Unfamiliar Territory

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart."

Ezekiel 36:26

Lately, the Lord has really been hammering me with scriptures and messages about a tender heart. He has also been doing an overhaul on my heart, and I am more in love with Him now than I have ever been before. It's unlike anything I have ever experienced before. And It has really been a wonderful, beautiful experience that I am incredibly thankful for. I have realized that I desire to have no other heart than one that beats 100% for Him. I only want to live my life as an offering and a complete sacrifice to His will, because it is the only thing that matters. It is the only thing that will EVER matter. Along with that mindset, I have witnessed the Lord cultivating this new spirit within me. It is a spirit of happiness, peace, drive, endurance, rest, and purpose. (& those are only a few.) The Lord is taking my stubborn heart and making me responsive to His will and His mercies. He is making me tender to the aching cries of the lost souls that surround me. He is pushing me to act on His commands to go out and speak what I have seen and heard and I am filled with a drive to do so. 

"And he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth. For you are to be His witness, telling everyone what you have seen and heard.'" 

Acts 22:15

So, with saying all of that, I say this: My hope for this blog is to use it as an outlet to what the Lord is showing and telling me. I want to use it as a place to record the development of my walk with Him throughout my time in college. Writing about the things the Lord reveals to me will give me a greater understanding and appreciation. It will lead me to do more reflecting and contemplating on things that are of Him and not of myself or this world. Hopefully by doing this, the Lord will be able to use my meager words to act in a mighty way in someone else's life. 
I titled this blog "State-of-the-Art Heart." As defined by my Mac dictionary, State-of-the-Art means, "the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time." What is more important in your life than the condition of your heart? Not very much. The condition of your heart plays a major part in determining the condition of your overall health. So especially when we consider the condition of our heart as it applies to our relationship with The Almighty God. What could ever be more important than that? .. Absolutely nothing. Cherish it. Nourish it. Protect it.

As water reflects the face, so one's heart reflects the life.

Proverbs 27:19

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. 

Proverbs 4:23

Until next time, 

Mollie.