I read an article by Dr. Maxie Dunnamn concerning the phrase "blessed are the pure in heart" from Matthew Chapter 5 - the Beautitudes. In it he says, "The Bible is one continuous electrocardiogram toward us...". I like that. Scripture that tests and calculates the strength of my heart. Geoffry Clapper worte in "The Heart of the Matter" that (my paraphrase), we may have orthodoxy, and orthopraxis... but only when we have orthokardia (right heart) will be truly attuned to God's love for us and through us.
Maxie asks in his workbook on prayer, ''What is the condition of your heart?" Ouch. Just as we need to care for our physical heart, how more so do we need to care for our spiritual heart?
That's all my theological thoughts for today. Earlier I met with a young woman (22 years old) whose husband died in January, has a one year old child and is pregnant with twins. She does not have her GED, nor does she have a job (she is a high risk pregnancy). I will be meeting with her and a woman from our church who has agreed to be her 'life coach'. When I find myself listening to some blue-haired woman complain about why the candles were not lit on the altar this past Sunday - or why we ran out of bulletins (Praise God... bigger crowds!) - my spirit will go back to the conversation I had this morning with this young mother. Alone and scared... she is what the church should be about. God have mercy on our souls.
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good post. i linked to you. now you will be known to all the world. or at least 9 or 10 people.
Thanks Cindy. It is amazing how some folks don't get the intent/purpose of "The Church". Rick Warren (I know you gasp) has it right... "It's not about you" in our focus of the Church.
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