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holes in our hearts / 07.09.09, 11:05 AM
my dad recently suffered a stroke due to a hole in his heart forcing air to his brain. praise God, because there was no permanent damage. he’s doing better, and should be released soon. this is something that my random thoughts brought me to. it’s about life, and what gives it real meaning. i am thankful for my dad’s life, and thankful for my Father’s Love.
the fact that our lives are not our own is one to which many of us have grown apathetic. as a follower of Christ, i have heard it so many many times, and yet because of its repetition, it holds no value in my heart. i may even go as far as to say that the repetition develops a tear in my heart- an unfeeling hole.
it is only when we find out that the lives that we lead may come to an end that we are shaken free of this apathy. only when faced with the fragility of our weak bodies do we start to wonder if we have been using our fragile vessels correctly. we start to realize that we- in fact!- do not belong to ourselves.
all beings belong to God, though many are unresponsive to this fact. even many Christians have formed a hole in their hearts, in one way or another. we fill the hole with relationships, things, money, and when those things come to an end- after we’ve given as much of ourselves as we can- we find ourselves with a greater tear. what can set us free from the body of this death?
a dear friend of mine recently said, “when i have a hole in my heart, i just fill it up with Jesus!”
they may be the corniest words ever said. yet what would be a better filler for those places of emptiness than God manifested in human form for the sake of His Love? what better way to cover the devastating apathy (which grows from callousness to our pain) than the Divine Pathos Himself? what hands better to stitch our wounds together than the Hands which bear the wounds of our rebellion?
the only solution to the numbness that we feel about our lives (because what numbness is not related towards some form of life?) is the One who makes these few moments that aren’t ours worthwhile.
my father recently suffered a stroke due to a hole in his heart forcing air to his brain. praise God, because there was no permanent damage! he’s doing better, and should be released soon. this is something that my random thoughts brought me to.
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