Conditioned to the Shadow

~~~ Jeremiah 7:23-28 ~~~ Psalm 95 ~~~ Luke 11:14-23 ~~~

They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts
and turned their backs, not their faces, to me.

Living a life of sin we eventually
become conditioned to the shadows.
Eventually we can no longer recognize that we
have turned our backs on God.
We wonder why we can no longer
 love others as we should...
eventually we cease to love ourselves.

The evil one, Beelzebul, speaks
to our hearts with his split tongue.
This split tongue speaks words
of enticement followed with words of despair.
His words originate from the hardness of his evil heart.

Since the evil one turned from God
 he is no longer free to see the face of God.

He can only pretend to have a relationship with God.
All that he tells you is under the false pretense
 that he knows what you need better than God knows.

Especially during Lent, we are continuously invited to turn around.
It is never too late for you to turn around...
to once again seek the face of God...to see his light...
to bask in his love once again.

 ...harden not your hearts.

Jesus never speaks to us with forked tongue.
Jesus only speaks words of wisdom...
words of spirit and life.

If you let sin take up a permanent residence in your heart
it will become calloused and hardened.
It will be incapable of feeling just as the callous on your foot.
Sin is the cause of atrophy of the heart.

Jesus invokes his power from the "finger of God"
The mere touch of the finger of God
 is sufficient to crack your heart open.
Once your hardened heart is cracked open
the healing power of God can begin to work.

Cracking open your heart to receive
God's Blessings can be a daunting task.

No matter how long or how hard your heart has been calloused
it can be changed with just the touch of God's finger tip.

Allow the finger of God
to turn your heart away from the shadows.
~~~Peace~~~