when we have missed the mark or have heavy
hearts? Through the gift of repentance
and surrender to God we can find a place of peace through emptying. More than emptying we can find a place where
God can create a new heart in us! Let us
empty our purses (hearts)! May our
hearts be freed from the overload of sin. May we welcome the Lord inside of
those broken places within us. Wherever
God is there is life and freedom!
Prayer:
Dear Lord,
I thank you for your love and care. I
open my heart to you this day and ask that you will come in and heal the broken
places and transform any hard places within me into an oasis of abundant
life. Thank you for the gift of
forgiveness and surrender. Amen.
The Reverend Everdith Landrau
EVIE! You have always been a girl after my own heart. What a personal and beautiful reflection ~ one that captured me as soon as I began reading. I thank God upon every thought of you and your witness.
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