Father has further affirmed the reality of my shattered heart by an example, I dropped my cell phone which happened to hit a rock. When I picked it up off the ground, the obvious had happened. The screen had shattered at the very place the rock hit, sending cracks throughout the screen like a spider web. As I picked up the phone, I sensed the Holy Spirit giving me a physical picture of the reality of my heart condition. Some believe that denial, minimizing, and hiding are actually better ways to deal with the brokenness inside. I have found those do not bring healing, life, or freedom. Since God is light and to have fellowship with Him means to walk in the light. It was hiding that was Adam and Eve's first reaction after fear arose after the Fall and separation from God. The unconditional love of our wonderful Savior invites us to reveal the broken places, places of bondage, and where we are addicted so that He can bring us into wholeness. I once heard Bill Johnson talk about how Solomon was in a place of intimacy when He asked for wisdom, true wisdom comes out of romance. Moses cried out to God, "show me your ways, that I may know You", wisdom comes from knowing His ways but leads us to know Him (this is our chief goal in life). Wisdom comes from a connection and relationship with God, in other words wisdom is the reasoning that comes from love. Father has not only been teaching me about healing broken hearts but also about living in loving relationships. The reality of the love of God is how broken hearts get healed but also how broken relationships are restored. I believe it is time for the Body of Christ to not just talk about God's love but to actually become the hands and feet of Jesus as we love one another and the world. It is very noble to desire to love those who are around us in our lives but yet another to step into the reality of having our love on 24/7 in our actions, attitudes, and our view of them. The latter requires the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit, us laying down our soul-life (mind, will, and emotions), and a good dose of humility as we own our messes and seek to clean them up. As children we learned to clean up the messes of spilt milk, dirty rooms, and legos spread all over the place but did we learn the more important skill of cleaning up our relational messes (walking in love). Since we have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God, this means that even though we are new creations we still sin and these sins bring damage to our relationships. It is the love of God in our spirits that compels us to right wrongs in relationships, to reach out when there has been distance in relationship, and to reach out to those hurting around us with the compassion of God. Since 1 John 4 boldly declares that "God is love", when we align our hearts with His and walk in love we are walking displaying His very nature. In essence I believe that Father God is restoring what is to be at the very heart of every believer as their motivation in life, it is the love of God. My co-worker and friend, Simon Obert, did an amazing job compelling us to love the world by reaching out but not because of duty, guilty, fear of rejection by the church, or a notch on our belt but to be moved by God's very heart for people. I believe it is the tangible Presence of God in His love that that world is crying out for, the love of God that heals shattered hearts, that heals damaged relationships, that restores broken families, and even heals nations. The Holy Spirit has continued to impress on my heart 1 Corinthians 13 which says "Love never ends", this move of God's love on the earth will not end. Could it be that the love of God is that powerful, that accessible, and that enduring. I was given a prophetic word by a church member who said that God's love is not filling up storehouses in heaven (which is what I had envisioned) but His love is unlimited and continually filling Heaven as it emanates from His very being. I believe the more each of us as believer's align our hearts (deciding to love no matter what), the more the very nature of God will be manifest in us and through us. It is the receiving of God's love through Christ which brings life to our souls and then we becoming increasing conduits of His love to others. I believe my experiencing a broken heart is an invitation to encounter the love of the Father at a whole new level. It is not God who brought about broken hearts but He is the One who restores and takes the broken pieces putting them back together to make us whole.
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