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Xhaii Devo
Xhaii Devo
Xhaii Devo
“Take heart.” Imagine hearing those two words, as the disciples often did, from the mouth of God himself in the flesh.
And yet how flat these words can fall when we say them to our own hearts. If only we could up and redirect
our hearts. None of us wants to be down. Far too often, though, our hearts seem to lie beyond our reach, outside our
control.
However discouraged you may feel, your flagging heart never lies beyond the reach of Christ. No matter how troubled,
how unsettled, how fickle, how disoriented, how despondent, Jesus can handle your ailing heart. “There are many sorts
of broken hearts,” says Charles Spurgeon, “and Christ is good at healing them all.”
Jesus knows the human heart. He made it, and then he took one himself when he became man. He knows, as both God
and man, how to furnish courage to a fearful heart. He knows how to parcel joy to a sad heart. He is adept, and proven,
at giving strength, in perfect portion, to a weak heart; peace to an anxious heart; forgiveness to a guilty heart; and
wholeness to a broken heart.
And how does he choose, over and over again, to do so? He speaks. What would he have us do when our hearts are
wilting? Rehear his words.