"A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."(Ezekiel 36:26)
The Rolling Stones had a song about never breaking a heart of stone. The idea being that someone could be basically callous, heartless, hard hearted if you will. And there would be nothing that could be done to change them.
There are times that all of us have probably had hearts of stone. Not in a biological sense because that would be death. But in a spiritual and relational sense a heart of stone can be like death. We lose any level of sympathy or empathy for others. We can only see our needs and not those of anyone else.
Throughout the history of God's people we find this occurring and atrophying of the relationship between God and humankind. Somehow God though still keeps coming back and replacing that heart of stone with a heart of flesh, one that can feel, one that can empathize, one that has compassion.
A new spirit and a renewed purpose and direction can come when we allow God to work on our hearts. That actual heart may keep beating, but the spiritual one needs just as much attention.
Blessings,
Ed
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