I recently told my brother that people don't always know what's in your heart. Maybe they didn't get the full story, or then again maybe you were just a little too afraid to really show what's there. So how do others see what's written in our hearts?
My best thought was that it's the thing you stand up for. If something is written in your heart, it is a sincere part of you, it's found not only in your actions but your thoughts, your feelings, your convictions...
When God covenanted with the House of Israel he promised, "I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people."(Jeremiah 31:33)
As we do His will and pray for that conviction, God writes His law in our hearts. It's not just a duty anymore.
One of the questions I was supposed to answer was "What is a doctrine that is written in your heart? How did you get it there?" Well...
Sacrifice. In my heart I know that there are some things worth sacrificing for, namely people you love and the gospel of Jesus Christ. There was a period of time where I thought I was being asked much more than I could give. I kept at it. I kept pushing and pushing and in the end, every single thing I was asked to give was worth it. Everything. It was worth it all. It was worth the doubt, the depression, the sorrow, the time...I put it to the test. When it didn't seem worth it anymore was the time that became most precious and life-changing. And now I know that God will never ask me to sacrifice without great purpose.
What's written in your heart?
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