Strength Of My Heart

I woke up around 3 AM this morning and my heart was pounding out of my chest. I realized that it was just a dream. I was trying to rescue a neighbor from danger and things looked really bad…then I woke up. As I’ve gotten older, I think about my heart a lot more. This important muscle only has so many pumps/beats left. I’m pretty inconsistent with exercise for my heart. I really need to take better care of my heart with diet and exercise. I read this psalm of Asaph and I was reminded that in God’s World – He is the strength of my heart. Check this out….

I did go back to sleep this morning after my bad dream. I did ask the Lord to calm my spirit and help me to rest. When I desire nothing more than to glorify Him, it’s not the number of days I’m here on earth that should matter most. What matters should be how I use the days here on earth that I have left. I really want to grow in my trust of the Lord to be the strength of my heart. I have failed Him so many times with stupid decisions and evil thoughts – I need Him to soften the callouses on my heart so that He can be all I need. When I have Him in His proper place the things of this world fade deep into the background where they belong. He is the most important pursuit of my life!