Take my heart away, as long as you treat it right - Sept 3, 2008

Take my heart away, as long as you treat it right

Last week at Bible study Stacey was talking about how you give your heart away and how Jesus guards it. She was saying how sometimes she’ll give her heart to someone and Jesus will “run after them and say ‘Wait! I need that back, thanks’ returning it to her saying ‘they don’t need that part.’”

I feel the same way sometimes. There are people I give my heart to that don’t need it, they just want to play with it, if they want it at all. God is kind and loving enough to chase after them, take it away, and bring it safely back to me to keep safe for someone who will treat it right. Sometimes I can be stubborn; continuing to give my heart to the same person over and over, even after Jesus has taken it and given it back to me again and again. 

Then there are the people I don’t want to give part of my heart to. God keeps letting them run off with it though. There’s always a purpose when God lets someone have your heart. There are also the people I’ve given my heart to and keep trying to get it back from them because I feel they are a distraction. I’ve tried many times to take my heart back from them, but sometimes it seems that when I take it away Jesus says “Wait a minute, give that back!” and I’m right back where I started. 

I know there’s a reason behind it all, though sometimes I don’t know what it is. One day it will all be clear to me! The people who need my heart will have it and the people who don’t won’t. It’s all God’s timing and plan. Sometimes I wonder if God see my own plans for my life and starts laughing saying, “If you only knew how much better your life is going to be!” I’m so thankful His ways are better, wiser, and even more amazing then I can even imagine!