Against The Wind

I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you.  I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. Ezekiel 36:26

Having two children has made me inadvertently expect our oldest son to be more mature than he can actually be at his age.  It's really not fair, considering he's only five years old and still so very young. I also have this tendency to want to be in control and it's often a power struggle in our household.

When we give God control of our lives, he gives us a new heart, nature, and desire to please him.  God renews our hearts when we come to him with some humility and we turn away from our old sinful habits.  As we do these things, our love for him will grow.

God has the power to change the coldest and hardest of hearts into loving ones.  Are you willing to let go and let God change you?

Reap What You Sow

Create in me a clean heart, O God.  Renew a loyal spirit within me.  Psalm 51:10


My wife, Alicia, enjoys making our home and yard more beautiful by planting plants and flowers.  She picks specific plants to grow during different seasons of the year. If Alicia plants sunflower seeds, the seeds will eventually produce sunflowers, and so forth.  


We are all familiar with the saying that "we will reap what we sow" and just like seeds, if we have sinful desires and thoughts, it will become evident that some 'bad seeds' have been planted in our hearts.


We must continually go to the Lord and ask him to give us clean hearts so that our lives will produce clean thoughts, motives, and behaviors.  


None of us will be entirely 'clean' or free from sin in this life, but one of the most worthy goals we can pursue in this new year is to glorify God in all that we say or do.