Hearts Transformed

This week is one of those weeks. My mind is mush after an incredibly eventful summer and fall at Community Church of Hendersonville . It was just the kind of day when I needed a word from God. I went to listen to the latest post from Mars Hill and got the greatest gift...Dr. Don Davis. Dr. Davis is the director and founder of World Impact’s Urban Ministry Institute and he was a guest teacher last Sunday at Mars Hill.      The message was simple enough... Salt and Light (Matthew 5:13-16). But it was the idea that we often want to talk about all we are doing for God. The quote that cut to my heart was this. " If we open up our hearts and open up our hands; THEN we have the right finally to open up our mouths." "Give us clean hands and give us pure hearts" yes but in order that we may have full hearts and dirty hands for the kingdom of God and then we will not    only speak the good news but we will be living it out.

This was my birthday week and just like the new year it is a time for reflection and goal setting. I was blessed by the many birthday wishes that came from long lost friends and new acquaintances alike. Social networking tools can be such an encouragement. Many times I am so "busy" that I can't keep the day straight let alone whose birthday or special day it may be. So thank you Facebook for the reminders and the easy access to friends, family and colleagues. In no way am I ungrateful for the comments and messages...they were amazing. I felt very loved and remembered that day. Here is my question...can you imagine how I would have felt had those been cards in the mail or phone calls? I think we under appreciate the power of these little acts of kindness. My goal for this the 28th year of my life is to be an intentional encourager . And I challenge you to send a card in the mail or make a phone call. Say the things that we too often keep to ourselves. Make time to be inte