There is a barn less than a mile from my house that I love. I have admired the photogenic qualities of this barn for years! It had a gorgeous patina from the rain, and wind taking the paint away, and the sun drawing out the color from the boards. It wasn't fancy, it wasn't painted, and it even had a funny expression on it's "Face". The barn was beautiful to me! But as you can see in the image to the Left, the barn began to fall. It wasn't structurally sound! Not one person had taken time to care for the inside of the barn, and the elements were too much for the barn to handle.
My life gets like that! I have been through a lot, and it shows on the outside, but I can still make the outside look pretty. My inside needs nurturing and repairs. My heart has gone through a lot more damage from the "wind and rain" that I have experienced. Because I am a strong willed woman, I think that I am strong enough on my own to just handle it and that everything will be okay, but it never is. I cannot heal the wounds in my heart by myself. I need the master-emotional-surgeon's help! You see Jesus has this amazing way of taking the things that are "structurally unsound" in my heart and sewing them back together and healing them up for me. When I open my heart to Him and allow Him to mend my brokenness I can stand-upright and I will never fall!
My life gets like that! I have been through a lot, and it shows on the outside, but I can still make the outside look pretty. My inside needs nurturing and repairs. My heart has gone through a lot more damage from the "wind and rain" that I have experienced. Because I am a strong willed woman, I think that I am strong enough on my own to just handle it and that everything will be okay, but it never is. I cannot heal the wounds in my heart by myself. I need the master-emotional-surgeon's help! You see Jesus has this amazing way of taking the things that are "structurally unsound" in my heart and sewing them back together and healing them up for me. When I open my heart to Him and allow Him to mend my brokenness I can stand-upright and I will never fall!
25-26 “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You burnish the surface of your cups and bowls so they sparkle in the sun, while the insides are maggoty with your greed and gluttony. Stupid Pharisee! Scour the insides, and then the gleaming surface will mean something."
So, cry out to Jesus when things are hard and you don't want to turn to the maggoty sin that is eating you alive! Cry out to Jesus to help you, and then look for the answers in His word. The coolest thing is that we have the answers at our fingertips always! The Bible tells us what God thinks about our situation, and it speaks life to the grossest, most maggot eaten places of our hearts. Let Jesus love you this week by allowing his word to "Scour" your insides!
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