Wednesday, June 6, 2012

dead hearts are everywhere.

i came across a new song and in the chorus it says 'dead hearts are everywhere'. it kinda grossed me out until i started thinking about it and God started speaking. think about it. dead hearts are everywhere. hearts that don't understand God's love. hearts that don't know what unconditional love is. hearts that don't know what perfect love feels like. hearts that have forgotten and walked away and have died. 

as christians we have been giving two things that go hand in hand. a commission and a commandment. the great commission being 'Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (matthew 28:18-20 NLT) and the commandments being "Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” Jesus replied, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ (matthew 22:36-39 NLT). so we are called to firstly love God with everything, secondly to love everyone no matter who they are or what they have done and thirdly to teach them about Jesus and disciple them. the way i see it, we don't have a choice. Jesus said GO. He didn't say some of you are called to this, some of you aren't. He just said go. two letters, one word, but it holds so much power. 

i want to change the world. but some times i sleep instead. or shop and waste money. or hang out with friends. but i know that i'm called to go. because there are dead hearts everywhere.








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1 comment:

  1. Did I stutter!?! Love it!!
    Ya there are a lot of dead hearts out there. Sometimes I get discouraged by how many dead hearts I see, and even more how many dead hearts are even amoung my friends. It's hard sometimes to not see them all at once and feel overwhelmed but name them one by one and make a difference in each of their lives one day at a time.

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