A Postcard From the Heart

Jake Frost hears a suggestion that lands home with the heart about how we can be open to cooperating with the Holy Spirit, even when we’re feeling unsure ourselves.

This is a postcard from the heart. Someone related to me something that she said had been "on her heart" lately, and every since I heard it, it’s been on my heart, too. 

Don’t know why, but it’s been there. 

Everyday Mystic 

And over the years, experience has brought me to agree more and more with G. K. Chesterton’s famous observation in his book Orthodoxy that “the ordinary man has always been a mystic.”  

Which I take to mean that people navigate life more by intuitions of the heart than by propositions of the intellect. 

Or as it’s also been said: it’s better to be wise than clever. 

In the long run, the matters of the heart are the most important. 

The Nudge 

And the idea that was shared with me from another’s heart, which I now pass along from my own, is this: when you feel the nudge of the Holy Spirit, be open to sharing your story with someone who might benefit from it. 

When we feel lost and unsure in our lives, it can be had to remember we have a lot to offer others just by sharing our own encounters with Christ, our own faith experiences. 

We don’t need to have all the answers. Simply sharing from our hearts may be just what another heart needs to find the next step along its own path. 

So be alert for the nudge, and open to saying “Yes!” when the Holy Spirit calls! 

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