Valentine's Day is all about hearts, right? Well, have you ever heard of a fleshy heart? Anybody know what that is? Flesh in scripture usually means "worldly" (or so I thought). But God, through the prophet Ezekiel, says: I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh . Ezekiel 36:26-27 Okay - well, so there must be a different meaning here - that's what I'm thinking. God will give us a “new heart”. He will remove our heart of stone. I certainly understand the part about getting rid of my heart of stone. I totally need that. A heart of stone, one so set on its own way and totally not movable. Self ish (when the emphasis is on self, its "ish") - hard, probably a little callous. Yes, I want to get rid of that! But a heart of flesh? Isn’t that weak? I mean, flesh is . . . . flesh-y – easily bruised, like pu
Eph 1:18 & 19 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe. Together, through God's Word, we will open the eyes of our hearts to God's perfect plan for our lives.