Did you know that the first “successful” heart transplant was performed in 1967 in Cape Town, South Africa. The patient lived for 18 days with his new heart. With the perfecting of anti-rejection medications, the results of such surgeries have continued to get better. Isn’t it amazing what God has gifted some to do to help others?
Surgeons aren’t the only ones that can change hearts.
In Ezekiel 36:26 we read this:
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
God’s desire for us is to have a heart that feels. Obviously, Ezekiel is speaking figuratively about our center – not our actual physical hearts. God understands that as humans, it is easy for our hearts to grow hardened and calloused.
Most of us have been raised with a philosophy something like: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” Once we have been burned or taken advantage of once or twice, we tend to close ourselves off. We put up walls to protect ourselves. And over time, our hearts become like stone.
When this happens, God says that what we need is a heart transplant.
God’s desire for us is to have a heart like Jesus – that beats like his – that is concerned about the things he is concerned about – that cares for others as he does.
So how’s your heart today?
Clay in the Hands 
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