Closed-eyes & Hard-hearts
How often do you stop to consider that the condition of your heart affects your ability to see & understand? This is heart-attitude.
Heart-attitude is a matter of perspective and will.
What is inherent in human nature that makes people unable to see?
I mean to perceive. To understand. Which is deeper. This is discernment.
What limits our ability to perceive & to understand which in turn contributes to the distortion of reality & truth?
A simple truth:
As much as time changes things, this one thing does not change: people see what they want to see … hear what they want to hear … and believe what they want to believe. Truth is NOT the Standard.
Here is why:
“Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.” Ephesians 4
“Closed eyes”
A person has eyes ... but chooses not to see.
This is “willful ignorance.”
This is “chosen blindness.”
"Willful ignorance proves that fools exist." fem-v
“Willful ignorance is the state of being ignorant about something out of choice.” ~ Zacharias Voulgaris
Closed eyes produce closed-minds. Both are the enemy of understanding.
Closed eyes & closed-minds impede personal & spiritual growth. Limit learning, comprehension & understanding. Veil: imagination, curiosity & creativity & ideas.
"We close off our minds at our own peril." ~ Harvey Lloyd
“Hard hearts”
A hard-heart is the enemy of your soul. This heart condition: blinds your eyes, dulls your spirit & robs your capacity for Love, Life & Learning
It is written:
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the well-spring of life” ~ Proverbs 4
Your words flow out of your heart before they fill your mind. Perspective & attitude are shaped in & by your heart.
“From the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks” ~ Luke 6
“The condition of your heart is probably one of the greatest secrets to optimize personal capacity.
Who you are … what you become … your destiny resides in your heart. ~ fay vietmeier
People with closed-eyes & hard-hearts have always been present. In every generation since the beginning of mankind.
However, those with “closed-eyes” & “hard-hearts” seem to be growing in a “corona-like” way.
A simple truth:
… Physical problems require physical cures …
… Spiritual problems require spiritual cures …
Willful ignorance, chosen blindness and hard-heart are spiritual problems. Spiritual conditions.
The cure is spiritual.
Sadly: for those suffering from willful ignorance, closed-eyes and hard-hearts ... the cure will not be sought. For there is not a recognition of the condition. Thus, no desire to be well or to be healed.
You'll never find the solution if you don't see the problem. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Here is good news:
“When the heart is ready the feet are swift” ~Abraham Lincoln
“When your heart is right with God … your life will follow.” ~ fem-v
If you desire to have your eyes opened & your heart softened this will require spiritual surgery ... which can only be done with the help of the “Great Physician” … it is a supernatural procedure that occurs in a willing heart. It requires recognition of the condition & a desire to change.
Everything in life flows from your heart.
The condition of your heart vitally affects sight & understanding.
Eye-opening words from Jesus Christ
“Though seeing, they do NOT see; though hearing, they do NOT hear or understand.”
“They have closed their eyes”
This is an act of the will. The result is chosen blindness.
Here is the cause of the inability to see & hear:
“This people’s heart has become calloused (dull-hardened)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.” ~ Matthew 13
The life-imparting, life-transforming point that Jesus was making:
Turn your heart toward God and be healed.
This too, is an act of will … AND it produces healing & blessing.
When Jesus finished explaining why he spoke in parables he said: “But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.” Matthew 13
“Divine Art”
If you could see inside your heart.
Broken places … broken apart.
Has hope become a drought?
When did the Light go out?
Has the door been closed?
For uncounted reasons no one knows.
A disconnected heart so easily turns to stone.
Did you forget to forgive & refuse to atone?
Can wounds be healed that can’t be seen?
Or does that just happen in a dream?
In “human-onions” … where does one start?
Peeling layers in the heart … this is Divine art.
~ Fay Vietmeier ~
https://www.bebee.com/producer/@fay-vietmeier-pennsylvania/are-you-suffering-from-full-cup-syndrome
https://www.bebee.com/producer/@fay-vietmeier-pennsylvania/human-onions-divine-art
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+13&version=NIV
In honor of Zacharias Voulgaris for bringing to light such a vital issue.
https://www.bebee.com/producer/@zacharias-voulgaris/willful-ignorance-in-today-s-circumstances
November 1, 2020
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Fay Vietmeier
3 years ago #16
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Fay Vietmeier
3 years ago #13
John Rylance This is a powerful truth John "the other is to refuse to believe what is true" The worst form of deception is SELF-DECEPTION Your reference to political speech reminded me of these quotes by George Orwell “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful ... murder sound respectable and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” "In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." “The misuse of language induces evil in the soul” Socrates "Misuse of language & Lying LIARS who LIE" https://www.bebee.com/producer/@fay-vietmeier-pennsylvania/learning-misuse-of-language-and-lying-liars-who-lie Which further affirms what Orwell said: "But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better." 2) "de-nile" ... good one Ken Boddie might enjoy ;~) that made me SMILE ;~)
John Rylance
3 years ago #12
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3 years ago #11
Fay Vietmeier
3 years ago #10
Harvey Lloyd Multiplied thanks Harvey for sharing those thoughts about what it is to be made in God's image. I shall place it in my "pearl-holder" https://www.lovespeaks.today/ Am curious if you know Carl Wesley Anderson Heard an hour program on Sunday ... could not take my self away Powerful message ... he is a unique Pastor Love Speaks is one of his books but he is also a wonderful filmmaker & a bit of an actor
Harvey Lloyd
3 years ago #9
So what is it to be made in God's Image: 1. He creates through speaking 2. He creates that which is found Good. 3. He gives grace, where none is expected or warranted 4. He sacrifices for us. If we were to live our lives in this fashion the world would be a very different place. When we don't live our lives this way we must push the rock up the hill alone. Earn every step.
Fay Vietmeier
3 years ago #8
Fay Vietmeier
3 years ago #7
Zacharias \ud83d\udc1d Voulgaris “Illusions and delusions”... that would make an interesting post ;~) 2) Thanks for mentioning about the scientists. There are many Christians in the world of science I LOVE the programs on Origins https://origins.ctvn.org/ http://origins.ctvn.org/past-episodes/ 3) BioLogos The vision of Francis Collins. You don’t have to choose between modern science and biblical faith. Believing scientists respond: https://biologos.org/articles/series/believing-scientists-respond/believing-scientists-respond-why-are-you-a-christian 4) Books: The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief ~ Francis Collins Francis Collins, the physician and geneticist who led the Human Genome Project, wrote the book, The Language of God. In it he describes his own journey from atheism to Christian faith, and the harmony between Christianity and science. Science or Faith: Friends or Foes? C. John Collins 5) Scientists “centuries ago” https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/21024/20190502/10-christian-scientists-and-why-they-believe-that-god-exists.htm https://www.famousscientists.org/great-scientists-christians/
Fay Vietmeier
3 years ago #6
Harvey Lloyd Multiplied hanks Harvey for your wise perspective. "Man does NOT live by bread alone" ~ Jesus The thought that occurred to me reading your words We are spirit beings. This is something people "brush by" because they have not the understanding (or belief) that man is created in God's image. When Jesus said: "man does not live on bread alone". I think Jesus was pointing out that we focus too much on the flesh ... live too much in externals Here is blessing: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" ~ Jesus Matthew 5:6 2) The temptation of Christ is profound. Jesus provides a real life experience & model for all who will face "temptation" (which is everyone) Luke 4 "Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit ... and was led by the Spirit" That is key. 3) You say: "Only a fool believes they have arrived, the destiny may be known but the roads we must travel are not" "A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps." Proverbs 16 Those "steps" are his own There will be push-ups along the way ... and no one can do your push-ups for you.
Harvey Lloyd
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Zacharias 🐝 Voulgaris
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