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Sean, son of John
Georgia (in between married and divorced)
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 

Current mood:  lazy
Category: Religion and Philosophy
Our hearts are deceitful and wicked.
Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.  (Matthew 15:19)

So should we never follow our hearts?
 
As it turns out, in one area, we should!


 "Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering."


"Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever [is] of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, "

"And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, [and] they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. "

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 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."


It makes sense though.  Our hearts are pieces of flesh that we are called to incline, to soften, to rend, to circumcise etc.   God has told us that He does not require offerings so much as broken and contrite hearts.  I think that this is saying that if we have not put our hearts into submission to Him to the point where even they (flesh that they are) are are stirred to give, then He could care less about our stupid gifts.  Rather, we need to keep our hearts in such submission, such heavenward inclination, that they will jump for joy at the chance to win in the same way that a dumb and smelly dog, when well trained, will leap into service for the blind, for the hunt, for the police, at the sound of his masters voice.

8:57 AM
 
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