Tattoo's of the heart......

What's up peeps? How has your week been going? Well, it's hump day and you should be happy your week is almost over. Now, my work week on the other hand starts Friday. I know, bummer right. I was thinking about tattoo's this morning. I am not sure about how you feel about them. Like them or not, people have them. They get them for various reasons. Some get iconic emblems, names of spouses, children's names, cartoon characters, favorite drawings, or maybe even scripture. Well, I have two. One on each arm and thought about how much time went into me preparing to get them. I thought about the design for years before I got it. It was a pretty big decision right? Well, it should be. It is a lifetime decision and commitment. Let's look at something in the Bible that God laid on my heart about a type of tattoo. Let's dig in.........
 
Bible Verse: Deuteronomy 6:6 "These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts."

Ok, let's visualize someone getting a tattoo . Now, this is their first one. They should spend months, sometimes years agonizing over what to get, how big to get it, and where to have it inked. And why not? It is a lifetime decision and commitment, right?

Now, this might sting a bit. Most of us are way less careful about what to put on our hearts. In fact, a lot of us just hold our hearts up in the air, waiting for something or someone to come along to hand it over to. We're ready to cover our hearts with the names of boy/girlfriends, Justin Beiber / One Direction, sports teams, whatever ignites a little passion. Whatever is the flavor of the week or month.

Here we go! Here's some meat. Solomon warned us to guard our hearts, because we have just the one life. And here, God gives us something worth inking on our hearts: His commands. His desires for us. It's one of the ways we love Him with all of us. For some reason we struggle with this an awful lot. Our hearts get so full of other junk that we don't have a lot of room for God. He might get the guest room with no view.

Now, I have a question for you? Have you ever put something on your heart too easily? Have you ever given your mind, will, and emotions over to something that turned out to be a waste of time (or, worse, really hurtful)? How can you put God's commands and desires on your heart?

There is a flip side to this. Have you ever given your heart over to something that was totally a God thing and He has shown you how awesome it is and can be? When you continue to seek Him and His will in your life, I have no doubt that He will be that lamp unto our feet and the light unto our path! God can and will bless us in we are obedient and keep our eyes on the prize!