What is the heart of God?
Is it one of nobility, proper etiquette, gentleness, and reserve? I’d say yes, at times.
I think if you look at the heart of humankind, you will discover the heart of God because after all, He made us in His image.
John Eldridge points out that the core of a man’s heart is undomesticated.
A woman desires beauty and to be longed for. Indeed.
I say, observe a child…. A child’s heart, unfettered by bitter experiences, desires freedom: freedom to love, be loved and live life to the fullest.
A child is passionate, ambitious, imaginative, vulnerable, transparent, energetic, trusting, expressive, and playful.
Have you ever been so overwhelmed with joy or energy, that you took off running, started jumping, clapping, laughing or screaming with that child like energy? Or maybe you felt compelled to hug the nearest person whether you knew them or not. And do you remember what it was like as a child to run through your yards and fields, hiding behind trees, jumping, dancing, twirling, singing, and all the while mindless of the temperature outside or the echo of your voice inside? What about when you are with a child and you find their tenderness and innocence captivating you. It’s therapy. My children do not hold expectations on me, nor do they hold certain standards on me that may otherwise be placed on me by man, church, or society. When we’re together, it is just my child and me. I am myself with them.
…As I ponder on the wild heart of a man, the desire for relationship in a woman, and the unchained freedom of a child, I see Him, Jesus, in a different light. How liberating.
Is it one of nobility, proper etiquette, gentleness, and reserve? I’d say yes, at times.
I think if you look at the heart of humankind, you will discover the heart of God because after all, He made us in His image.
John Eldridge points out that the core of a man’s heart is undomesticated.
A woman desires beauty and to be longed for. Indeed.
I say, observe a child…. A child’s heart, unfettered by bitter experiences, desires freedom: freedom to love, be loved and live life to the fullest.
A child is passionate, ambitious, imaginative, vulnerable, transparent, energetic, trusting, expressive, and playful.
Have you ever been so overwhelmed with joy or energy, that you took off running, started jumping, clapping, laughing or screaming with that child like energy? Or maybe you felt compelled to hug the nearest person whether you knew them or not. And do you remember what it was like as a child to run through your yards and fields, hiding behind trees, jumping, dancing, twirling, singing, and all the while mindless of the temperature outside or the echo of your voice inside? What about when you are with a child and you find their tenderness and innocence captivating you. It’s therapy. My children do not hold expectations on me, nor do they hold certain standards on me that may otherwise be placed on me by man, church, or society. When we’re together, it is just my child and me. I am myself with them.
…As I ponder on the wild heart of a man, the desire for relationship in a woman, and the unchained freedom of a child, I see Him, Jesus, in a different light. How liberating.
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