Monday, June 14, 2010

"The Most Beautiful Heart"





"The Most Beautiful Heart" - Author UnknownShare
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 2:58am



One day ayoung man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.

Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said, " Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine?" The crowd and the young man looed at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars. It had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in it, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.

The people stared. "How can he say his heart is more beautiful?" they thought. The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed. "you must be joking", he said. "Compare your heart with mine; mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."



"Yes," the old man replied. "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart. But because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish. They remind me of the love we shared.

Sometimes, I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges - giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people, too, and hope someday they may return and fill the space. So now do you see what true beauty is?"

The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect, young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in hs heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound of the young man's heart. it fitted, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.

The young man looked at his heart not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.


Everyday God uses our friends to speak his word, Thanks to Joyce for this one

Sunday, June 13, 2010

My Music of the Month







Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.







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