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Admin	drawing hearts Posted : 3 Nov, 2010 11:30 AM If you were to draw a map of your heart, what would it look like? Would it look like a valentine heart all filled with happy colours? Would you colour it in all black and draw tears spilling out of it? Would it be a complex network of little shame-filled cubby holes and bursts of fireworks and scars, bandaids, and stitches? Would you draw a shell around it and then wide open spaces that you've never dared fill? Does your heart look healthy? What would a heart that is ready for a God-glorifying marriage look like? How do you change your heart? Post Reply
anyann View Profile History	drawing hearts Posted : 4 Nov, 2010 06:45 AM ..the aim that our hearts should look so - 22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. /1 Peter 1:22/ it's a process that takes time, persistance and good will :) Post Reply
Tulip89 View Profile History	drawing hearts Posted : 4 Nov, 2010 07:54 AM Hmm...when I read your question, the image that came to mind immediately was a bunch of little pieces that had all been sewn together to create a heart. I don't really know what that means, but that's the picture I got in my head. Post Reply
View Profile History	drawing hearts Posted : 4 Nov, 2010 08:52 AM Hi pixy!all i can say on this is the heart takes alot of time to mend togther.after all,it is not cloth,so trutst,time& faith in God helps in order to mend it together again. Post Reply
SilverFire View Profile History	drawing hearts Posted : 4 Nov, 2010 05:18 PM The third option is probably mine more than any others, but we are made new by consciously turning towards God; as we do that, the old structures are quietly, relentlessly collapsed and better things are built in their stead. Post Reply
View Profile History	drawing hearts Posted : 6 Nov, 2010 10:35 AM Thanks for the replies, everybody! I was a little lost in my abstract world over here and was wondering if anyone would understand or resonate with any of what I said =) Like SilverFire, I probably identify with the third heart that I described. And this is so true: "but we are made new by consciously turning towards God; as we do that, the old structures are quietly, relentlessly collapsed and better things are built in their stead." I couldn't have said it better myself, so I won't even try! As a lot of girls maybe do (although maybe not necessarily ones of my age), I draw little doodles of hearts all the time. I've noticed that, depending on the mood I'm in, the hearts look different. Sometimes I colour them in all black. Other times I draw daggers through them (haha). It just got me wondering what my heart would look like on paper if I were to actually draw it out... Anyann: That is an excellent picture of what our hearts should look like =) Tulip: I'm certainly no psychologist, though I like to consider myself to be an amateur one at times. *laughs* But, I would say that maybe that means that things in your life and your heart have been well-integrated. You've had different experiences -- good and bad -- but you've been able to (with God's help, of course), to mesh it all together into something cohesive. mrwiseguy: That's very true. It would certainly be easier if it was cloth that could be stitched together, eh? But, if that were the case, then we probably wouldn't see our need for Jesus. We can be so thankful that the same power that resurrected Christ from the grave is at work in our hearts, healing them. Post Reply
bcpianogal View Profile History	drawing hearts Posted : 6 Nov, 2010 01:58 PM Pixy, would you believe that I've been thinking about this ever since you posted the topic? I wasn't sure how to describe my own heart, though, so I gave it a lot of thought before responding! I'm going to assume that we are speaking of our "romantic" hearts here, not our spiritual hearts. Here is how I would describe my heart right now: My heart is whole. Most of it is strong and healthy and filled with love, as I've experienced the secure love of my family my entire life, and loved my family in return. God's love for me, and my love for God, also keeps my heart whole and healthy. But there is one corner of my heart that I can only describe as "dry." It aches from time to time, and sometimes a sharp pain grips it. It is dry because it has yet to be filled with the love that can only come from a solid, Christian marriage. There is a small tear near the edge. The tear has been stitched up with God's Word. It is nearly healed, but once in a while a small bit of it re-opens and bleeds for a short time. How did that tear happen? I met a guy who lead me to foolishly believe that we would one day marry. I did not fall in love with him, therefore no pieces of my heart are missing; however, by the time he finally left me, I had allowed him to begin to take root in my heart. As he left, he left a jagged tear behind. It will heal with time, but there will be a scar in its place. The size of the scar will depend on how completely I allow the stitches to bind the tear together. There is also a bruise on this dry corner; the bruise is deep and painful, but I caused it and can blame no one else. It has been there longer than the tear. What bruised my heart? I allowed myself to hope for a relationship with someone who has never given me reason to hope. Somehow the constant pain of the bruise is comforting...it lets me know that this part of my heart is still alive, even if it is dry and damaged. So, that's how I would describe my heart. Not the ideal heart, for sure! The ideal heart would already be completely full and overflowing with God's love. It would be completely healthy, with no tears, scars, or bruises. Personally, I think that God gives some people that "dry corner" because he intends for them to get married someday. He'll fill the rest of the heart to overflowing so that the dry corner doesn't get fragile or unhealthy. Corny, huh? Post Reply
View Profile History	drawing hearts Posted : 6 Nov, 2010 07:50 PM I would draw a huge heart nice and healthy! Glowing! With smiley faces and lots of questions marks (?) But very protected! I�m talking electrical bar wire! And angels with machine guns! Hahahaha On the real I been very shelter and I don�t consider that to be a good thing But it has helped me avoid heart breaks! Post Reply
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View Profile History	drawing hearts Posted : 6 Nov, 2010 09:36 PM Rats that didn't work ; haha that's probably what it really looks like! :ROFL: Post Reply
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