“If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”  Our hearts are amazing. Our hearts are made for love, for life, for God. The heart is a precious gift from God and a gift that is precious to God. It is where God chooses to live, to love, to share, to dine, to be. Our hearts are ever so mysterious invoking images as breathtaking as the most splendid sunset on a cloudless night or as glorious as a rose filled garden with hints of fragrances that are ever so sweet and graced filled. A heart can be compared to depths deeper than an ocean or to heights higher than the tallest mountain or to distances as grand and wide as a canyon. The heart can be described as being at times soft and caressing as a gentle breeze on a warm, sunny spring day or as tough as steel or harder than metal or even heavier than concrete but still fragile like paper, glass or clay. And like the sun that streams forth precious rays of light and sunshine to warm and energize our world, the heart sends forth rays of hope, light and love to every part of our body and even brings forth lifesaving remedies to a soul that can be downcast, forgotten or deprived of encouragement, spiritual food or a reminder that it is loved. Our hearts need to be looked after and treated with tender loving care like a new born child that requires our undivided attention, our hearts need to be held, fed, loved. Unfortunately, our hearts can be neglected as a flower deprived of water and light with no room or opportunity to grow or blossom it withers, fades and dies. But thanks be to God that he loves our hearts. He wants to cleanse, refresh, renew, restore our hearts. God wants to enlighten, strengthen, lift, improve our hearts. God longs to encourage, fill, embrace, move into our hearts.  Our hearts are made for love, for life, for God. So what is in your heart? Who or what has captured your heart? Can that person or thing heal your heart when it is love sick or mend it when it is broken?  If I could read the handwriting on the wall of your heart, what would it say to me? Would it say: danger, keep out, private property, enter at your own risk, under construction, closed for renovations, or do not open until Christmas? Or perhaps your heart might say: open for business, all are welcomed, a house of prayer, God’s property, one with Christ or Heaven just beyond these doors. Take care of your heart for it is a precious gift that belongs to God.