If you’re going to go through the pain and effort to tell the truth about yourself, there better be a pretty good reason!

That reason has to be that we can rely on the steadfast love of the Lord. No matter who we are or what we have done.

Jesus talked about truth and its work:

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32).

If what Jesus told the Jews was true 2000 years ago, it is true for us today.

We all know someone who can’t get enough love.  We could stand beside them 24 hours a day and tell them we love them over and over again and it wouldn’t be enough.  They wouldn’t believe it.  Because they’ve been hurt and they’ve decided to hold on to that hurt rather than let it go, at best they can only hold on to love for brief moments. 

Jesus spoke of our hearts many times when He was on earth.  In Matthew, Mark and Luke he says we should love the Lord our God with all our heart, our soul, our mind and our strength.  The Greek word used in the Gospels for heart is “kardia.”  Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (G2588) defines kardia as “…the center and seat of spiritual life: the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavors…of the will and character.”her fellow teacher to shreds.