My Hearts Impressions: The Heart - My Hearts Impressions @ 1

"For out of the abundance of THE HEART the mouth speaks"

Matthew 12:34

Exactly 1 year ago I started a blog entitled "My Hearts Impressions", with 46 posts to date I've spent countless hours fiddling with words, sharing some of my life's experiences, opinions and testimonies all under the umbrella of My Hearts Impressions. The name of the blog is likely to have been a spur of the moment 'bright idea' but as the blog came to form, my pride and joy, it stayed true to it's name.

On my blogs birthday I subconsciously decided to search the scriptures and see what The Word that rules above all others has to say about the heart and needless to say I found some interesting revelations that I thought I'd share with you reader on this momentous occasion. :)

A few key things about the heart...

A person cannot live without a heart. The heart is the muscle that is in charge of pumping blood throughout the body. Without this pump, one would die as tissues would begin to die.
The heart symbol or "heart shape" (♥) is an ideograph used to express the idea of the "heart" in its metaphorical or symbolic sense as the centre of emotion, including affection and love, especially (but not exclusively) romantic love.

Therefore YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT IT and SYMBOLICALLY IT IS THE CENTRE OF EMOTION-LOVE.

This is what the bible says:

"Above all else guard you heart, for everything you do flows from it." Proverbs 4:23
"As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person" Proverbs 27:19

Your heart is a reflection of who you are and everything you do flows from it. You MUST guard it.

"My son, do not forget my teaching but keep my commands in your heart." Proverbs 3:1
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you, bind them on your neck and write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will find favour and a good name in the sight of God and man." Proverbs 3:3-4
"I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts." Jeremiah 31:33

Your heart has/is a tablet where you write stuff (i.e keep stuff). The verses above highlight that your heart is a storage place, similar to a sheet of paper where God continually tells us to keep his commands, to write his law as well as love and faithfulness.

"Trust the Lord with all your heart." Proverbs 3:5

The heart Trusts. With your heart you trust. When trust is broken it's a heart issue.

"The Lord is close to the broken-hearted" Psalm 34:11
"My heart sank at his departure" Song of Solomon 5:6
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick" Proverbs 13:12

Your heart can be broken, downcast or sick

"You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride you have stolen my heart." Song of Solomon 4:9

Your heart can be stolen.

"On the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced." Song of Solomon 3:11

Your heart rejoices.

"A person may think their own ways are right but the Lord weighs the heart." Proverbs 21:2
"You know what is in everyone's heart. So from your home in heaven answer their prayers, according to the way they live and what is in their hearts." 1 Kings 8:39
“I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.” Jeremiah 17:10

God looks at your heart, he knows what is in it and he uses it as a measure.

"But you must decide once and for all to worship him with all your heart and soul and to obey everything in The Book of God's Law." Deuteronomy 30:10
"You also must obey the LORD--you must worship him with all your heart and remember the great things he has done for you." 1 Samuel 12:24

Your heart is worship central.

"The fool says in his heart there is no God. Psalm 14:1

"The HEART is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can Understand it?" Jeremiah 17:9

Your heart is deceptive and cannot be cured.

"I looked for the one my heart loves." Song of Solomon 3:1

Your heart loves. This is the only passage of scripture that I could find that links the heart with Love. Like how we say "I love you with all my heart". I found this interesting and I stand to be corrected but yeah...

In conclusion our hearts are not only a vital organ but an expression of ourselves. They are a storage point, God tells us to keep his laws and commands on our hearts. He tells us to write stuff there. He looks at our hearts and uses them as a measure. Our hearts are delicate and can be broken, they are worship central and with them we love. With them we trust and we are told to guard them diligently because they are a reflection of who we are and everything we do flows from them. Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that the heart is deceptive and cannot be cured. As a central organ we cannot live without it and conventionally the heart symbol is used as a centre of emotion. It is from the overflow of our hearts that we speak....

For the past year my blog has served me as of offloading point and blank canvas where I have shared the things that have taken hold of my heart and compelled me to write. To me this blog has in so many ways become an expression of myself and I've often told people that if you want to know a bit more about the core of Chido search through my blog. Although it has been my voice sometimes I have been shy about it and oftentimes secretly prayed that no one reads too much into the things that I post. As we (you and I) enter into year two of My Hearts Impressions I pray that this blog propels to be all that it can be in touching the hearts and minds of all who read.