My tender heart is spinning, swirling, aching with every move of the Fathers hand. He has been doing surgery on my heart for the past few weeks. It is Painful, Incredible, Invigorating, and leaves me with the feeling of Freedom! Sweet freedom that I welcome! I trust Him with my heart. I know the things He is asking me to dig in deep and allow Him access too will be places of beauty and light by the end. I want to share a short vision a friend gave me recently that may apply to you as well dear friend.
Imagine boulders in a field.(try it, close your eyes and really imagine it!) When you remove a big settles bolder from a landscape, what is left? A hole, depending on the size of it and how long its has been there, it could be very deep…sensitive and without growth. The Lord is removing some of these boulders from my mind and heart’s landscape right now. In this place of revealing, boulder moved, and new fresh ground is apparent. What shall we plant there? Seeds of what? As He exposes us to healing in our life, although painful, we have to fill the hole with Him. He wants to grow this place in us where sun could not shine because of this hardened boulder of flesh, circumstance, hurt, grief, disappointment, fear and lacking. He wants to redeem this in His way…replace these feelings with His. His are harder to adopt completely…completely meaning beyond our surface level prayers and general ideas of hope for others. If we are to put Him in this place then it has to be all of Him, and His essence is forgiveness and an adorning love that none of us deserve. (written through Amanda, courtesy of the Holy Spirit)
What is the landscape of your heart and mind? Are there beautiful bouldersscattered about? What would it mean to give God access to the ground beneath? What would HE plant there? It takes courage! But friends, I believe its worth it. Will you take the challenge with me to allow the Lord to uproot boulders and plant a garden in their place? To say to this Mountain “GO” and see it thrown into the sea?
