Retake Your Heart: Five Reasons for Fresh Courage
“Take
heart.” Imagine hearing those two words, as the disciples often did, from the
mouth of God himself in the flesh.
And yet how
flat these words can fall when we say them to our own hearts. If only
we could up and redirect our hearts. None of us wants to be down. Far
too often, though, our hearts seem to lie beyond our reach, outside our
control.
However
discouraged you may feel, your flagging heart never lies beyond the reach of
Christ. No matter how troubled, how unsettled, how fickle, how disoriented, how
despondent, Jesus can handle your ailing heart. “There are many sorts of broken
hearts,” says Charles Spurgeon, “and Christ is good at healing them all.”
Read this good article by David Mathis here at Desiring God.
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