How much room do you have in your heart?
I love Christmas. The lights, the time spent with family, the peppermint and gingerbread, the thoughtful gifts. I love caroling and letting the messages of the beautiful hymns about Christ sink into my soul. Joy To The World has a loving lyrical line that grabs my attention. “Let every heart prepare Him room” has had me pondering for years. What does it mean to have room in your heart? I am not a cardiologist so I am totally making this up here, but let’s say your heart is a finite space, I am going to randomly throw out 16 ounces. If my heart has the capacity to hold 16 ounces, and I want to prepare room in my heart, what is occupying the space in my heart? For the most part, I think my heart is filled with things I want in there: love, compassion, curiosity, forgiveness, peace, etc. I also know that part of the human experience is to have opposing emotions as well. There is opposition in all things. Sometimes I feel: disappointment...
