We Don't See Clearly Because We Don't

They Ignore What Is Deep And True To A Man's Heart, His Real Passions, And Simply Try To Shape Him Up Through Various Forms Of Pressure.

It Was Men Who Stopped Slavery. It Was Men Who Ran Up The Stairs In The Twin Towers To Rescue People. It Was Men Who Gave Up Their Seats On The Lifeboats Of The Titanic. Men Are Made To Take Risks And Live Passionately On Behalf Of Others.

The Culture Of Women In The Church Today Is Crippled By Some Very Pervasive Lies. "to Be Spiritual Is To Be Busy. To Be Spiritual Is To Be Disciplined. To Be Spiritual Is To Be Dutiful." No, To Be Spiritual Is To Be In Romance With God. The Desire To Be Romanced Lies Deep In The Heart Of Every Women. It Is For Such That You Were Made. Are You Are Romanced, And Ever Will Be.

Somehow We Have Overlooked The Fact This Treasured Called The Heart Can Also Be Broken, Has Been Broken, And Now Lies In Pieces Down Under The Surface. When It Comes To Habits We Cannot Quit Or Patterns We Cannot Stop, Anger That Flies Out Of Nowhere, Fears We Cannot Overcome, Or Weaknesses We Hate To Admit--much Of What Troubles Us Comes Out Of The Broken Places In Our Hearts Crying Out For Relief. Jesus Speaks As If We Are All Brokenhearted. We Would Do Well To Trust His Perspective On This.

Of Course, None Of This Can Happen For Us Until We Give Our Lives Back To God. We Cannot Know The Joy Or The Life Or The Freedom Of Heart I've Described Until We Surrender Our Lives To Jesus And Surrender Them Totally... We Turn, And Give Ourselves Body, Soul, And Spirit Back To God, Asking Him To Cleanse Our Hearts And Make Them New. And He Does. He Gives Us A New Heart. And He Comes To Dwell There, In Our Hearts.