Relax
God says do not harden your hearts - I have been meditating about this for a little while now in the hope of being able to understand in a practical way what this might look like and what the impact of this action looks like in our lives.
As I meditated I began for some reason to think about muscles and how they work and are renewed. As I sat there I tensed the main muscle on my leg and kept it tense for a short while. As I did this I noticed that this was very much a voluntary movement which rendered my muscle useless as in this state of tension nothing could enter nor exit from it. I also noticed that unless I relaxed it the muscle would cramp up and remain hard and in pain until treated. This led me to think about how so many of us go to see a physio or a masseuse in order to help us relax the tension of our muscles, which accumulates from daily use, in our bodies by pressing on them to encourage the flow of blood into them in order to renew the muscular tissue.
Therefore please consider the following with me today. Muscles are tensed both through our voluntary choice as well as by just doing life. A muscle that remains tense is not able to function as it is designed to and in time if left hardened it will become injured thus disabling the person from being able to function in their daily lives. Furthermore muscles work best when relax, warm, and loose and it is a painful process both to soften and heal a muscle that has been shut down.
Our heart I believe is very much the same. Life happens to us and as it does we all inevitably hurt and become hurt. This hurt over time hardens our hearts leading them to shut down. Like the muscles the only way for this hardness to be rubbed out is by allowing the only one that can to massage it out. His hands if you see with the right eyes will come in the form of adverse situations, difficult people, and uncomfortable circumstances. Yes they will be very painful and most definitely not pretty but if we remain present and still as we are told on Psalm 46:10, in time both our hearts and lives will become soft again so that we are once again able, as Psalm 46:10 once again says, know that he is God...and most certainly good!
Have a great and relaxing weekend!
-pablo-
As I meditated I began for some reason to think about muscles and how they work and are renewed. As I sat there I tensed the main muscle on my leg and kept it tense for a short while. As I did this I noticed that this was very much a voluntary movement which rendered my muscle useless as in this state of tension nothing could enter nor exit from it. I also noticed that unless I relaxed it the muscle would cramp up and remain hard and in pain until treated. This led me to think about how so many of us go to see a physio or a masseuse in order to help us relax the tension of our muscles, which accumulates from daily use, in our bodies by pressing on them to encourage the flow of blood into them in order to renew the muscular tissue.
Therefore please consider the following with me today. Muscles are tensed both through our voluntary choice as well as by just doing life. A muscle that remains tense is not able to function as it is designed to and in time if left hardened it will become injured thus disabling the person from being able to function in their daily lives. Furthermore muscles work best when relax, warm, and loose and it is a painful process both to soften and heal a muscle that has been shut down.
Our heart I believe is very much the same. Life happens to us and as it does we all inevitably hurt and become hurt. This hurt over time hardens our hearts leading them to shut down. Like the muscles the only way for this hardness to be rubbed out is by allowing the only one that can to massage it out. His hands if you see with the right eyes will come in the form of adverse situations, difficult people, and uncomfortable circumstances. Yes they will be very painful and most definitely not pretty but if we remain present and still as we are told on Psalm 46:10, in time both our hearts and lives will become soft again so that we are once again able, as Psalm 46:10 once again says, know that he is God...and most certainly good!
Have a great and relaxing weekend!
-pablo-
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