Open Heart Surgery

I'm currently obsessed with Kimberly Jones-Pothier's book Beautifully Whole. My friend pre-ordered it, and I forgot. She got it in the mail and I dove in. Real Talk Kim, as she is famously known as, is a wonderful woman. Anyway, let me get back to that.

You're supposed to do one chapter a day to do a deep soaking devotion to becoming whole after you have been broken. Her first book, beautifully broken was just as amazing as her current one. I have been going through a complete whirlwind of junk in the last month and I needed it. I stopped at day 27 because I wasn't ready to deal with my soul ties. It took me forever to get through the next 2 chapters. Because I had some real work to do.

I've stopped at this paragraph and read it over and over and over and I wanted to share it with you. This is right where I am right now. This is what I needed to hear. Because that was the case, I thought it would bless someone too.

"How is your passion for Jesus? If your heart is not in serving God, everything you do will become a boring obligation. When your heart becomes toxic, you are headed for a spiritual heart attack. Today ask Jesus to perform spiritual open-heart surgery on you so you can receive joy- that unspeakable joy that will last throughout your life journey."

Page 144 - A place called process - Real Talk Kim

You can serve God every day of your life and not be doing it for the right reasons. God is in a season of my life that he is redefining me. Reconstructing me. Rebuilding who I am. He told me that he had to strip me. It doesn't sound like a good process if you ask me. But I guess he has to get me where I need to be. 

I just want you to do a quick heart check and make sure your motives aren't corrupted. In any area of your life. Be your marriage, your ministry, your work. Do a simple check and see whats going on in that good old ticker of yours. It will be worth it.