Authority Within

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Luke 12:34 NIV)

Last night was another very interesting study on the Shema. We learned about what it means to "love the Lord your God with all your heart." ...and we got to learn a little more Hebrew!

The Hebrew word for "heart" is "lev." but what is really interesting is that the symbols used for the word are a Shepherd's staff (authority) and a tent "floor plan" (within). So, literally speaking, in Hebrew, the heart is "the authority within."

Isn't it true that our heart has authority over us? Whatever we love... That is where we spend our thoughts and our time and our money. But the truth is, it is actually the reverse that is true... Wherever we spend our thoughts and our time and our money - THAT is what we will love. We have a choice! And if we chose to spend our thoughts and our time and our money on the things of God, our hearts will follow and we WILL love God with all our heart.

Father,
Help us to spend our thoughts, time and resources on you today so that we may choose to love you with all our heartS. Amen.

Joys: spa treatments today!; getting to help Cailin celebrate her baptismal anniversary; the many good things that today's technology accomplishes