. : Heart of the Matter : .

Over the pulpit we hear this phrase all too often, "At the heart of the matter is the matter of the heart". True? Recently i came across a blog that nicely put things into perspective for me:

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness.
But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. . . The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers of love is Hell."
- C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

This resonates so well within me as God leads me into a season of loving the people around me. Family, friends, colleagues, cell members, the special ones, the unloved ones... all the same. As much as it would hurt sometimes, I'ld rather that my heart be wrung and be broken than it become unbreakable, impenetrable and irredeemable.

We can love b'cos He first loved us. He knew the cost of love, that's why He chose unconditional love.

God, teach me to love just the way you do.

How is your heart today?

Fishmonger