Thoughts on the Heart
Before my heart disease came to light I felt the Lord had said to me, "You will need to seriously consider things about your future." Over the last week I have been in fact seriously considering my future and some of my past. The Lord lives in my heart yet at least a part of it was not totally living. In the midst of several heart attacks I discovered I was carrying some baggage from a daughter's cancer battle. I found myself sobbing out the pain of a traumatic event that took place seven years ago. I couldn't help wondering if there was a connection between my emotional baggage and physical disease. Then in the middle of this closeness with the Lord a nurse walked in and we shared our common love for the Lord and prayed together. Following the subsequent angiogram, angioplasty and insertion of stent I can literally feel my heart again pounding out a stronger base line. Looking back I can track its progressive weakening as I gave up carrying a pack, cli