Revival: Harden Heart, become Flesh.

 Hardened Heart, Becomes Flesh

Thus says the Lord God:

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”(Ezekiel 36:26)

This heart of mine was stone—a fortress cold and dead,

A weight within my chest where living words were left unsaid.

It could not bend;it would not break; it could not feel or bleed,

A sealed and selfish monument to my own brittle creed.

But You, O Sculptor of the soul, whose hands formed Adam’s dust,

You speak a promise that is both a mandate and a trust.

You said,“I will remove the stone. I’ll excavate the part

That has forgotten how to beat. I’ll give you a new heart.”

And with the chisel of Your law, You struck to break the shell.

With the hammer of Your mercy,You began the work to quell

The resistance of the rock.And in the dust and debris,

You did not leave a vacancy;You fashioned flesh for me.

A heart that can be wounded, that can tremble and can fear,

But also one that can receive,and love, and hold You near.

A heart that is impressionable to the moving of Your hand,

A heart that understands the vows on which Your kingdom stands.

This is the miracle: the unyielding made vulnerable and true.

The transaction of the ages:my stone for flesh in You.

No longer monument to self,but living, breathing shrine,

This hardened heart is now Your flesh, Your temple, Lord, in mine.

We… are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

So let it beat in rhythm with the suffering of the world,

Let it be a place where Your compassion is unfurled.

For what was dead and cold is now alive and warm and true—

My heart of stone became a heart of flesh, all made brand new in You.

Amen.