Heart Healthy
January 22, 2007
By Theresa Huff
Sitting there in the waiting room, my mind began to run in the spiritual realm. Heart transplant . . .think about it! When we become a part of God's family, we have a brand new heart. The old, sick, and diseased heart that is full of worldly pressures, hate, stressors, and distress begins to beat in a different way. The hard heart that God spent hours of counseling and talking to is gone. That old, now empty, cavity is filled with a brand new heart and healthy things--things that will count for all eternity.
Being human, days go by and life changes, even hits us with the unexpected. Our excitement over the new organ begins to wane. We begin to feel weak and worn down and quite possibly need an attitude adjustment. Our anti-rejection drug, God's holy Word, encourages us to pray, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalms 51:10). When we in all honesty do that, we begin to hear the beating of our heart. Once again we feel the warmth of a healthy heart.
ninetyandnine.com
© 2007, Theresa Huff
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Theresa Huff is a pediatric nurse that lives in Bryan, Texas, with her husband, Glen, and children, Jonathan and Melody. Her hobbies are her pets, which believe they are human.
By Theresa Huff
Recently I spent several hours at Texas Children's Hospital with my cousin. His 19-year-old daughter had received her second heart transplant earlier that week. There are so many hours spent preparing for the big event--time spent in the doctor's office, time in the laboratory, time spent with counselors helping you deal with the overall situation. I have no idea how I would respond to having to be on a ventilator, three chest tubes, a central line, oxygen and many more wires and tubes that I can’t explain. I wouldn’t make the perfect patient.
Sitting there in the waiting room, my mind began to run in the spiritual realm. Heart transplant . . .think about it! When we become a part of God's family, we have a brand new heart. The old, sick, and diseased heart that is full of worldly pressures, hate, stressors, and distress begins to beat in a different way. The hard heart that God spent hours of counseling and talking to is gone. That old, now empty, cavity is filled with a brand new heart and healthy things--things that will count for all eternity.
Being human, days go by and life changes, even hits us with the unexpected. Our excitement over the new organ begins to wane. We begin to feel weak and worn down and quite possibly need an attitude adjustment. Our anti-rejection drug, God's holy Word, encourages us to pray, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalms 51:10). When we in all honesty do that, we begin to hear the beating of our heart. Once again we feel the warmth of a healthy heart.
Let's not reject Him. Let's keep our heart healthy and live to be happy and blessed, so that we can encourage and bless others. Spread the good news, “I have a new heart! My transplant is working perfectly in Him!”
ninetyandnine.com
© 2007, Theresa Huff
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Theresa Huff is a pediatric nurse that lives in Bryan, Texas, with her husband, Glen, and children, Jonathan and Melody. Her hobbies are her pets, which believe they are human.
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