Septic Hearts

Good Morning!! If you are like me, you've had, or are having a tough time taming your tongue,...and controlling your temper. With pushing,...sometimes a little, sometimes a lot,...and the most vile things come flying out of my mouth. "What is wrong with you?"...as the sound of her words echoed through my mind they begin to penetrate my heart. I heard the small whispering voice of the Holy Spirit convicting me. Why did I act like that? The excuses I offered myself seemed justified. But don't I have Jesus in my heart?... Why wasn't His love flowing from me? I begin to pray and soon came to understand that the yelling and cursing was just a symptom of a deeply-rooted problem,...a septic heart. My heart and my mouth are closely related. If we really want to stop that kind of behavior, and expressing God's love, it is vitally important that we begin filling our heart with the things of God.

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.—Matthew 12:34 (NIV)
You must realize that you heart is being, or has been poisoned by the toxins of: anger, resentment, unmet expectations, unforgiveness, bitterness, or dreams that have not been fulfilled. I have discovered some simple truths, that have helped me begin to detoxify my heart. The toxins are not completely gone, but I take the "antioxidant" of His Word daily,...to combat their effects. Try it! And you don't need a spoon full of sugar to help this medicine go down.

If we get satisfied with God each morning, then we won't need seek satisfaction from things of this world.

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Lord, You are slow to anger,...make that our desire as well. Help us to submit totally to Your control so that we can be a reflection of Your love to our family,...and all  those who cross our path. We want to surrender the things in our hearts that are not of You. We realize it is impossible for us to allow Your love to flow from us, with hearts that harbors past hurts and sin. We want to make a new start today in our relationship. Amen.

"The contents in our hearts, and the things that go in them, are more important than any outer packaging."