Today I was listening to a Christian radio program on my tablet as I was working on something around the house. The message was on the heart. And how the heart and mind are not different but the same. The old saying, which was not mentioned in the program, but I thought of just now is, 'What you think is what you will do.'
The verse used was Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."
According to Strong's Concordance one of the meanings of heart is the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavors. So really the mind and heart go together.
Another thought, which happens in church all the time, is that people put masks on. Not physical masks but we say something different than what we are actually thinking. "How are you today," and you might say, "Oh I fine." But really you are hurting but you don't want to tell anyone.
So the question today is do you put a mask on when you are with others? We don't need to do this especially if we want to have a pure heart before God. Be who we are and not try to be somebody you are not. If you are the type of person who needs to talk about something and a person ask you how you are doing- tell them. If it is something good share it!
No masks for 2015.
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