THE STATE OF OUR HEART AND MIND

THE STATE OF OUR HEART AND MIND


COMMUNICATION is a very DIFFICULT
Thing=especially these days=
The days of texting=e-mail=
Cell phones=and who knows
What all


The tone of voice
Can't be heard=but even
IF we are in the same place


Is the MESSAGE received
In the same way
It is intended?


Communications can be MISINTERPRETED
And it is a matter
Of us=being in the
SAME state of HEART
And mind


“Take care=then=
How you hear” Luke 8:18


How we HEAR something
Depends largely on
Our STATE of MIND and
OUR STATE OF HEART


Are we happy?=are we sad?
What events just currently
HAPPENED in your life?


The state of our heart
And mind INFLUENCES everything
That happens in our life


EVERY communication
That we hear


“Therefore my HEART is glad
And my tongue rejoices


My body
Will also rest secure” Psalm 16:9


“CREATE in me
A pure HEART=O God


And renew
A steadfast spirit
Within me” Psalm 51:10


“Bind them on your fingers
WRITE them
On the tablet
Of your HEART” Proverbs 7:3


And SACRED SCRIPTURE
Is the same way


How we RECEIVE
And accept a given verse=
DEPENDS on the nature
Of our mind


And what we are HOLDING
In our HEART


Who knows EXACTLY how
Matthew=Mark=Luke= John=
And Paul
INTENDED certain Scriptures?


Who knows if we
Are RECEIVING their intentions
Exactly the same way
They were INTENDED?


It depends on the nature=the STATE
Of our hearts
The STATE of our minds


“I the Lord
Search the HEART
And examine the MIND


To reward each person
According to their conduct
According to what
Their deeds DESERVE” Jeremiah 17:10


“I appeal to you
Brothers and sisters
In the name
Of our Lord Jesus Christ


That all of you AGREE
With one another
In what you say


And that there may be
NO DIVISIONS among you


But that you may be
PERFECTLY UNITED
In mind and thought” 1 Corinthians 1:10


Dear Lord=I/WE PRAY that ONE
DAY we can all
BE UNITED IN LOVE


And that ALL of us
Can BE UNITED in LOVING YOU
And LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR


In Jesus' name and in the name of OUR ALL LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
9-23-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVINGFAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek