The Hurt Heart

Your sadness may not be a sign of weak faith, but growing faith.
People who love well, in time, will hurt in the heart. --Scotty Smith

"Shovel Ready" Heart Work

"The hardest work you will ever do is heart work. Don't attempt it apart from the grace of God." --Scotty Smith
I put down MY shovel today and asked God to get His "shovel" ready to work on my heart! This should be a great but painful day!

Gospel Heart-Deep Hurt - A Good Thing?!!!

God's grace is not a desensitizing anesthetic. As the Gospel penetrates our hearts, we will hurt deeply but redemptively!
-- Scotty Smith

Is this what the world calls "masochistic" thinking? Maybe but the truth is NO WAY! NO HOW! Knowing God's grace, experiencing God's grace deeply into the crevices of my heart is a good kind of heart hurt. As the Gospel changes me, it also compels me to live out the Gospel to the watching world one life at a time and sometimes that brings unimaginable hurt. The key is that hurt is redemptive both for me and for the person I love with "Gospel love"! Only eternity will reveal all of what that means so - for now - it may prove painful to the max! BUT it's worth it to have the Gospel penetrate my heart!