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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Ah, Heart's Desire...

How is it that love both triggers and feeds the heart's desire?!

 This heart-melter is as perfect as heart's desire can ever be!
Grand-daughter is 11mos. old!

Ah, heart’s desire; like a fire burning on a hidden hearth
Ah, who can know what fuels it; what metes the measure of its worth
A little seed can sprout into a mighty oak; a spark can start
An infernal, out of control; thus the desires of the heart

Longing can burn a hole into the fabric of what is no more
Regret can set a stumbling block; futile to rattle Bygone’s door
Ah, heart’s desire; moments lap at kindling, hope-and-heartache stacked
Where soon the heat of phantom flickers turns to ash…and its impact

The keeper of thy flame should guard the heart with wise and watchful eye
For what seems hidden soon reveals itself in word and deed’s reply
Where what seemed quite contained can turn into a perilous wildfire
If we do not pay careful heed to what we feed our heart’s desire

© Janet Martin

Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.

As water reflects the face,
so one’s life reflects the heart.

  The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
“I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.

May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.

 The Lord does not look at the things people look at. 
People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

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