“At the center of the Universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person.” – Fred Rogers
The meaning of center is the point from which an activity or process is directed or on which it is focused.
We located the word center in the Bible 51 times…
This word could have taken me down many avenues …
The center, the core, the heart? When we are centered, we are in balance, and our strength is at its peak...
As I unwrapped this word, it landed firmly in my heart, and my mind had no choice but to follow… ... I yearned to discover more about this word center.
Are we centered? What is our center? Our core?
I then questioned is our heart our center? Is our soul our center? Can one live without the other? Is our heart only pumping to keep our bodies alive? The question then becomes, do we have a spiritual heart and mind? Or do these organs only exist when we are physically active? Does our spiritual and human essence coexist, or do invisible threads hold them together?
So many questions? If our hearts stop beating with time. Why is God after our hearts? Our physical nature has a shelf life… So, is it safe to say our soul carries our spiritual heart and mind? These physical and spiritual elements make up the center of who we are…
When God is after our hearts…! He is after the complete package… the center is where all of the elements God gave us come together.
I then ask you, when you surrender, do you give Him all?
Mind, body, and soul, physical and spiritual?
Is He the center of all living things, great and small? Does our spiritual persona yearn to coexist with Him in the center of His great love for eternity??
I will be so bold and say yes!!
Our spirit is drawn to Him. This is the pull we feel to belong to something or someone greater. This desire has been embedded in our molecular makeup at conception. He placed that homing gene in our DNA. He yearns for our return.
It’s Him! It’s always Him !!!
When will we realize He is the center of our world… both our physical and spiritual…
One day, we will willingly surrender all… The center of His love is beyond my human understanding… but in the very core of my existence… my soul hears and feels His sweet voice …
I love Him for the gift of Him. There is nothing in the universe that can compare!!
In the same way, you and I can put Christ at the center of our lives and become one with Him as He is one with the Father (see John 17:20–23).
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