Clean Hearts

Scripture: 25 “Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and Pharisees – frauds and imposters! You are like one who will only wipe clean the outside of a cup or bowl, leaving the inside filthy. You are foolish to ignore the greed and self-indulgence that live like germs within you. 26 You are blind and deaf to your evil. Shouldn’t the one who cleans the outside also be concerned with cleaning the inside? You need to have more than clean dishes; you need clean hearts! (Matthew 23:25-26 The Passion) It can be easy it seems to get caught up in all the rules we set for ourselves (or that others put on us), that we miss what Jesus is talking about here. If we follow all the rules; self-imposed ones, or ones that have been put on us by others, but miss having a clean heart, we are really missing it all. Father God, I so want to have a clean heart; to watch my thinking so that it does not dirty my heart. Remind me over and over if, and when, that happens. Thank you for Your love and grace. AMEN Yes, Lord, there are these longings, desires and daydreams of continuing to live in union with You. When I am near You, my heart will sing and worship You, my true source of life! Psalm 84
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