An Impending Global Epidemic: Stress and Depression almost triple the risk of heart disease.
Help me I am dieing.
What is your heart? Not only is it your most vital organ, but it is the very core of your spiritual self. In the Old Testament, God promised to take out our hearts of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh. He also promised to fill it with His spirit so that we would be lead by Him. However, for years I have heard people say, “You can not trust your emotions! They are your carnal nature they are your flesh.” To that I say, cut off a piece of anger, I would like to examine it under the microscope. Moreover, the reason they can not be trusted is because they are wounded and mangled. Could you trust crippled legs to carry you? There is no avenue of rehabilitation for spiritual wounds. For you see, your emotions are your spiritual self. I know the heart has been called evil above all things. However, consider your thoughts. That is were the evil resides. God has told us to renew our minds. Our body’s experiences emotion as a result of our environment, similar to our skin. Our brain interprets the message and puts meaning to it. Let me encourage you to lean not unto your own understanding or the interpretation of your emotions. Rather, seek for God’s assistance for the interpretation. After all he promised to lead you by your heart. Scripture also says, “He who seeks the heart knows what the mind of the Holy Spirit is”. I am aware that this particular scripture is actually speaking about Jesus, but Jesus told us to do what ever we saw him do and teach others to do the same. He also said I speak nothing unless I hear the Father speak it and I do nothing unless I see the Father do it. So we can rest assured that we too are to seek the heart. Another way Jesus taught this was he instructed us to seek first the kingdom of God and all things would be added to us. Where is the kingdom you might ask? Scripture says the kingdom of God is inside of us. Therefore if we seek to understand and know each others heart, are we not seeking the kingdom of God?
The physical heart pumps blood to the entire body to provide nutrients and oxygen, it also takes waste out of the body for purification. Our emotions do the same thing in our relationships. Love and kindness nurture our relationships and forgiveness cleanses our soul allowing our relationships to heal from hurts and to prosper. When our relationships are wounded this causes a lot of stress. Stress is one of the major factors of physical heart disease. So you see heart disease of the body is the replica of our spiritual heart disease. Take time to inventory what your heart health is, both physical and spiritual.
7.2 million people die each year from heart disease. 51% of all marriages end in divorce. Or we could say 51% of marital relationships die. This does not take into consideration the relationships that die each year where marriage is not a factor. We are facing a global problem with heart disease to the physical body and I commend those who are working to bring awareness to this issue. I implore you to help bring awareness to spiritual heart disease. Share this site and get involved. Send me your ideas and comments. Let’s get the conversation started. It has to start somewhere, so why not here?
