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This is an unfathomable ocean!

Every heart is an unfathomable ocean. No one can really know anyone else’s heart. This is why communication is so very important. I can only know what you decide to tell me about yourself. The scriptures speak about the importance of communication and relationships. The only way to know someone closer is to purposely spend time together and listen more than you speak. I always tell people in order to really be my friend, let me offend you as quickly as possible, so that we can really become true friends.  If someone gets offended, and chooses to not pursue our friendship as a result, that means that the friendship wasn’t worth it. If the friendship is worth it, both parties will work things out and deepen the friendship.
And it will take ongoing truthful dialogue to understand each other. Frankly, God is the only one that truly knows our heart. Jeremiah 17:9 says “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it”?  That is why we must always guard our hearts.  Proverbs 4:23 says “Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life”. Allow the Holy Spirit today to fill your heart with His goodness, grace, and wisdom. This way, your heart will be healed, and the joy of the Lord will dwell in the center of your heart and mind!

Proverbs 14: 10 “Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy”.

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Forgive and be tenderhearted toward one another!

Death and life are in the power of the tongue. As Christ followers, we are to reject all bitterness, wrath and uncontrolled anger. Instead, we need to be kind and tenderhearted to each other. The spirit of this age has deceived many in this day into thinking that we are in a battle with each other. However, our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities. We must reject any thoughts or mindsets that would cause offense among each other. Instead, we must forgive one another, because this is the order of God. God in Christ forgave us, and He instructs us that even as He forgave us, we must forgive one another.

Ephesians 4:31 & 32 – Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, [i]clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.