What Does Your Heart Say?
“But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come
from the heart, and these defile them.” – Matthew 15:18
Have you ever found yourself obsessing over something
or someone? Maybe your laser focus is on doing whatever is necessary to advance
in your job. Maybe you’re adapting yourself and your life to someone else’s
ideal. Maybe you’re pretending to be happy when your heart lies shattered
inside.
Listen to your words. Listen to the words of those
around you. Not the surface platitudes that fill the void once held by silence.
Examine the off-the-mark comments. Pay attention to your own subtle putdowns.
Recognize the things, the words, the actions, that cause you stress.
You can do everything right on the surface but the
heart always reveals itself. Do you snidely consider someone’s awful haircut?
Do you look at someone else’s sin and pat yourself on the back because that’s
not your particular sin? Do you lament what you don’t have again and again and
again?
We are good at pretending. All of us are. We pretend
to be what we’re not in order to gain the acceptance of those we value. We lift
ourselves up so we can look down on others, hoping we will end up being better
than we are.
Words reveal what lies deep in our hearts. What do
your words say about you?
